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    Old 12-28-2018, 06:22 AM
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    I have one UFO from this year, and it bugs me enough to want to finish it, and find a home for it. First it needs a good presss so I apologize for the wrinkles. The original pattern has a solid border, but I messed up this quilts color selection (the dark is actually a beautiful deep purple) and the purple should be where the green is. Anyway, I felt the solid border was meh and here is my effort to balance my poor choice. I’m leaning towards the purple inner border, then the pieced border, and the purple for the binding and done, but wanted to get feedback from the experts here, because obviously I’m in need of better attention color placement.
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    Old 12-28-2018, 06:35 AM
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    I love the one with the quilt....dark solid border....pieced border (that looks amazing!!), then the solid border.
    Beautiful quilt!!
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    Old 12-28-2018, 06:35 AM
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    I like photo #4 with the green inner border, very nice!
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    Old 12-28-2018, 06:39 AM
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    Originally Posted by Sewgood
    I love the one with the quilt....dark solid border....pieced border (that looks amazing!!), then the solid border.
    Beautiful quilt!!
    this would be my choice, too
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    Old 12-28-2018, 06:57 AM
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    I like the purple sash, then SIS and then final purple. Really sets off the body of the quilt.
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    Old 12-28-2018, 07:00 AM
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    I like the purple inner border better. It seems to really set off the blocks. Very pretty quilt!
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    Old 12-28-2018, 07:13 AM
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    I also vote for the purple inner border. The other colors seemed to disappear & I had to go back to find them.
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    Old 12-28-2018, 07:33 AM
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    oh my, second or third photo look great. It is a lovely quilt. I like it the way you did it, so be proud. It looks lovely!!
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    Old 12-28-2018, 08:19 AM
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    I am so glad you 'messed up the colour selection' because I think having the purple where the green is, would have been very heavy and dark. It is lovely and striking as it is now. My vote is also for the narrow inner purple border and then the pieced border and purple binding. It is going to look awesome!
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    Old 12-28-2018, 08:27 AM
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    Lovely top and I prefer the purple inner border, then pieced border and purple last border and bind with purple but any of the combinations look nice.
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