quiltlady1941

Here is a quilt I made with all my turquoise scraps and white and off white scarps.. The quilt is for our king size bed and to make it fit and have a good drop on the sides and top and bottom, I need to add a 8 inch border so that it is big enough.

So what do you think of using a 3 inch white border to frame the quilt or smaller and then a 5 inch or bigger turquoise border for the last border?

I did play around with, maybe the turquoise for the first border and then the white for the last border but I think with the white fabric being the biggest it may look like there is to much white.. I really need another set of eyes on this choice of fabrics... Thanks for your help..

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Dina

I think an inner border of white and an outer one of turquoise would be beautiful. I love your quilt. So fresh and cheerful! Very clever use of scraps!

Dina

Sync

I'm with Dina, use the white for a narrow inner border then the turquoise for the wider border.

katier825

how about a white inner border, then a piano key border with the turquoise scraps? If you don't have enough left, you could grab a few FQs and mix them in.

quiltlady1941

this sound good another way to use more scraps up, I'll have to see how that looks may to busy..thanks for your ideas..

Tartan

A white inner border and then the turquoise would look nice. A piano key outer border may look good also after the white border but you would need to try a sample. Lovely top!

Bree123

I agree that adding piecing into the border would be nice because it would continue the design all the way out to the edge. I thought maybe a triple border would look nice with a thin (1-1.5") white inner border with cornerstones, followed by roughly the same size or a bit larger of the green striped fabric you used & then a much larger border of grey fabric(s) with alternating blue & green squares on point. I know that's more work (sorry!) but your quilt looks so lovely I thought it deserves to be beautiful all the way out to the very edge.

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quiltingshorttimer

that is going to be a great quilt! I'd definitely want to add a pieced border to tie it together.

DOTTYMO

I agree white narrow border with turquoise as the wide border key pattern sounds good idea. Or

a old Greek key pattern white with the key in turquoise.

ManiacQuilter2

Do a small inside border of the white fabric just to make the quilt float and then do either a piano border from your scraps or use a teal that you used for the center of your blocks.