Garden Trellis quilt in "Aviary"
06-07-2009, 08:34 PM
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Beautiful quilt Eddie!! I love it and I'm sure that your daughter will love it too. Have you though about a 1.5 and 4.5 for the borders. I use those measurements a lot on many quilts I have made.
06-07-2009, 11:57 PM
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Beautiful quilt, Eddie! Gosh my Dad once made me a hamster cage but never a quilt! Just to throw a spanner in the works, I like the 1" 5" border layout! But maybe you could audition Gayle's suggestion of 1.5" 4.5" as well?
06-08-2009, 12:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Eddie
Thanks for all the kind words and encouragement, it's much appreciated! :)
I have the blocks all stitched together now, so am ready to start on the inner and outer border. As stated previously, I'm going to use the green fabric for a thin inner border and the light background fabric for a larger outer border and backing. The green will then be used for the binding as well.
I need opinions on the borders. I had initially planned to do a 2" inner green border and a 4" outer border. But when I layed materials next to the blocks to get a visual on it, the inner border of 2" looks too big to me (see pic below). So I tried it with a 1" inner border a 5" outer border and it looks better to me. The binding on either one would be about 1/2". What do y'all think? Which one do you like better, the 2" / 4" combination or the 1" / 5" combination?
I have the blocks all stitched together now, so am ready to start on the inner and outer border. As stated previously, I'm going to use the green fabric for a thin inner border and the light background fabric for a larger outer border and backing. The green will then be used for the binding as well.
I need opinions on the borders. I had initially planned to do a 2" inner green border and a 4" outer border. But when I layed materials next to the blocks to get a visual on it, the inner border of 2" looks too big to me (see pic below). So I tried it with a 1" inner border a 5" outer border and it looks better to me. The binding on either one would be about 1/2". What do y'all think? Which one do you like better, the 2" / 4" combination or the 1" / 5" combination?
Eddie
I prefer the 1/5 combo - then again I am new to this game LOL.
Whichever YOU find pleasing on the eye you should go with I think :wink:
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