Help with border ideas?
#1
I tried to figure out this ' stained glass' pattern, but the last section did not make any sense.. it ended up being not even remotely right ( or easy ) for me to understand.. So , being frustrated, I just chopped the last section in half, * shame on me * , and resewed that to the top half.. Heres my dilemna, now, how should I finish the outer border by these 3 dimensional flying Geese? I had them already sewn, months ago when I saw Ricky Tim's tute on making them.. they were mindless, and fun, and used up some of my scraps as you can tell.. i just dont know how to finish.. any help would be welcome to contemplate if you can...
#3
I like it the way you have it. I notice your flying geese aren't sewn together yet so by the time you do all the 1/4 inch seams what you have layed out isn't going to fit the border, may need more to come out right. You could also see how it looks with a narrow black board on each side of the flying geese and then bind it in black. This would continue the stain glass look out further.
#4
Originally Posted by quiltlady
I like it the way you have it. I notice your flying geese aren't sewn together yet so by the time you do all the 1/4 inch seams what you have layed out isn't going to fit the border, may need more to come out right. You could also see how it looks with a narrow black board on each side of the flying geese and then bind it in black. This would continue the stain glass look out further.
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I'll be honest with you -- I think the squares and rectangles set off with black are one quilt, the flying geese belong in a different quilt. They are both nice, but they aren't doing much to complement each other. I think that your hesitation on how to finish this quilt comes from a recognition of that.
Can you just increase the number of "stained glass" blocks to make up the size you want? I think it's best set off with just a black border -- I'd lose the mustardy yellow border.
The flying geese can make a really lovely quilt or wall hanging, in any number of configurations, but again, I think a black on black or solid black is going to make them shine.
RST
Can you just increase the number of "stained glass" blocks to make up the size you want? I think it's best set off with just a black border -- I'd lose the mustardy yellow border.
The flying geese can make a really lovely quilt or wall hanging, in any number of configurations, but again, I think a black on black or solid black is going to make them shine.
RST
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