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I Cant Decide??

Old 11-19-2008, 01:41 PM
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I cant decide on the border. Should I go thin or thick, one or two. I think a pieced border would be too busy. Please Help!! I have been sitting on this for months.
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Old 11-19-2008, 01:50 PM
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Thin of the dark and wide of the light brown.

Nice quilt. Great job.
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Old 11-19-2008, 01:54 PM
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Okay, here is my reasoning for figuring out borders. I use one of the dimensions in the quilt squares for the width of borders. For this one I would put a narrow border (the size of the squares in the four-patch corners) in the same dark as the star points and a wider border (the size of the four-patch) in the brown of the four-patches. How do you like that?
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Thank you!! I wasnt sure if I should use them both.
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Old 11-19-2008, 02:01 PM
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I agree with Kathy!
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Old 11-19-2008, 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Loretta
I would use a thin dark border to accent the blocks, and then a wider border. Your quilt is LOVELY!
Ditto.
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Old 11-19-2008, 02:36 PM
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threeto :mrgreen:
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Old 11-19-2008, 02:40 PM
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Beautiful quilt!
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Old 11-19-2008, 03:07 PM
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I agree with the others--thin of the dark and a wider of the light.
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Old 11-19-2008, 03:16 PM
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You could even go with 3 borders starting first with a thin dark brown to frame it then add wider borders of the other 2 prints.
It really depends on what size you want the finished quilt to be.
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