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    Old 05-17-2011, 09:05 AM
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    Well, I got the border on. I will post it with my final decision when I get it quilted and bound. :) Thanks for everyone's advice.
    I have it sandwiched and am setting up my machine for FMQ now. Hopefully I don't totally botch it. It will be my second time FMQ.
    Wish me luck!
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    Old 05-18-2011, 05:35 PM
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    Originally Posted by chereth
    I am making my 3rd quilt, without a pattern. eek! Now I know why I should stick to a pattern. Too many decisions.

    I need to make it 9" bigger all around. I am out of half sq triangles, so no matter what I do, I will be cutting more.

    Should I
    A. continue one more row all around ending in 1/2 square light diamonds all around.
    B. make a full row all around with scrappy dark HS triangles (shown in second pic).
    C. Border all around in a 9" strip of dark or light (maybe 4 1/2 of each?) fabric
    D. any other brilliant ideas?
    I would add three or four graduated widths borders in shades of blues. You will finish the quilt and it will be lovely. You will never find material to "match " your controlled scrappy look and new fabrics will just look like you ran out of fabric. I think you did an excellent job of creating this quilt from scratch.
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    Old 05-20-2011, 02:30 AM
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    love the borders
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    Old 05-20-2011, 05:50 AM
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    narrow light + dark blue wide. NICE.
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