Go Back  Quiltingboard Forums > Pictures
need help with border for Corvette quilt >

need help with border for Corvette quilt

need help with border for Corvette quilt

Thread Tools
 
Old 11-21-2010, 04:59 AM
  #21  
Power Poster
 
joyce888's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Georgia
Posts: 11,189
Default

How about the checkered racing flag fabric? It comes in both wavy checks and the straight checks. You can find it at JoAnns and Hancocks. Then a second border or binding of one of the main colors in the quilt.
joyce888 is offline  
Old 11-21-2010, 05:09 AM
  #22  
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Valley Center, KS
Posts: 187
Default

I would add a thin red border and then to make this really pop I would make a black and white checkerboard border. It would look great with squares no larger that 2 inches. Make 3 rows of squares for the checkerboard. Sometimes you can even find this type of fabric if you don't want to actually piece the checkerboard.

I have used black and white checkerboard borders around a number of quilts and they have always turned out special.
Pegleg is offline  
Old 11-21-2010, 05:59 AM
  #23  
Power Poster
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 18,726
Default

I totally agree with Pegleg...I was reading and thinking...why has no one said Red??? I think that would make it explode with life and then the border that Peg suggested would be great!

You seem to have gotten enough suggestions that you can make several quilts and try them all :lol:
sandpat is offline  
Old 11-21-2010, 06:56 AM
  #24  
Super Member
Thread Starter
 
Dina's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Texas
Posts: 5,500
Default

You are right! I have many ideas floating around in my head right now! I love this. I can't wait to have time to play with all the ideas. Thanks everyone!
Dina is offline  
Old 11-21-2010, 06:57 AM
  #25  
Power Poster
 
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Whitewater, WI
Posts: 24,528
Default

Very nice quilt!
CarrieAnne is offline  
Old 11-21-2010, 07:56 AM
  #26  
Super Member
 
Chasing Hawk's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Pacific Northwest
Posts: 9,268
Default

Where is the quilt? All I see is cat......LOL


I agree with several here, a nice grey and black border.
Chasing Hawk is offline  
Old 11-21-2010, 10:45 AM
  #27  
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Beaverton,Michigan
Posts: 802
Default

I agree grey and then black but also the race flag of checkerbord would be good too.
Quilter Day-by-Day is offline  
Old 11-21-2010, 11:19 AM
  #28  
Super Member
 
IBQUILTIN's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: North Fork Ca
Posts: 8,234
Default

How about a narrow border in either the blue or red, and then another of the checkered flag?
IBQUILTIN is offline  
Old 11-21-2010, 11:23 AM
  #29  
Super Member
 
kriscraft99's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Upstate, SC
Posts: 2,164
Default

that is exactly what I was thinking!

Originally Posted by redvette54
How about checkerboard, like the racing flags?
kriscraft99 is offline  
Old 11-21-2010, 11:36 AM
  #30  
KLO
Super Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: North Central, NC
Posts: 2,741
Default

Originally Posted by sandpat
I totally agree with Pegleg...I was reading and thinking...why has no one said Red??? I think that would make it explode with life and then the border that Peg suggested would be great!

You seem to have gotten enough suggestions that you can make several quilts and try them all :lol:
This is what I was thinking also .... why not use a narrow border of red (maybe red piping instead of flat strip?) to make it all pop? Or blue piping if the red is too much for you? Could still use a black and white check if you like. Oh my, so many choices ... good thing you have more corvette fabric. I just put some with a light blue background on the back of a small wallhanging made for my husband's birthday. He looked at the back more than the front!!!
KLO is offline  
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
ekuw
Pictures
10
01-30-2015 06:26 PM
AlwaysQuilting
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
12
08-27-2011 04:42 AM
Dina
Main
14
07-15-2011 09:38 AM
Dina
Pictures
19
01-15-2011 06:56 AM

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off



FREE Quilting Newsletter