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To border or not to border
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Ok so first of all, this is my first bed size quilt! Second of all I just can't decide how to border this. The second picture has the fabric I would use for either a stop border or the main border. If I only did a stop border the dark pink of the small squares would be the outer border. What do you think?
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I would use the dark (small square) pink fabric as the first border (maybe cut 1-1/2") then one of the prints, maybe cut 3", then the final border being the dark pink again, about 5". Then you could use the dark pink again for the binding. Try laying it out that way and see what it looks like. I would not use the orange(ish) fabric at all. I think it really takes away from the other colors in the top. Good luck. Remember, my thoughts written are only a suggestion for you.
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I see why you are thinking of that fabric - that color is in one of the blocks. Maybe if you add the cream color as a small border so the rest of it floats - then use the dark pink as the final border. That way the small dark pink squares wouldn't blend into the border.
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I'm really not sold on the orange fabric either. I just didn't want the dark pink to make the corner squares disappear.
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Originally Posted by Nammie to 7
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I see why you are thinking of that fabric - that color is in one of the blocks. Maybe if you add the cream color as a small border so the rest of it floats - then use the dark pink as the final border. That way the small dark pink squares wouldn't blend into the border.
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How wide would a good floater border be?
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I'm definitely on board with the white or cream border first and then the dark pink...love the colors!
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The light color is actually a light yellow. My lighting is horrible. I'm going to do the floater border first and then the dark pink. I just hope I have enough for a binding left over, otherwise I'll have to use a print for binding.
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nicely done... i'd use the dark pink for the border
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It is so pretty. I'd use the dark pink for a border too.
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Pretty quilt.
I vote for the dark pink for the first narrow border. |
I think it looks great as is...no border needed.
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I'd do a 1" cream border first, then a wider orange one.
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A light pink small stop border 1 1/2 " then a narrow 1/2" orange and a 3" to 5" dark pink might work.
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Originally Posted by Nammie to 7
(Post 6093149)
I see why you are thinking of that fabric - that color is in one of the blocks. Maybe if you add the cream color as a small border so the rest of it floats - then use the dark pink as the final border. That way the small dark pink squares wouldn't blend into the border.
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The yellow first and then the dark pink would be lovely. You could use scraps of the pinks for the binding if you are short - it would be lovely!
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I agree with a cream border than a darker one!
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Congratulations on finishing your first bed-size quilt. Very pretty and be sure to show us more.
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I just finished my first D9P and had the same problem - didn't want some of the squares to float away into the border. What I did thanks to suggestions from members of this board was do a very narrow stop border in a totally different color (black) than was in the rest of the quilt, then used the background fabric as the wider border and then a darker binding.
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Dark pink border would reall set it off. Great quilt.
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really don't care for orange on the border, dark pink then print would be pretty
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