This quilt for my daughter has been a nightmare from the very start but I'm very close (thank the Lord!) to getting her completed. Problem #1......it was a project way over my head and experience level.
Problem #2.....it took hours and hours to piece onto my design wall and then my son accidently turned the fan on rotate and it blew all 1000+ pieces all over the place! I had previously posted a picture of her as a work in progress and am so glad I did because it helped me put it all back together again :)
Now I finally have it all machine pieced together and will have the columns/rows sewn together before tomorrow night's quilting class. Here are my questions for all of you. The pattern did not call for a border but for me to make it as big as my daughter requested (queen size) I either need to add a border(s) or add more rows. (The chances of me adding any more rows to this baby is slim to none! ) I'd like to have your opinion on which of following choices you like the best. FYI, the picture of the multicolored fabric for the one of the border choices doesn't do justice to have deep/pretty the purple/greens really are. The 2nd question I have is about the backing. My daughter has asked for flannel and picked out 2 colors, lime green or purple. There wasn't 7yrds of either so I picked up 3 1/2 yds of each. How would you go about combining the two colors? I've thought about stripes, making blocks and alternating colors in a checkerbox design or starting with a center block and alternating the colors in borders around the center block. Any other words of advice???? This board is such a great source of information and I really respect the opinions of all of you. Did I mention I want to have this figured out by tomorrow night? LOL. Thank you all for looking!

I think I would do the black, then the multi and bind with the black. It will be beautiful either way tho...

I think I like the peace border best.

I think that I like the first option. The second one is good, too.
Pretty quilt. Lots of work, but it's worth it to have something this nice when finished.

I like the one with the sayings :)

I agree.

I like the saying fabric, but it might be too busy and my second choice is the peace signs. Those two fabrics just seem to fit the feel of the quilt, kind of retro. I also like your idea for striping your backing, maybe making the stripes the same width as a row of blocks. Just my thoughts.

The border for me would depend on what colors I wanted to bring out in the quilt. The first will make those colors stand out more, the peace would definitely make the green stand out more. I do like the black small border first, no matter which other border you choose.
I would piece the back in the way that would show the least if it and the top are not lined up perfectly.
Just my opinions.

I would do the black first, then the multi-colour sayings border...I really like the peace border too.

For the backing, I'd probably strip piece it with large strips...or maybe a really big rail fence...

Then bind it in black.

Black with the multi or sayings and the back in 3 sections lengthwise or crosswise, 2 strips of one color and one strip of the second color and bind with the black. Great job on the quilt.

peace...is my vote!

It's a beautiful quilt. I just love it. I prefer the black w/multi and then black binding. Second choice would be the peace fabric. I think large stripes for the backing would be the way to go. Easy and would look nice.

I like this one too ... with the narrow black border first.

The black with the bright colored words is great.

Bright multicolored border with sayings

I think this looks the best, followed by the green peice signs.

Love the black and multi-sayings, would do a strip back, size of block width. I really didn"t care for the first fabric with the top, but it sure looked like a pretty piece.

i like the peace signs... and i like a small border in black first...

I agree that this would look best on the front. On the back, large stripes or blocks of alternating green and purple, say, 2 or 4 stripes of each color, would be easy and not too busy. Just a thought.

I vote for the peace sign.

Black border first, then the multi-colored words fabric. It brings out all the colors in the quilt. Show pics when you get it done.

I like a small black border, followed by the first fabric~

For the backing -

Stripes - but make them uneven/asymetrical on purpose - it's hard for a longarmer to get the backing lined up "perfectly"

I like the peace signs :)

I like the peace signs too. Would love to find some of that fabric.

They sell it at wm for $3.97 a yd.

I like to narrow black first, then the wide border with sayings.

I like the multi-colored sayings....it shares all the colors.

I think I would like a black border, then perhaps a piano key border with all the brights and black, then a black binding.

i like black and multi. i really like wide black alone and then either of the bright colored bindings for the pop value, but that wasn't one of the choices.

Me too (and it's gorgeous by the way!)

Hi Lori,

My vote is for the narrow black border then the multi-colour with the sayings. My second choice would be the peace fabric.

For the back, I'd do a variety of sizes of rectangles in alternating colours.

black first peace sign green black binding

I like the one with the sayings.

I think the thin black boarder then the words. I don't use black for backing If I don't have to. I did one for my GS and he was so upset that it was always full of fuzz, threads and lint. Black picks up everything. Just Sayin!!!Good luck!

I go along with the small black border, and the tonal large border and black for the binding. Good work, I might add. When it is all done, watch and see how it pops! Edie

Black border first then the peace sign fabric and bind in the black.
Backing I would go cross ways with the seams. So you could do 2 strips of one color then 1 strip of the other color. Are you having this machine quilted? If so I would say the fewer seams on the back the better it would be. It's a beautiful quilt and many hours have gone into it. I'd love to see a picture of it after it is quilted.

Peace man! I am a child of the 60's

For the backing - Take both lengths of fabric, trim the selvedges and then sew them like a tube (a seam line down both sides) Then fold the fabric so the seams are lined up. Trim one side and open up. You now have a solid middle with two side panels. The color you trimed will be the side panels.

Walmart is a problem here......we're one of the stores that closed their fabric dept. I'm pretty sure I didn't buy the fabric at WallyWorld though.......I think I bought it at JoAnn's.

just my opinion, but I like the peace sayings

I hadn't thought about how piecing the back would effect how I would like to quilt the front. I've already sent Candlequilter a message to get her opinion on quilting options......that's the next problem I'll be having questions on. I love to hand quilt but I just want to get this one done and think I'm going to let a longarm quilter tackle this baby!