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shopaholic97 01-23-2011 12:33 PM

With so many prints in the body I would go with a plain border or as Laura 3 says frame it first.

JCL in FL 01-23-2011 01:13 PM

I think you need a plain border, something dark and bind it with the same fabric as the border. Something busy is distracting. It's a great quilt, all it needs is a frame.

Retired to Quilt 01-23-2011 02:38 PM

The blocks with red and pink seem to jump out. I would use one of the dark browns, perhaps solid and then end up with prairie points of all your fabrics around the edge. They will echo the sharp angles of the logs.

Grandma Jane 01-23-2011 02:43 PM

I agree - use a dark or bright 1or 1 1/2" frame border to make your quilt pop. Then do a border in your favorite fabric from the quilt.

gertz 01-23-2011 03:22 PM

It's a beautiful quilt. I think a small border in the darkest color in the quilt to frame it, maybe 2 inches which sews 1 1/2 inch then use the print you bought if you like it as a larger border.

Maribeth 01-23-2011 03:23 PM


Originally Posted by danmar
I would probably go with your light color in the quilt for a small border and then finish with a wider border of a dark. Good luck. Beautiful quilt.

That sounds perfect.

2livesdown7togo 01-23-2011 03:28 PM

I would use a plain border and be done.

If you want to use that last fabric, I would create three borders: the first a plain one, the second your last fabric in thinner border than the first, and the third another plain border as wide as the first plain border.

Hope that's helpful. Whatever you do I know it will look great.

Ann63 01-23-2011 04:04 PM

I love your color combination!!!

distar2 01-23-2011 06:36 PM

try the lavender color that is in the center towards the bottom half. i think that would really set it off with maybe a second border in orange.

117becca 01-23-2011 06:40 PM

Whatever you decide - make sure you show us pictures of the finished quilt!


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