I think I would use a solid color, but use the swirls for the binding and not the border. I love the quilt, it's goregous!

I'm with your mother on this one...and the general consensus that one of the bright colors already in the quilt would be a flash to further add to its beauty! Thanks for sharing.

This sounds good. Love the quilt.

That busy print does not work at all with the solid colors of the quilt. I love the quilt, it's fantastic! Any of the bright colors in the quilt would be great for the border. And I would use a black binding to finish.

Ditto!! Absolutely stunning quilt too!! You've done a fantastic job!!

How about a piano-key boarder with all the colors from the quilt? I don't think your swirly fabric works well - it's too busy, too small, and it fights with the pattern (which is stunning)

I totally agree with Klue - black border with the swirly fabric as binding - or black binding and save the swirly fabric to use in a quilt where you can REALLY show it off!

Your quilt it STUNNING!

Ditto!


Beautiful quilt!

I would go for a medium sized black, then a tiny bright border and finish with a medium black. That would encase your work and not take away from your design, but add a tiny spark of color in the border.

I have seen women sew all the colors together uniformly to make a long line of multi-colored strips which is used as the border strip. I am not sure I explained it right, but I am pretty sure that you know what I mean. right?

I know whatever you do will be beautiful. I hope you are going to show the results later when it is finished.

Beautiful work, pattern and colors! Very vibrant.

You've got a lot of suggestions to play with. Post pics and we can vote too. (If you want and can.)