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aneternalpoet 09-02-2010 05:05 AM

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A teenaged young woman asked me to make her a quilt using her favorite color of this green, and variatons of purples.. she didn't mind it being scrappy, since scrappy is my first true (quilting ) love.. I need some ideas for a border , or several borders.. anyone want to give some ideas - I tryed doing a braid around the edge, but did not like it for some reason.. borders are not my favorite thing to do - so I am stumped..

Blue's quilting mama 09-02-2010 05:06 AM

Do you need to make it larger? I like it as it is....maybe just bind it in the green?

aneternalpoet 09-02-2010 05:10 AM

i think the size is good.. she didn't care about how large.. its more the " finishing" that I dont have an idea for..

dream56 09-02-2010 05:23 AM

How about a green top and bottom border to match sides?

aneternalpoet 09-02-2010 05:29 AM

only have odd sized strips of the green left.. but just had a thought.. what do ya'll think about a scrappy ( end to end, sewn strip of purple fabrics? ) border ? would that look ok, as I have already put on a 1 1/2 inch wide white border..

pjustice63 09-02-2010 05:38 AM

That would tie it all together. Sounds like a good idea.

erstan947 09-02-2010 05:46 AM

I love the quilt....Hummmmm gives me some inspiration.

cwessel47 09-02-2010 06:01 AM

I like the idea of the purple scrappy border - but please put in just a hint or two of that orange. Wow - I really like the effect in the body of the quilt.

Quilting Di 09-02-2010 06:06 AM


Originally Posted by dream56
How about a green top and bottom border to match sides?

That's what I would do.

aneternalpoet 09-02-2010 06:09 AM

that orange/goldish colored fabric just appeared out of no where, lol.. but it kinda breaks up the top, huh? I think that if I do a scrappy border sewing end, to end, i will throw in a piece of some kind of orange/goldish color just to make it unique..


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