Advises please! What quilt border would fit?

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03-15-2014, 06:41 AM

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cpcarolyn

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Beautiful quilt.

03-15-2014, 06:44 AM

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Dina

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Purple and white, my favorite quilt colors. And your quilt is beautiful! I have no good advice on borders, but I think you already have enough there. Decision time, huh?

Dina

03-15-2014, 07:10 AM

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grandme26

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Boston1954

I would put a moderate inner border of the darker color, and then a wider one for the outside. You could put corner squares to break it up a bit. That way you get the ten inches that you need, but it is not all one piece.

This is what I was thinking. It would be breathtaking.

03-15-2014, 08:40 AM

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wildyard

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My thought is to do 3 strips for the border: dark, light, dark. Then for the corners to do 9 patch blocks in the opposite colors.
You could also do this with strips and your hashtag blocks but that would be a lot of work, needing 5 strips for the borders to line up with the hashtag sections.

03-15-2014, 09:46 AM

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Friday1961

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Beautiful quilt! I'd use the color you have.....is it a dark purple? I think a 10" solid border (not pieced) of that color would be gorgeous on this already stunning quilt.

03-15-2014, 10:44 AM

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BettyGee

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I'd do a dark border with white to frame what is an absolutely gorgeous quilt. Tartan's idea of the scallop border sounds like a winner.

03-15-2014, 11:28 AM

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MargeD

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Your quilt is beautiful, but I have no recommendations to add 10" to each side, that's quite a lot. Maybe you might use a 3-4" white border, the blue scalloped border used around the center,then another white or blue border.