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Old 03-26-2014, 06:13 AM
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How about yellow or orange?
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Old 03-26-2014, 07:26 AM
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I like the left sample. From a distance, the check will almost act like a solid and will blend well with your other colors. IMHO, the right one is too busy.
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Old 03-26-2014, 07:58 AM
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My preference would be a skinny dark border (the blue numbers would work) to "contain" the scrappy center and then a wider border from a print that ties in some of the colors in the quilt.
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Old 03-26-2014, 09:11 AM
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I agree with loisf, I would go with the black that you used in the HST's, or pick up another of the earth tones used in your scraps. You're doing a great job though, I like it.
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Old 03-26-2014, 09:57 AM
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What happens if you use just a narrow strip of the dark and a wide strip of the light?

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Old 03-26-2014, 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by JENNR8R View Post
I'm out of the cream fabric that was used in the half-square triangles. I may have enough of the blue/black (4/5) fabric that is in the other part of the half-square triangles. What do you think of the two border possibilities in these pictures?
I like the black with the gold gingham.
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Old 03-26-2014, 11:15 AM
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I agree with loisf. I'd like to see some red borders.
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Old 03-26-2014, 12:07 PM
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I like the red inner border with the the black &blue outer border.. looking good!
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Old 03-26-2014, 01:58 PM
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Have you tried reversing the two blues, putting the darker colour next to the centre piece with the light on the outside. The other thought is, do you need two colours in you border? Would it look O.K. with just the black/blue number print?
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Old 03-26-2014, 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Suziuki View Post
Have you tried reversing the two blues, putting the darker colour next to the centre piece with the light on the outside. The other thought is, do you need two colours in you border? Would it look O.K. with just the black/blue number print?
I don't have enough of the light blue for the outside border.

I didn't want to use the black/blue number print right next to the scrappy quilt since there are many half-square triangles in that fabric on the edges. I think there needs to be something not in the scrappy quilt in the first border to make the lines in the quilt stop.
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