To Border or Not to Border, that is the question?
#24
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That's a great quilt. I like it without a border, which makes the paths seem to go on to who knows where, whereas a border brings them all to a stop. However, I think the way it's sitting on the bed shows that a border would look good, too.
#25
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Are you interested in making it fit your bed? If you are would you then have to make more blocks or add borders to increase the size? I guess your answer lies in what you are looking for in the finished quilt. Your quilt is stunning!
#28
my quilt making rule of thumb is borders should only enhance the quilt, never be used to make it bigger
so my question would be, is that the bed you intend to use the quilt on? Or is it a cuddle size quilt?
If bed size I'd add two more rows of blocks all around.
Another option would be sashing and cornerstones, but it looks like it is already stitched together?
or borders with four cornerstones of the block in the quilt, that would make the borders serve a purpose
and bind with strips from the patchwork candycane style to pull it all together.
here is a sample from craftsy, the fourth photo down
https://www.craftsy.com/quilting/art...acks-bindings/
so my question would be, is that the bed you intend to use the quilt on? Or is it a cuddle size quilt?
If bed size I'd add two more rows of blocks all around.
Another option would be sashing and cornerstones, but it looks like it is already stitched together?
or borders with four cornerstones of the block in the quilt, that would make the borders serve a purpose
and bind with strips from the patchwork candycane style to pull it all together.
here is a sample from craftsy, the fourth photo down
https://www.craftsy.com/quilting/art...acks-bindings/
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