Vivianne

Thanks for all your suggestions. I think I will add some borders and see how that goes. And blanket stitch around all the ladybirds and flowers. Thanks again, I am so glad that I joined quiltingboard

Jingle

Welcome to this board. Lots of helpful, knowledgeable people on here always willing to help.

Borders are the way to go. Very pretty.

WMUTeach

My suggestion is to frame it with a color or print that either matches or coordinates with the colors of the Jelly Roll. Because of the many beautiful prints, I might lean toward a solid: pink, purple, or turquoise.

Mousie

I was making a panel Christmas quilt for my dgd and accidentally cut off one border around
the center.
I had more border fabric but just sewing it on would make the bottom thinner than the other
three sides by 1/4".
I put some interfacing under the panel and appliqued the new strip of border by butting
fabrics together.
It eliminated
shortening it by 1/4" (the amount I cut off), and came out perfect.
I did an embroidery stitch over all four to match and went right over the place where the
panel ended and the new strip started. I was pleased with my fix.
(It is kind of like raw edged applique but should last a long time with those
stitches.)

juliasb

First of all welcome to the board from SE Michigan! Walking away as suggested is a good Idea. I would measure from the center outward, mark and measure so you can evenly add a boarder on the sides that are not wide enough. Your applique is so pretty. Adding another applique may enhance the finish. Best of luck you will get it.

wildyard

I think adding just some side borders in a fabric that goes with the ones you have used. I think I would use a coordinating print rather than a solid, unless you want to add the border to the top and bottom also. That would make it longer. You could add 2 or 3 strips of print to each side depending on how much wider you want it to be. I would make the strips the same width as the ones you used for the center.

Mousie

me again.
I was looking at your pic again and it really looks like your fix is not going to
be that awkward. Maybe a scalloped border will hide that one spot that is
"thinner", aka not as wide?

Jordan

I don't think it will be ruined. I was wondering if you could add small gentle curves to the border (no one would know it isn't supposed to have curves on the border) and add more fabric of a coordinating fabric to the sides. It is very pretty.