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Old 11-27-2020, 12:56 PM
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I love your quilt!! Love the bright, cheerful feel of it. I’d prob’ly add the light solid color down the left side and across the bottom and bind it with a bright solid. And let it tell it’s own cheerful tale ;0) !
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Old 11-27-2020, 01:06 PM
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Another beauty! Imho its a very modern looking quilt, I would just bi d and enjoy, no border necessary, love it!
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Old 11-27-2020, 02:16 PM
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I agree. A thin non-fancy border would be a nice finishing touch.
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Old 11-27-2020, 02:19 PM
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Great quilt Watson! I would not use a border but use a scrappy multicolored binding. You are so lucky your mistake was on the last corner. Good job.
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Old 11-27-2020, 04:02 PM
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Watson, I love that top!
I don't think it needs a border. Maybe just a fun binding.
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Old 11-27-2020, 05:03 PM
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Beautiful quilt! I would add a white border either on 2 sides or 4 sides. Not sure if I would bind in white, black, one color, or scrappy.
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Old 11-27-2020, 05:19 PM
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I'm joining the chorus for a narrow white border. As a personal opinion. quilts without borders look unfinished.

And I'm OCD enough that I'd fix that corner. Last week I did just that -- ripped out and fixed a corner turned 90 degrees. Why that didn't get fixed earlier I have no idea, but it would have been a lot easier if it hadn't already been basted for quilting!

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Old 11-27-2020, 05:24 PM
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No border! I love the modern look to this quilt! Maybe even go with a facing or at least white binding.
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Old 11-28-2020, 11:06 AM
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If you are happy with the size, I think I would skip the border. This quilt reminds me of birds in flight, and it seems a shame to “cage them in.”
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Old 11-28-2020, 03:34 PM
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You know you don't have to put your borders on all 4 sides. A border of white around the whole quilt to separate the quilt center from the pieced border. Then a pieced border (like the narrow piecing of the blocks), but this border only on the top and bottom. After that another narrow white border on the top and bottom to separate the pieced border from a strong colored binding.
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