To Border or Not to Border
#12
Power Poster
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 18,340
But .... what does your resident Cat Adviser have to say about it?
Guess s/he saw all the mice and said, "Must get on the job!"
My eyes keep going to your border print ... IOW pulls me away from the true beauty of the quilt, all the mice heads!
Guess s/he saw all the mice and said, "Must get on the job!"

My eyes keep going to your border print ... IOW pulls me away from the true beauty of the quilt, all the mice heads!
#14
Ok, I agree that if you have enough fabric add a border of the dark blue that we all thought was black.
And then use either one color or little bits of all of the colors you have left over for the binding. I would not lean toward a print. It might distract from your blocks. I also think that leaving it as is and using a color for the binding would look good too. Not being wishy-washy, but you do have choices. Just as us and away we go with lots of suggestions.
And then use either one color or little bits of all of the colors you have left over for the binding. I would not lean toward a print. It might distract from your blocks. I also think that leaving it as is and using a color for the binding would look good too. Not being wishy-washy, but you do have choices. Just as us and away we go with lots of suggestions.
#19
Super Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Carroll, Iowa
Posts: 3,979
I tend to add borders even if it doesn't call for them. Since you don't have enough of just one fabric, how about strip piecing what you have, then cut them down to what ever width border you want? If you don't want to do mitered corners, just add a square of one of the fabrics at each corner. This way you'll use up what you have plus have a border. You already have a sashing of black that separates the blocks. I like using up what scraps I have of the fabrics in the quilt. Scrap breed overnight.

