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Old 03-25-2014, 04:45 AM
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The yellow gold inner border works. As would a magenta red inner border (pulling colors from the quilt). The inner border can be any contrast color that's in the quilt already. A bright contrast enhances your colors overall.

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I LOVE the combination on the left

I think the reason why the blue in the first picture didn't work is because it doesn't look like it's in the body of the quilt. The new combination brings the dark fabric in the quilt to the border.

I don't care for the scale(too big) of the green fabric in the sample on the right. The color seems a bit off, too.
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Old 03-25-2014, 07:48 AM
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Love the blue/black fabric. If I had to choose one of the two, I'd go with the yellow. The gray one looks too busy, IMHO.
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Old 03-25-2014, 09:05 AM
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WEll, I liked the blue better than the other choices. I don't generally love borders, but if you think of them as frames, frames don't have to "match" or repeat content from the art being framed. Are you set on a border? What if you just made more blocks and went "frameless"?
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Old 03-25-2014, 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Prism99 View Post
I agree with loisf, except she explained it better than I could have! I'd like to see a deep red inner border and some kind of black print outer border (especially if it is the same black print in the triangles).
I agree too. Hope you have enough of the fabric you used in the larger triangles. Try auditioning a red or a yellow inside border and take a picture of each. Good Luck !!
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Old 03-25-2014, 09:38 AM
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I really like the inner fabric on the right best.
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Old 03-25-2014, 09:47 AM
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I'd still like to see a red for the inner border, but I really like the black. Of the two inner fabrics you posted, I actually prefer the one on the right. For me the yellow check doesn't work; I would need a different shade of yellow and something other than a check. The quilt itself is very geometric, so the check is overkill for me. (I might have a different opinion if seeing more of the quilt from further back; it's a little different seeing just one corner. But that is my first impression.....)
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Old 03-25-2014, 02:09 PM
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I like the one on the right, but would like to see a pic with more of the quilt in it.
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Old 03-25-2014, 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Prism99 View Post
I'd still like to see a red for the inner border, but I really like the black...)
Here is the only "reddish" fabric that I have. Do you like this better?
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Old 03-25-2014, 03:11 PM
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I like the red for a skinny border.
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