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Old 08-23-2011, 04:17 AM
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What if you used a moderately-narrow, brown border first - to frame your beautiful work, and THEN put the original fabric as a slightly larger border and then bind in a thin brown binding ....

I love to see the original fabric along side the composite pieces; wouldn't want to have to turn it over to get the impact .... Someone not familiar with the technique would lose the total intricacy/concept of the varied blocks ... and the workmanship involved.

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Old 08-23-2011, 04:17 AM
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I like the brown.
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Old 08-23-2011, 04:18 AM
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I personally like the octagon blocks. I can't tell you why but I do.
Have fun and it will be great however you do it. thanks for sharing and asking. :)
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Old 08-23-2011, 04:19 AM
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I would do the print with the circles inside and then a larger boarder in the brown and then bind it in brown.
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Old 08-23-2011, 04:30 AM
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I like the brown line too!
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Old 08-23-2011, 04:30 AM
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I think the octagon print and then a brown border around it.
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Old 08-23-2011, 04:31 AM
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I agree with Irish Rose. I think the brown strip makes it.
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Old 08-23-2011, 04:33 AM
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I think the brown shows off the blocks better
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Old 08-23-2011, 04:35 AM
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Originally Posted by wolfkitty
I think irish rose may be on to something. I think a border of brown and then the print, then brown binding would stand out nicely!
I so totally agree here.

Also - I am partial to the fabric placement on the left - The repetitive rectangles closer to the Quilt form a visual line and to my eyes looks better closest to the quilt.
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Old 08-23-2011, 04:44 AM
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I like the brown.
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