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Old 03-23-2016, 02:06 PM
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I'm quilting my red and white quilt. Almost done with the main part.
Thinking about the borders now. I quilted the main part in light grey.
Looks fine so far. So it was light grey all over the white and red and
over the HST's. Then I have a small white border then the big red
border. Should I just continue with the light grey or should I switch
to red thread for the red border?
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Old 03-23-2016, 02:37 PM
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Either one would be fine.
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Old 03-23-2016, 03:14 PM
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I'll agree with sushi. You could go either way. Personally, I would stick with the light grey.
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Either one would look nice. Personally, I'd go with the red. Red would really make the border pop. Grey would create a more all-over muted tone & add lots of unity through the quilting.
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I'd probably stick with the gray. What color is the back?
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The back has a white background with some black, grey, red and blue.

Edited: failing memory ;-)

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I'd go with the red for borders since it sounds like you are custom quilting
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Old 03-24-2016, 03:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Bree123 View Post
Either one would look nice. Personally, I'd go with the red. Red would really make the border pop. Grey would create a more all-over muted tone & add lots of unity through the quilting.
i agree with bree
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I would go with red for the border.
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Old 03-24-2016, 04:56 AM
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In the border if you don't want your quilting to show, then use a matching thread.
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