Help with border please
11-07-2016, 12:27 PM
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Help with border please
I can't believe it's November!!! I hope everyone is well!! My creativity seems to be asleep and this is my first bed size quilt, it's a king size and the blocks are 14 inches and the border will need to be 12 inches. With such a wide border I'm stumped...... this quilt was a special request, and they wanted just a simple log cabin, nothing fussy or fancy, just something in blue.
1: 3in inner border with a 6 in log cabin block followed by another 3in border.
2: same as above with 6 in star block in either the dark blue or scrappy (same as fabric in log cabins).
3: just plain mitered borders in a dark blue, med blue and white.
This is all I could think of and would appreciate any assistance and thoughts!
1: 3in inner border with a 6 in log cabin block followed by another 3in border.
2: same as above with 6 in star block in either the dark blue or scrappy (same as fabric in log cabins).
3: just plain mitered borders in a dark blue, med blue and white.
This is all I could think of and would appreciate any assistance and thoughts!
11-07-2016, 12:57 PM
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Great colours for a very peaceful looking quilt.
You mentioned a 12" border .... is that the max? Or is that the minimum? and it could it be 14".
If so, what about another row of blocks ....
To me, a log cabin is one of the quilts that shows off perfectly without a border.
You mentioned a 12" border .... is that the max? Or is that the minimum? and it could it be 14".
If so, what about another row of blocks ....
To me, a log cabin is one of the quilts that shows off perfectly without a border.
11-07-2016, 01:19 PM
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11-07-2016, 06:22 PM
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I would try a red, then gray, then black border. If you have pieces of the fabric, lay them out and see how they look. I think this would really look good. You could use a 2", then a 4", then a 6". Add seam allowances. I don't think a log cabin needs to be quilted fancy.
11-07-2016, 07:38 PM
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Great colours for a very peaceful looking quilt.
You mentioned a 12" border .... is that the max? Or is that the minimum? and it could it be 14".
If so, what about another row of blocks ....
To me, a log cabin is one of the quilts that shows off perfectly without a border.
You mentioned a 12" border .... is that the max? Or is that the minimum? and it could it be 14".
If so, what about another row of blocks ....
To me, a log cabin is one of the quilts that shows off perfectly without a border.
11-07-2016, 07:39 PM
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Right, a large border can always be a nice place to showcase some fancy quilting. here are a couple of examples, all of these borders were 10" wide or wider. I think the blue and green one was over 12":
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11-08-2016, 07:43 AM
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As someone else suggested a piano key border to give it character or what about a ribbon border? Don't know if that's what its called but it looks like 2 ribbons crossing over each other continually in the various blues or maybe use the red and neutrals to bring them out.
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