JudyMN

I purchased a cute panel for the back of a pieced quilt top, but have a problem. How would I add the borders when the sides are three inches and the top/bottom borders are 4.5 inches? Is it OK to have a wider border at the top/bottom, or should I make the top the same as the sides and add a wider border at the bottom? There is not enough room to make another row of blocks.

sewingsuz

You can make the top and bottom different width then the sides. I just saw a quilt like this that a national teacher made.

Jeanne S

I have seen many nice quilts that have different size borders. Go for it!

Cedar

I don't see why not. When I was in college we were tought to always frame our work with the bottom mat a half inch bigger, so it should be perfect for a wall quilt. For a bed quilt I'd put the extra on top since that part has the pillows so will lay differently on a made bed.

DebbE

Make your borders whatever size fit your application and that appeal to you. I don't quilt to make someone else happy, I do it to make me happy -- and about 98% of the time, if I'm happy with the finished product, everyone else who see's it likes it too, and if they don't, too bad! : ) It's called "artistic license"!

Merivale

Make the bottom border wider and you will be pleased with the result.

Jingle

I have put a wider border top and bottom when I wanted the quilt longer. You can make your quilt any way you want it. No rules in quilting.

JudyMN

Thank you for the suggestions. Once again the Quilting Board members came to the rescue with their expertise.

Boston1954

Sure it's okay. This is your quilt and you should do it the way you want. My sister is working on a quilt right now that includes a panel and she is slicing off two sides to make it fit. Go for it.