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    Old 08-15-2019, 04:22 PM
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    If it were mine, i'd add black border but then i love black borders. Lovely quilt!!
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    Old 08-15-2019, 05:31 PM
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    Beautiful quilt! It's lovely just as it is but a black border would like nice, too. If you mitered the corners it would look like a window frame. Not sure you're going for that so just a suggestion.
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    Old 08-15-2019, 06:34 PM
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    Gorgeous as is...
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    Old 08-15-2019, 09:22 PM
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    I love this! A stained glass window quilt is on my ‘to-do’ list...
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    Old 08-15-2019, 09:28 PM
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    I like the suggestion of a wide border with mitered corners then bind in matching color as “The Quilted Cottage” mentioned.
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    Old 08-16-2019, 02:37 AM
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    As narrow as the last black is, I'd think the binding will make it look even smaller. As much as I hate taking anything apart, I'd suggest taking that off and making a wider border of the black with your black binding. This is beautiful!

    Added thought--do you have narrow pieces that you could make a skinny strip as a first border similar to the body of the quilt and then add a wider black border? You wouldn't have to take off what is already there. That might throw off your design though. But I'd go for a wider border as a "frame" of sorts

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    Old 08-16-2019, 02:40 AM
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    I have made actual stained glass and the frame is typically very small so no border would be authentic. Also, your quilt is beautiful.
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    Old 08-16-2019, 03:02 AM
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    Originally Posted by janjanq
    [ATTACH=CONFIG]616099[/ATTACH]I haven't put borders on this throw size quilt top yet, but wonder if I really need one. I only have scraps left of the layer cake and charm pack I made this from, so I don't have enough of any one fabric for a border, and I don't want to use solid black especially since the binding will be black. What do you think? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
    Beautiful quilt
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    Old 08-16-2019, 03:02 AM
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    Leave it the way it is, it is perfect!
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    Old 08-16-2019, 03:10 AM
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    I would only consider a border if you wanted to increase the finished size. It looks fine and a black binding would be perfect, in my opinion.
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