Borders
#21
I personally don't think that every border needs to be pieced. I'm doing an over-sized queen size bed quilt and out of 7 borders only 1 is pieced and it was planned like that purposely. The top of the quilt is the main focus. IMHO sometimes less is actually more.
#22
i must admit that i like borders - I think it can be the picture frame to a wonderful picture. And that does mean that there are times, less is more..If i'm designing the quilt, i usually wait til the quilt top is done, and then create the border
#24
Mostly do what the quilt says it wants. If it needs a fancy border I do that, but lots of times all the quilt needs is a quiet border to frame the work. I do use "piano keys" a lot though. Usually have strips of fabric left over and just cut into 2" strips and length that the quilt needs, usually 4" to 6" strips. Then do a square on the corners. Also will sometimes use scraps from the quilt, cut them 3 1/2" and sew long ways. Then just fit that to the quilt edge after a small 1 1/2" stop border.
#25
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If I piece anything in the border, it is in the corners. I like an unpieced border, thinking it is stronger where hands are going to be pulling on it. If it needs "movement", I'd rather do it with quilting than piecing.
#26
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I'm with you. A while back I decided to always try and do something different on the borders. However, I do agree with the person who said that by the time they get that far they just want to get it done so sometimes I just do plain borders. I have been successful sometimes with HST's or piano keys or just a 4" (or whatever size) square around for the border.
#29
It all depends on the quilt. One quilt I made had a very busy pattern and having borders made it really finished looking, others, I keep even the binding as thin as possible because the quilt stands on it's own.
Like everything else it is probably personal preference, but I use them when I think the project will benefit and don't when it won't help.
Like everything else it is probably personal preference, but I use them when I think the project will benefit and don't when it won't help.
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