Do all borders have to be the same width?
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I am making a quilt from a pattern where the quilt ends up square. I want it to be the same width as the pattern but longer so it ends up rectangular. The quilt is not made from square blocks ( some are rectangular, others are square, quite a bit of applique) so i can't just add another row of blocks to the top or bottom. Can I make wider borders on the top and bottom than on the sides or will the quilt police come and get me! Your ideas will be appreciated. Thanx.
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Originally Posted by GagaSmith
I am making a quilt from a pattern where the quilt ends up square. I want it to be the same width as the pattern but longer so it ends up rectangular. The quilt is not made from square blocks ( some are rectangular, others are square, quite a bit of applique) so i can't just add another row of blocks to the top or bottom. Can I make wider borders on the top and bottom than on the sides or will the quilt police come and get me! Your ideas will be appreciated. Thanx.
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Originally Posted by GagaSmith
I am making a quilt from a pattern where the quilt ends up square. I want it to be the same width as the pattern but longer so it ends up rectangular. The quilt is not made from square blocks ( some are rectangular, others are square, quite a bit of applique) so i can't just add another row of blocks to the top or bottom. Can I make wider borders on the top and bottom than on the sides or will the quilt police come and get me! Your ideas will be appreciated. Thanx.
#5
I have a vintage quilt that I bought at an estate sale that has wider borders on the top and bottom than on the sides. But I like tcharlie's idea of adding a row of some other kind of blocks to the top and bottom and then keeping your borders even.
#6
You can absolutely do whatever you want. Add borders of different widths, add more borders top and bottom than on the sides, add additional blocks top or bottom - it's your quilt. (Warning - once you start straying from the pattern, you will find that you always want to stray. It's more fun that way.)
#10
Do what you want. I'm doing one, where because of inaccurate planning on my part (shhh), I have to have a 10" border on the left side - rest can be whatever. Since I really don't want to do that on all 4 sides, I'm doing 10" on the left and bottom. Top and right are 5". It's artistic!
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