Help on border
08-29-2011, 02:56 PM
#13
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I like your striped fabric, but not with that quilt. I think it takes your eye away from all the other beautiful fabrics. It seems that the border should kind of frame the quilt and draw it all together. Pretty quilt--I love red and black.
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08-29-2011, 05:14 PM
#17
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I did a quilt recently with a striped border, but added a small solid inner border first. It turned out a lot better, the quilt top looked more framed with the solid inner border first. can't wait to see a finished quilt (or top!)
08-29-2011, 05:15 PM
#18
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Originally Posted by ckcowl
are you wanting to add a border to increase the size of the quilt? if so maybe use the stripe with a smaller solid border on the outside of it to stop the design and frame the quilt- red or black would work- or use like a 1" red-4"stripe-1"red===something along those lines- depending on how much you need to add to bring your quilt up to the size you want it to be.
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