need border help, opinions please
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thank you all for your comments and suggestions. Because red is her favorite color, and the quilt is so busy, I have decided to go with the red border and binding. Everything else I tried just added more busyness to it. I appreciate your help as always!!
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I am sewing together this controlled scrappy quilt for my niece. I need a border to finish it off, and was planning one of these two stripe/plaid fabrics.
Now I am concerned they are too busy and wondering if I should just go for a tone on tone red as the border and binding; or the red border and stripe binding?
Thoughts about this? Thanks in advance!!
Now I am concerned they are too busy and wondering if I should just go for a tone on tone red as the border and binding; or the red border and stripe binding?
Thoughts about this? Thanks in advance!!
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I like the plaid! It picks up all the colors in your quilt and, though busy itself, will look great as a border, I think.
Oops! Never mind. I read "border" and substituted "binding" in my head. I, too, think the plaid is too busy as a border and would use a solid instead, probably red (which seems to be my go-to choice for a border if I have red in the quilt). But I'd still use that plaid for the binding!
Oops! Never mind. I read "border" and substituted "binding" in my head. I, too, think the plaid is too busy as a border and would use a solid instead, probably red (which seems to be my go-to choice for a border if I have red in the quilt). But I'd still use that plaid for the binding!
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I like the boldness of your quilt. I would suggest a solid or tone on tone border. Your eyes need a place to stop I would choose a color for the border that is fairly dominant in the quilt.
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