Need some advice about a project I am working on.
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Need some advice about a project I am working on.
I have started a quilt that I need to make longer but wider. Do you think it would look off if I made the top borders wider than the side borders of a single color border
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I personally think you should do whatever you want to your quilt, everything doesn't have to be even or match up. If you are concerned about the look though, lay your quilt on the floor and lay fabric next to the sides the widths you are considering. Then stand back and see what you think. It helps to have one of those reducing magnifying glasses to do this but standing a ways back will give you about the same perception. How does it look to you?
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I am making a quilt that needs length added to it so making a small border on the sides. The top and bottom border will be much wider. Have a quilt here that my husbands grandmother made that has a wider top and bottom border than on the sides and it looks great. I agree that it is what looks and feels right to you, sometimes I don't care what other people think.
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I have done this in order to remind the person getting the quilt which is the top or bottom if that makes sense-you do what you need to to get the dimensions you want. Good luck, Best stitches
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I have a quilt with even borders on 3 sides and a very small (3) inches in the top. It is either under the pillos and doesn't show or on top looking like the rest of the bed. Often times the top border doesn't show or doesn't look right anyway.
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