carolynjo

For me , this pretty quilt needs just a dark binding to frame it. Gorgeous quilt, by the way.

piker6ca

Well thanks every one for the help.
I,m off to the fabric store and still not sure what to do . So going to take the quilt with me and see what will work .
Maybe like a lot of you guys are saying to just put a binding on it .
You would think after I have been a printer for 40 years my eye for colour would be better lol.
I just blame it on the lighting haha.
Thanks
All

Tom

Friday1961

It's a beautiful quilt! Seems to me you have a quite good eye for color! Personally, I'd use the darkest square color -- is it brown? -- for about a 4 inch border and maybe a narrower one or two inch border inside that in the coral/yellowish color....the one that looks like it has little suns in it. Whatever you do, it will be gorgeous because you've created a beauty here!

AZ Jane

That's where I always go, with the darkest color, especially with binding but borders too.

Sewnoma

Another vote for no borders. I'd use the darkest color for binding and let that serve as the boundary.

I love this pattern - I have a couple in this pattern made in wool by my grandmother and they are prized possessions! I've had them since I was a teenager.

Come to think of it, my gran didn't put borders on hers, which is probably why I think that's the best look for this pattern, LOL.

bee3

I like your avatar have you tried putting the different colors next to one side and taking a picture, and seeing if you can get a better idea ? I would go with the darker color to ground it, and I would say it definitely pops Looks lovely

sewbizgirl

This quilt doesn't need a border. I would just find a nice color and bind it.

BettyGee

Absolutely gorgeous quilt! My tendency would be to go with the dark brown to set off the wonderful colors, but by the same token It could go without a border just as easily.

matraina

I think it's beautiful - without a border.

zozee

I would not have noticed the missing row ahead of time had Auntie not caught it. Wow, good eye! I would hope someone would "catch" that for me as well before binding, because I would study the thing afterward and be like, "Wow, that side has 11 white squares diagonally but this side only 10." Not being police, just a balance thing that I would eventually notice.

As for your question, I think the quilt is lively enough without a border. I would bind it in the dark chocolate unless it had to be bigger, in which case I might audition a batik with corals, off whites, and chocolates running through it. If that's the case, I'd do maybe a 2" inner chocolate border, then 5" outer batik, then chocolate binding.

It's a beautiful Trip Around the World quilt, Tom! Good work. Best wishes in deciding how to finish it.



PS I was tempted to try to convince you to go with a patriotic, striped border and see how you'd react. LOL