no borders
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Have any of you noticed... a lot of the quilts do not have sashing or borders... is that the new thing.. I was looking at my latest and the month before Love of Quilting and lots of the quilts are borderless. Not sure I like ...but if it is the new thing, better get with it....lol
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If you look at the vintage quilts (from the 1800's, especially) the pieced quilts usually did not have much in the way of borders. Often there was no border at all--the quilter just made blocks until the quilt was the desired size. It takes longer to make a quilt that way, because there's so much more piecing, but I tend to make mine that way. Just a personal preference, I guess.
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I've been making a baby quilt inspired by Modernized D9P by Kristy Daum and it wasn't until I had my top finished and was thinking about borders that I realized that the original doesn't have any! Maybe the no-border look is part of the modern quilt movement?
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I think that is part of the Modern Quilt movement. Personally I think it depends on the pattern. My current project is a fall panel that I added 3 plain borders to. Otherwise it would be pretty small.
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