feline fanatic

I would not use a print in the border, maybe for the backing you could use Disney princess fabric but for the front of this quilt stick with solids and let the embroidery be the big star.

Here is an example of what I did on my LA with machine embroidered blocks like yours:
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mighty

I agree!!!!

bigredharley

I'm thinking since this will be a "loved" quilt for a little girl I'm going to SITD - maybe some fancy stitches in the "frames". Too much fancy work would (in my humble opinion) take away from the princesses and really highlight there are so many different sizes of them. Some of the "heads" are not much more than 1" squares where some are 4".

Thanks for the opinions!!!

feline fanatic

Just make sure you use a batting that will allow that much unquilted space. The packaging will tell you how far apart you can have unquilted. I think W&N is 10" If your blocks are 12" you will have to put some quilting inside the squares with the embroidery.

bigredharley

My blocks are 6" for the white part. I think I'll be ok with w&n. and just do something in the "frames". Great point though, I wasn't thinking about that at all!

Lovequilting22

Beautiful job!!! I love it! I'd go with a white border, but that's just me. I think it would make the white in the squares pop.....

Silver Needle

You don't have to just stipple the background. There are lots of designs that can be used. And I like your idea for the borders being the plain fabrics. Let the embroidery shine.

zozee

Wow ,you are so talented! What beautiful embroidery. I think the border needs a touch of black since you have a little black in almost every block. I would do something like narrow white, black, wide pink floral that has some yellow,black and white in it, and black binding.