Dina

I just finished the last strip of the center of a Bargello challenge that I gave myself. The pattern is Modius by Eileen Wright. Now that I have it finished, I am looking at borders, even though the original pattern doesn't call for them.

I like it enough that I want it large enough to "display" on my guest bed. So...I am thinking of extending the borders in the same color as the background, adding a small border of one of the colors, and then adding more background fabric.

Currently the center is 38 inches by 62. I guess it was designed as a wall hanging... It would look lovely in my purple sewing room...but I have no wall space for it.

My question is would you use a lighter purple or a medium purple as the small center border, where the other two will be the dark purple background fabric. Right now I am thinking of a four inch border on each side of a one inch center border, the center being either a light purple or medium.

I will be experimenting, of course, but I know some of you can really visualize things well and might give me guidance. Me, I will have to cut 1 1/2 inch strips and play with them to decide which fabric to use.

Here is what I have so far. (The lightest purples are not as white as they look, I promise.)

Thanks for any input.

Dina

Tartan

If you have enough of the fabric, I might do Bargello chevrons around the quilt center.

Jordan

I don't have any ideas on the border but just wanted to let you know that is an absolute beautiful quilt. I myself like borders too. Good luck on your decision.

Dina

Thanks. Who know, I may go with my favorite border, which is an inner light one and an outer dark one. I just haven't had time to play yet, and I thought I might try something different for this one. I like the chevron idea above, but I don't have enough fabric for that.

Dina

marilynr

Stunning. You have done a marvelous job.

Barb in Louisiana

Absolutely beautiful!!!

joe'smom

Just beautiful! It's hard to say what would look best as borders without seeing various options (at least, for me).

hoprigmom

This is a really gorgeous bargello! You will have to lay some borders around it and then stand back to decide what looks great.

Dina

Well.....I just got back from Hobby Lobby, where I planned on buying 2 more yards of the background fabric. But there was none. It has been 2 months since I bought it, but, in my experience, Hobby Lobby seems to always have the same fabric. Not this time.

So....I am rethinking this. I do have a yard, as I always buy extra, but I originally intended to follow the pattern and not have borders.

Off to see what I can come up with...

Dina

sewingsuz

You have done a beautiful job. It is Awesome!