AlvaStitcher

I made this quilt for a friend's first baby. The shower is in early May and I'd like to get this done in plenty of time. My quandary: what color should I bind it with? Red seems too bold, purple too bright unless maybe lavender. ???? I so appreciate all who are willing to make suggestions.
Karen
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maT

i would use the same as the border fabric

ManiacQuilter2

Do you have more of the border fabric?? The decision is do you want the binding to blend with the border or be an accent. If you don't have additional border fabric, I would choose a color from the border fabric.

earthwalker

I would go yellow, as you have some yellow in the blocks and the border. Yellow is a happy colour and babies = happy.

Barb in Louisiana

I would use the darker blue in the top right block.

The way I pick borders or bindings is to audition each different color by putting a half inch swath showing out from under the edge. Take pictures of the quilt with each different color. Which one do you like the best?

Side note: with all that blue, I hope she is having a boy.

AlvaStitcher

Barb, Nope a girl. I thought the flowers in the blue/green border were feminine as well as all the appliquéd flowers. Hope i'm not wrong in my thinking. It happens often. I backed it in a soft yellow print. I do have enough of the border fabric left so I will probably go ahead and use that rather than a contrasting color. I guess it is busy enough as is.

wesing

You have light or turquoise blue in the very center of your quilt and in the border. I would audition a solid or marble in that color.

QuiltnNan

that was my first thought too

Tartan

My first choice would be blue but since it is for a girl, that's out. I would bind with the border or the green that is in all the leaves.

luvspaper

For quilts like these that are multicolored (and especially baby quilts), I tend to love a striped binding! So just another option to consider!