What kind of border???
#13
Originally Posted by irishrose
Piano keys using all the colors would keep with the geometric genre of the quilt. Or just keep building narrow frames in all the colors until it looks finished to you.
#14
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I would do a 6+ width dark (blue) to match tonal darks, and scallop it. Then do pretty stitching in lighter thread on border to accentuate :) But I like dark, it's wonderfully moody.
#15
I like the piano keys idea. This is my first quilt, and I'm not sure I'm up to trying scalloped edges....that frightens me! I went to the bookstore today and thumbed thru a few things, and I was intrigued by the triple rail too.
I took those pics with my cell phone at night and the colors of the quilt are different then they look. The colors are purple, gold and green.
I took those pics with my cell phone at night and the colors of the quilt are different then they look. The colors are purple, gold and green.
#16
There are lots of borders on Quilterscache.com to give you ideas. My suggestion is to make it simple so it does not distract from the pattern. You've done a nice job, and that is what you need to show. Make it simple and plain.
#17
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not a major fan of borders unless it is also quilt patches. i like your quilt just the way it is. plain strip borders used to make the quilt larger usually doesn't add anything to the design for me. if you still have more fabric, what do you think of 1/2 square triangles? could look mighty nice.
#18
I am actually looking at Quilt with Confidence by Nancy Zieman, and she has a section on borders where she shows a quilt made with square (square in a square) and the border is half square triangles and it looks great.
Wow I've gone from no ideas to wanting piano keys, triple rail, and half squares. My cup runneth over!
Wow I've gone from no ideas to wanting piano keys, triple rail, and half squares. My cup runneth over!
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