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08-14-2010, 09:04 PM

#21

spinnergs

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I think the second yellow brings the quilt top together, like using yellow on the floor and walls in a room.

08-15-2010, 05:57 AM

#22

MISHNJIM

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Just had to say that I LOVE your pieced border. That is just awesome. I think I like the darker better also.

08-15-2010, 06:41 AM

#23

Grandma Cindy

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Quote:

Originally Posted by feline fanatic

First of all, your quilt is lovely. I really like the idea of a thin strip of the gold then a wider border of the dark and bound in dark. Your pieced inner border is so pretty it deserves to be framed and seeing as you already have a thin gold on the inside I think framing it with another thin strip of the gold would look fantastic. It wouldn't distract from all your hard work in the body of the quilt but will help to draw the eye to all your hard work in the pieced inner border. Then rounded all out with a dark wider bit.

I so agree, both yellows will frame your lovely border...

08-15-2010, 06:56 AM

#24

Bobbielinks

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I vote to bind it with the yellow to balance with the inside of the pieced border. That would add a nice "picture frame" to your lovely quilt with a balanced appearance.

08-15-2010, 08:20 AM

#25

mayday

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[quote=RST]I would go with the dark, then bind with dark. I think the yellow would be distracting, and you already have a lot of interest happening in your border -- you don't want to compete with what's already going on.

Lovely quilt, btw.

RST[/quo

Agree totally with above.

08-17-2010, 07:20 AM

#26

MamaBear61

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I like the idea of the yellow and then the dark and I would bind with the black and white(?) stripe, but that is just me. Sometime I like the binding to be interesting too.