different size borders
#1
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different size borders
I am making a quilt for my grandson who will be a tall boy when he gets older...it is a tee shirt quilt...the whole family donated their tee shirts and are going to sign them...it is now 63" wide by 100" long...i wanted to put 3" finished borders but as it is so long can i put 1" finished on top and bottom and 3" finished on the sides? Will this look to weird or unbalanced
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You should go with your instinct. I just finished a t-shirt quilt and I liked the even borders myself. Anyway you finish it I'm sure your grandson will love it because it was made with love.
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I am making a quilt with uneven borders as we speak. Yes you can have different size borders. The only rule you need to follow is put your sides on first and then the top and bottom or vice versa, not sure if that matters. You will not be able to miter your borders of course. Getting your quilt to be the size you want is a challenge when working with certain criteria, such as donated tee shirts or panels, but it can be done. good luck and would love to see the finished product!
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In situations such as you describe I find that I really have to think differently about quilt design. I know of nothing that says you have to keep even size borders. Only opinionated quilters will advise otherwise. I suggest this. Think about what your functional requirements are. I agree with the above post about the width. You really have a twin size in width. Is this sufficient for future use. What is the bed size being used now vs in the future. It might not be possible to make a " one size fits all ages". If you do make different width borders then select colors and width to blend in with the rest of the quilt. Make them look like they belong and not just added to make it longer
#8
I agree with Holice. There are no hard and fast rules when it comes to what size or how many borders you have. The main thing I do is at least put a narrow border around the whole quilt for stability. From there anything goes. A lot of times when I do a narrow border first I'll use the background fabric so it doesn't really look like a border. One time on a baby quilt instead of putting the two sides on and then the top and the bottom I put one side, then the bottom, the next side and then the top. The border on first side and the bottom were the same color and the second side and the top borders were a different color. That one turned out pretty cool. I actually did that because I didn't have enough left of either color for borders. Do what works for the quilt.
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