I pulled this out of the cupboard yesterday and wondered why I still hadn't finished it. I really love it, and lots of time has gone into it. I purchased the fabric and pattern as a kit and altered the layout because I prefered this pattern. I got this far at least two years ago and then got stuck.
Borders - what to do with them?
The quilt top at the moment is slightly smaller than the top of a queen-size mattress. (Shown on a queen bed)
I have enough of the black fabric to do some plain borders and then bind with left-over batiks. However, I had thought of doing a band of squares (same size as small squares in blocks) on point with a plain black strip on either side. I have measurements stashed somewhere that went into the too-hard basket.
I would welcome suggestions. Would plain borders be best - maybe anything else would be too busy.
3 comments:
I think this looks fabulous as is and so would do a black border with a batik backing so that the pattern is the feature on the front.
Wow - lovely.
That looks great! A black border would really make the colours jump out; frame them. You could then do another pieced border with your left over bits, and black binding. Or a coloured pieced binding. It would all look great. Look forward to seeing it finished!
That looks great well done on getting it out the cupboard!! Black borders will look good...with a square on point in each corner?
Let me know how you go with the mystery quilt!
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