Today I finished up the last block of the Debbie Mumm 'Garden Favorites' block of the month. I changed the flowers in the block to make them easier to applique using a technique that does not use fusible webbing.
This evening I stitched the blocks together into a top.
But now I have a problem. The pattern calls for a couple borders. When I made the blocks for this quilt, I pulled all of the fabrics from my stash, using mostly fat quarters. So I don't have enough of any fabric for my borders that is already in the quilt top. So now I don't know what to do for the borders. What would you do?
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Garden BOM top-what do I do now?
Posted by Pieceful Jane at 7:25 PM
Labels: BOM, garden BOM, quilt top
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2 comments:
Hmmm. I'm not the best to give colour advice but I may have an idea worth some thought.
How about a dark colour around the edge to reall define the quilt and help the eyes to focus on all the lovely blocks.
Maybe a dark blue that coordinates with a blue in the quilt. Or a reddish/burdgundy.
Of course, you could also choose a tone on tone or small print fabric for the border.
Me, I would take the quilt top to the LQS and ask for opinions ;)
dawne
I would put a dark little inner border or flange--I love them. Something an inch or less finished width. Then I would purchase a sky fabric and use as my main border. That is the first thing that crossed my mind...
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