I think I want two borders - would dark, light, then dark binding look okay?
The center portion contains black and whites and various shades of pink and purple. I'm thinking of a 1" dark purple strip, then a lighter 4-5" pinkish strip, then a dark purplish binding.
Thanks, Anita
Sounds good to me!
Sounds good, but audition the pink before you cut. The color balance isn't always obvious until you see it in front of you. It might be that you'll want to reverse this and use the pink for the narrow bits. Roberta in D
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I think it sounds great! But you may want to audition the colors by folding your fabric to the approximate widths and placing it next to the quilt top before you actually cut and sew.
Yeah, I'm finding out that I can't skip auditioning! I was hoping for a short-cut answer. ;)
-- Anita --
Thanks, will do!
-- Anita --
Remember there are no quilt police and it is your quilt. I general use a dark border but using the dark binding would frame the quilt the way I like. Sounds great to me. I am a purple person but seldom use it extensively in a quilt because not too many people like it as much as I do.
Susan
I tend to use darker borders, too, but it's hard to say without seeing the quilt. I usually don't have a lot of contrast in the borders so as not to draw the attention away from the center.
--Heidi
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