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help with a baby quilt

Hi all,

I need a bit of advice with a baby quilt I have in the plans. I found a pattern I want to use, but I want to add an additional wide border of the featured novelty print to make the quilt a little bigger and to highlight that fabric.

Anyway, here it is in a nutshell - the quilt is made from 9" finished blocks, each with a 3.5" center square of the novelty print set on point. The blocks are seperated by 3.5" wide sashing strips and corner stones. In the pattern it is set 2 blocks by 3. The finished quilt is

27" x 39".

For the baby quilt, I defitely want it wider. And, as I said I want to add another outer border of the novelty print (adorable monkeys!). I would like some advice on how wide to make this border. I was thinking of 5" (leaning toward that) or 6", but not sure if that is going to be too overpowering.

Also, even with these additional borders, is that going to be wide enough for a baby quilt? 5" borders would bring it to 37" by 49". Should I consider adding another row of blocks to make it 3 x 3 square? I really don't want to wrestle with something too big, but I'd like them to be able to lay it down and put the baby on top for a nap!

Thanks in advance for your wise help! It will be most appreciated.

Ann

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Ann Adamson
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Why not continue the sashing and cornerstones around the 2x3 blocks and then add the print border, and bind with the sashing material? That adds another

7" to the width and length which makes it quite adequately large.

Betty in CT

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Clooniff

I'm not sure I followed...but the quilt pattern does have the sashing and blocks all the way around each block, including along the outer edges of the quilt, and then they simply bound it. I want to add an additional wide solid border of the print, but I'm trying to figure out how wide to make it. The novelty print blocks in the quilt are 3.5" and the sashing is 3.5", so I was thinking a 5" wide border as about as wide as I could go, but I'm not sure if it will overpower the quilt.

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Ann Adamson

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Pat in Virginia

Ann, think about adding a narrow border in a contrasting fabric (maybe 2" wide), then your wider border, then another 2" border. You'd gain a bit of width and length and a "frame."

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Ruth in Happy Camp

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