Wanted: advice on borders

Julia- i agree....use a between border before putting on the multi. maybe fuscia if you dont want to use black, but i would use black or Black on Black.

amy in CNY

Thanks for all the input. I'm still undecided. I think this is one that I'm going to have to leave on the design wall for awhile. It just seems to me that the multicolor border distracts from the center and I lose a bit of the impact of the center. I think I'll play a bit with adding some more black. I don't want to lose the impact of the color and the piecing in the center -- I want that to be the focus.

Julia

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Julia > Last fall, I took a "Piping Hot Curves" class from Susan Cleveland. I

A solid black border would look more like picture matting and make the center the focus and make it bigger at the same time. I think if I did that I would add piping in the fushia color between the blue and black. It would look a bit like a layered matting.

I agree with Gen on this. The multi does add something but it makes the quilt 'run' into the border instead of being defined by the border. (did that make sense?)

Butterfly ( impressed by al those curves:)

Another vote for the multicolor

I like the look of the stained glass batik with it. It is beautiful!!

I like the batik border with it. Gives it a finished look and the blocks really "pop."

Happy quilting,

Lenore

I vote to use the multicolor as a border. It really sets off the piecing.

Pati, > Last fall, I took a "Piping Hot Curves" class from Susan Cleveland. I