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Sofi was sick, so I stayed home two days this week & made a big dent in quilting projects... now that she is better I have her cold.. :o(

I posted a pic of my last project, a playmat for a friend whose newborn kid has two quilts already (his grandma is a quilter too). I was inspired by Kaffe Fasset caravan of quilts book: the 5 de mayo quilt (that one is very red though). Great book, I am making the fabric trays next. So, what colour would you use for the binding? The backing is magenta flannel with swirls in all primary colours (nobody knew the gender, I wanted to over all bases, but my gut feeling that it was a boy was right, hence the blue quilt!)

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Carole-Retired and Loving It · Accepted Answer

I don't know what color binding you should use, but I sure do LOVEthat play mat!  What a great idea!

joan8904 in Bellevue Nebraska · Answer

RED!joanDrQuilter wrote:

Dannielle · Answer

As soon as the picture popped up, my brain said it has to be red! It could be another warm color, like yellow or something, but red would really set that baby off!

It's positively beautiful! Congrats on another great project!

Dannielle

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Sandy Foster · Answer

I know everyone so far has said red, but I vote for purple!

Taria · Answer

That is a wonderful playmat Marissa. Red would look good but I would probably go the bright blue in the ex-ray cat background. I love that quilt. What a happy fun quilt it is. Hope you and the whole family are better soon. Taria

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Pat in Virginia · Answer

Marissa:Fantastic quilt ... the child is very lucky to have you as a friend! Are you planning to bind it with the jagged edges, or will you be adding triangles to fill in? I made a quilt with similar shape (8 outside corners and 8 inside corners) and it was NOT easy to bind. I was a newbie at the time, but I ended up sending it out for binding. Well, you asked about color. I suggest a Yellow Binding! PAT in VA/USADrQuilter wrote:

nana2b · Answer

Hi Mariisa, I love the quilt, especially the shape.  Linda in Tx

Rita in MA · Answer

Piggy backing to say GMTA. That is exactly what I thought the minute I looked. Yellow would be striking. The magenta backing put me off until I read that it had primary color swirls. I think that yellow would be great.

Rita L.

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Pam in Spencerport · Answer

I love it! Very original.DrQuilter wrote:

blackrosequilts · Answer

I agree.  Red would zing.

DrQuilter · Answer

that's it, jagged edges... Kaffe says it is not hard to bind... I'll see. Not sure how to calculate how muh binding to make though (I know, a lot more than I think!)the kids dad is a great guy, I love working with him. they are sending him to the same small dayare sofi goes to, so he will be her buddy as well!Pat

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