Decisions, decisions...

I'm in the middle of machine quilting my francophone challenge quilt
(seen near the bottom of
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1/wips.html). I've done the small
Lemoyne stars and the larger "main" blocks in a variegated blue Aurifil
thread. Now I'm debating the border: should I do it in black to match,
thus not detracting from the main body of the quilt; or should I
continue in the blue, trusting that it will all coordinate? I hate not
being able to make up my mind! Any suggestions?
--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1

I'd go with the blue.

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Kathy A. (Woodland, CA)
Queen of Fabric Tramps
http://www.kayneyquilting.com ,
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"Sandy Foster" wrote in message
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I'm in the middle of machine quilting my francophone challenge quilt
(seen near the bottom of
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1/wips.html). I've done the small
Lemoyne stars and the larger "main" blocks in a variegated blue Aurifil
thread. Now I'm debating the border: should I do it in black to match,
thus not detracting from the main body of the quilt; or should I
continue in the blue, trusting that it will all coordinate? I hate not
being able to make up my mind! Any suggestions?
--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1

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"Kathy Applebaum" wrote:

I'd go with the blue.


Thanks, Kathy!
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Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1

I love this quilt. How very beautiful. And I'd go with your thought about
quilting with black on the border so as not to detract from those joyful
colors in your blocks. I have great respect for Kathy's quilting, she's
terrific. Er, umm. . .. I don't think I'm being very helpful so I'll just
slip away. Polly

"Sandy Foster" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Kathy Applebaum" wrote:

I'd go with the blue.


Thanks, Kathy!
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Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1

Hullo Sandy
I can see that black would be very tempting - I would probably have
thought that too. However, I wonder about the practicalities of black?
sewing black on black is difficult, and any unpicking that might be
needed (do you ever need to, perhaps not!) would be awful. Unless,
perhaps, you found a shiny black, a rayon perhaps? That might be nice.
Ooh! I think I'll find one for myself now I've mentioned it g
There are also some lovely slightly variegated YLI threads (when I say
'slightly' I mean that the colours are of similar hue and value). I
have one which is black with a dark purply blue. I used it on a navy
and you can hardly see the colour at all - just the shape. So, it might
show more than black on black, but not a lot.
HTH
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In article ,
Sandy Foster writes
I'm in the middle of machine quilting my francophone challenge quilt
(seen near the bottom of
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1/wips.html). I've done the small
Lemoyne stars and the larger "main" blocks in a variegated blue Aurifil
thread. Now I'm debating the border: should I do it in black to match,
thus not detracting from the main body of the quilt; or should I
continue in the blue, trusting that it will all coordinate? I hate not
being able to make up my mind! Any suggestions?

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Best Regards
pat on the hill

Blue. PAT

Sandy Foster wrote:
I'm in the middle of machine quilting my francophone challenge quilt
(seen near the bottom of
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1/wips.html). I've done the small
Lemoyne stars and the larger "main" blocks in a variegated blue Aurifil
thread. Now I'm debating the border: should I do it in black to match,
thus not detracting from the main body of the quilt; or should I
continue in the blue, trusting that it will all coordinate? I hate not
being able to make up my mind! Any suggestions?

In article ,
Sandy Foster writes
I'm in the middle of machine quilting my francophone challenge quilt
(seen near the bottom of
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1/wips.html). I've done the small
Lemoyne stars and the larger "main" blocks in a variegated blue Aurifil
thread. Now I'm debating the border: should I do it in black to match,
thus not detracting from the main body of the quilt; or should I
continue in the blue, trusting that it will all coordinate? I hate not
being able to make up my mind! Any suggestions?


Its gorgeous and I think I'd go along with the majority here and do the
border in blue.
:-)
--
ally
website: www.alcom.demon.co.uk

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"Polly Esther" wrote:

I love this quilt. How very beautiful. And I'd go with your thought about
quilting with black on the border so as not to detract from those joyful
colors in your blocks. I have great respect for Kathy's quilting, she's
terrific. Er, umm. . .. I don't think I'm being very helpful so I'll just
slip away. Polly

"Sandy Foster" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Kathy Applebaum" wrote:

I'd go with the blue.


Thanks, Kathy!
--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1


LOL! Thanks, Polly.
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Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1

In article ,
ally wrote:

In article ,
Sandy Foster writes
I'm in the middle of machine quilting my francophone challenge quilt
(seen near the bottom of
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1/wips.html). I've done the small
Lemoyne stars and the larger "main" blocks in a variegated blue Aurifil
thread. Now I'm debating the border: should I do it in black to match,
thus not detracting from the main body of the quilt; or should I
continue in the blue, trusting that it will all coordinate? I hate not
being able to make up my mind! Any suggestions?


Its gorgeous and I think I'd go along with the majority here and do the
border in blue.
:-)


Hi Ally! You've all convinced me to stick with the original plan and use
the variegated blue.
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Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1

In article P0VCd.6975$Tf5.1334@lakeread03,
Pat in Virginia wrote:

Blue. PAT

Sandy Foster wrote:
I'm in the middle of machine quilting my francophone challenge quilt
(seen near the bottom of
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1/wips.html). I've done the small
Lemoyne stars and the larger "main" blocks in a variegated blue Aurifil
thread. Now I'm debating the border: should I do it in black to match,
thus not detracting from the main body of the quilt; or should I
continue in the blue, trusting that it will all coordinate? I hate not
being able to make up my mind! Any suggestions?


Thanks, Pat!
--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1