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border colour question
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 |
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Sounds good to me!
-- Carolyn in The Old Pueblo If it ain't broke, you're not trying. --Red Green If it ain't broke, it ain't mine. --Carolyn McCarty If at first you don't succeed, switch to power tools. --Red Green If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer. --Carolyn McCarty "Irrational Number" wrote in message ink.net... 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 |
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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 "Irrational Number" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ink.net... 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 |
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In article . net,
Irrational Number wrote: 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 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. -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1/ (my email is sfoster1 @ earthlink dot net -- remove the spaces) |
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border colour question
Roberta Zollner wrote:
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. Yeah, I'm finding out that I can't skip auditioning! I was hoping for a short-cut answer. -- Anita -- |
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Sandy Foster wrote:
In article . net, Irrational Number wrote: 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. 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. Thanks, will do! -- Anita -- |
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border colour question
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 On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 07:13:13 GMT, Irrational Number wrote: 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 |
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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 Plattsburgh (UPstate) NY http://community.webshots.com/user/rabbit2b === Susan Laity Price wrote: 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 |
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