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

Sounds good to me!

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"Irrational Number" wrote in message
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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

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

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.

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(my email is sfoster1 @ earthlink dot net -- remove the spaces)

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 --

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 --

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

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

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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