Border opinions please!

I have created a "Ufo" album in webshots where those sort of items
will sit and wait http://community.webshots.com/user/barnyowl

The blue scrappy was finally stitched together yesterday (it was a
good atmospheric day for sewing!) - now I have to consider my options
for bordering it. The blocks are 11" finished and the quilt top is
queen-sized and currently measures 88" x 88". The quilt is intended
for my sister&bro/law who will have been married 58yrs on the 20th -
why wait until the quilt is finished? - for their 60th??? I might add
that on their wedding day, I was a 6month old babe, in case anyone is
wondering........and I have the pictures to prove it!

I am thinking about a plain narrow strip to stop the golds and yellows
but then using varying rectangles of all the fabric colours to make up
a wider border OR carrying the golds and yellows out into the borders
but using only one of the blues ....... please offer any suggestions.

Thanks in advance, jennellh )

I'd make a narrow border using bits of all the golds/yellows, then a
wider, piano-key type border of pieces of all the blues. It's going to
be gorgeous whatever you do.

Monique in TX

jennellh wrote:
I have created a "Ufo" album in webshots where those sort of items
will sit and wait http://community.webshots.com/user/barnyowl

The blue scrappy was finally stitched together yesterday (it was a
good atmospheric day for sewing!) - now I have to consider my options
for bordering it. snip

I am thinking about a plain narrow strip to stop the golds and yellows
but then using varying rectangles of all the fabric colours to make up
a wider border OR carrying the golds and yellows out into the borders
but using only one of the blues ....... please offer any suggestions.

Thanks in advance, jennellh )

That is *really* gorgeous! I appreciate your decision not to wait until
their 60th, too--a version of "Eat Dessert First". I'd go for your first
suggestion of the narrow strip and then rectangles....altho', as I look at
it again, you might not even need the gold strip; maybe just go with the
rectangles. Bind it with gold if you want to add a dash of it.

Dogmom


"jennellh" wrote in message
ups.com...
I have created a "Ufo" album in webshots where those sort of items
will sit and wait http://community.webshots.com/user/barnyowl

The blue scrappy was finally stitched together yesterday (it was a
good atmospheric day for sewing!) - now I have to consider my options
for bordering it. The blocks are 11" finished and the quilt top is
queen-sized and currently measures 88" x 88". The quilt is intended
for my sister&bro/law who will have been married 58yrs on the 20th -
why wait until the quilt is finished? - for their 60th??? I might add
that on their wedding day, I was a 6month old babe, in case anyone is
wondering........and I have the pictures to prove it!

I am thinking about a plain narrow strip to stop the golds and yellows
but then using varying rectangles of all the fabric colours to make up
a wider border OR carrying the golds and yellows out into the borders
but using only one of the blues ....... please offer any suggestions.

Thanks in advance, jennellh )

yes.

VBG
Either would work. Depends on how much of what fabrics you have and so
on. I like the idea of the narrow border then the wider scrappy pieced
border, perhaps with a final narrow border and/or binding to match the
first narrow border??

Looks good.
Pati, in Phx
http://community.webshots.com/user/PatiCooks



jennellh wrote:
I have created a "Ufo" album in webshots where those sort of items
will sit and wait http://community.webshots.com/user/barnyowl

The blue scrappy was finally stitched together yesterday (it was a
good atmospheric day for sewing!) - now I have to consider my options
for bordering it. The blocks are 11" finished and the quilt top is
queen-sized and currently measures 88" x 88". The quilt is intended
for my sister&bro/law who will have been married 58yrs on the 20th -
why wait until the quilt is finished? - for their 60th??? I might add
that on their wedding day, I was a 6month old babe, in case anyone is
wondering........and I have the pictures to prove it!

I am thinking about a plain narrow strip to stop the golds and yellows
but then using varying rectangles of all the fabric colours to make up
a wider border OR carrying the golds and yellows out into the borders
but using only one of the blues ....... please offer any suggestions.

Thanks in advance, jennellh )

Naturally, I was detracted by the charms of Winston and had to go over and
admire Mr. Cute. He is just so dear. Meanwhile, back to the quilt - it's
lovely. To decide how to finish, how about putting it on a bed and doing an
audition of border possibilities? One of them will say 'yes', assuming of
course that you don't have too much help from Winston. Polly

"Pati C." wrote in message
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yes.

VBG
Either would work. Depends on how much of what fabrics you have and so on.
I like the idea of the narrow border then the wider scrappy pieced border,
perhaps with a final narrow border and/or binding to match the first
narrow border??

Looks good.
Pati, in Phx
http://community.webshots.com/user/PatiCooks



jennellh wrote:
I have created a "Ufo" album in webshots where those sort of items
will sit and wait http://community.webshots.com/user/barnyowl

The blue scrappy was finally stitched together yesterday (it was a
good atmospheric day for sewing!) - now I have to consider my options
for bordering it. The blocks are 11" finished and the quilt top is
queen-sized and currently measures 88" x 88". The quilt is intended
for my sister&bro/law who will have been married 58yrs on the 20th -
why wait until the quilt is finished? - for their 60th??? I might add
that on their wedding day, I was a 6month old babe, in case anyone is
wondering........and I have the pictures to prove it!

I am thinking about a plain narrow strip to stop the golds and yellows
but then using varying rectangles of all the fabric colours to make up
a wider border OR carrying the golds and yellows out into the borders
but using only one of the blues ....... please offer any suggestions.

Thanks in advance, jennellh )

What a lovely quilt. I love it (and as is well known, I don't usually
'do' scrappy - I think I must be the leopard that is changing her
spots!!). Anyway: yes, I like the idea of a narrow, then a scrappy
border; and I really like Pati's idea of a second narrow border. You
could then bind with different fabrics joined together.
You know you have some reds showing in the pretty blocks? Could you
audition a red narrow border? It might be too outrageous, but I thought
I'd mention it - I can't tell without trying it, though.
..
In message . com,
jennellh writes
I have created a "Ufo" album in webshots where those sort of items
will sit and wait http://community.webshots.com/user/barnyowl

The blue scrappy was finally stitched together yesterday (it was a
good atmospheric day for sewing!) - now I have to consider my options
for bordering it. The blocks are 11" finished and the quilt top is
queen-sized and currently measures 88" x 88". The quilt is intended
for my sister&bro/law who will have been married 58yrs on the 20th -
why wait until the quilt is finished? - for their 60th??? I might add
that on their wedding day, I was a 6month old babe, in case anyone is
wondering........and I have the pictures to prove it!

I am thinking about a plain narrow strip to stop the golds and yellows
but then using varying rectangles of all the fabric colours to make up
a wider border OR carrying the golds and yellows out into the borders
but using only one of the blues ....... please offer any suggestions.

Thanks in advance, jennellh )


--
Best Regards
pat on the hill

Howdy!

Oh be still my heart! It's scrappy & I'm in love!

If you want to "stop the golds & yellows", a narrow border in
dark blue would do it; that way the colors of the blocks
don't bleed into the border; dark blue (darker than any other
blue you've used on the edges of those blocks) will frame the
pieced top and say "I meant to stop here" while staying w/
one of the main colors in your quilt blocks (blue!).
A scrappy border, different from your block pattern but w/
the same fabrics, including those golds & yellows,
would be gorgeous.
I hope you Finish it soon 'cause I'm tired of waiting. VBG
(Okay, so I don't *do* UFOs.) I also hope you behaved yourself
at the wedding; being a baby is no excuse! ;-P

Cheers!
(free opinions are worth the price!)

R/Sandy-- this is not a "narrow" border but the yellow does
say, "Scraps: stop here!" before adding the scrappy border:
http://tinyurl.com/2clmys


On 8/14/07 2:08 PM, in article
, "jennellh"
wrote:

I have created a "Ufo" album in webshots where those sort of items
will sit and wait http://community.webshots.com/user/barnyowl

The blue scrappy was finally stitched together yesterday (it was a
good atmospheric day for sewing!) - now I have to consider my options
for bordering it. The blocks are 11" finished and the quilt top is
queen-sized and currently measures 88" x 88". The quilt is intended
for my sister&bro/law who will have been married 58yrs on the 20th -
why wait until the quilt is finished? - for their 60th??? I might add
that on their wedding day, I was a 6month old babe, in case anyone is
wondering........and I have the pictures to prove it!

I am thinking about a plain narrow strip to stop the golds and yellows
but then using varying rectangles of all the fabric colours to make up
a wider border OR carrying the golds and yellows out into the borders
but using only one of the blues ....... please offer any suggestions.

Thanks in advance, jennellh )

RM--I just LOVE that quilt of yours; it's about time I told you that.
Inspiring for sure! What gave you the nerve to do it? I don' t know if I
could ever stretch that much but it works so well!

Dogmom

"Sandy Ellison" wrote in message
...
Howdy!

Oh be still my heart! It's scrappy & I'm in love!

If you want to "stop the golds & yellows", a narrow border in
dark blue would do it; that way the colors of the blocks
don't bleed into the border; dark blue (darker than any other
blue you've used on the edges of those blocks) will frame the
pieced top and say "I meant to stop here" while staying w/
one of the main colors in your quilt blocks (blue!).
A scrappy border, different from your block pattern but w/
the same fabrics, including those golds & yellows,
would be gorgeous.
I hope you Finish it soon 'cause I'm tired of waiting. VBG
(Okay, so I don't *do* UFOs.) I also hope you behaved yourself
at the wedding; being a baby is no excuse! ;-P

Cheers!
(free opinions are worth the price!)

R/Sandy-- this is not a "narrow" border but the yellow does
say, "Scraps: stop here!" before adding the scrappy border:
http://tinyurl.com/2clmys


On 8/14/07 2:08 PM, in article
, "jennellh"
wrote:

I have created a "Ufo" album in webshots where those sort of items
will sit and wait http://community.webshots.com/user/barnyowl

The blue scrappy was finally stitched together yesterday (it was a
good atmospheric day for sewing!) - now I have to consider my options
for bordering it. The blocks are 11" finished and the quilt top is
queen-sized and currently measures 88" x 88". The quilt is intended
for my sister&bro/law who will have been married 58yrs on the 20th -
why wait until the quilt is finished? - for their 60th??? I might add
that on their wedding day, I was a 6month old babe, in case anyone is
wondering........and I have the pictures to prove it!

I am thinking about a plain narrow strip to stop the golds and yellows
but then using varying rectangles of all the fabric colours to make up
a wider border OR carrying the golds and yellows out into the borders
but using only one of the blues ....... please offer any suggestions.

Thanks in advance, jennellh )

On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:08:15 -0700, jennellh
wrote:

I have created a "Ufo" album in webshots where those sort of items
will sit and wait http://community.webshots.com/user/barnyowl

The blue scrappy was finally stitched together yesterday (it was a
good atmospheric day for sewing!) - now I have to consider my options
for bordering it. The blocks are 11" finished and the quilt top is
queen-sized and currently measures 88" x 88". The quilt is intended
for my sister&bro/law who will have been married 58yrs on the 20th -
why wait until the quilt is finished? - for their 60th??? I might add
that on their wedding day, I was a 6month old babe, in case anyone is
wondering........and I have the pictures to prove it!

I am thinking about a plain narrow strip to stop the golds and yellows
but then using varying rectangles of all the fabric colours to make up
a wider border OR carrying the golds and yellows out into the borders
but using only one of the blues ....... please offer any suggestions.

Thanks in advance, jennellh )

I'd pick a bright blue, a darker blue, and a gold. Do a medium border
in the brighter of the two blues, a narrow border of gold, and then a
final wider border of the darker blue for the outer border.
Debra in VA
See my quilts at
http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere

IMO it would look wonderful with a narrow strip of dark blue, then a scrappy
row of flying geese, then more dark blue. But that's a lot of geese!
Roberta in D

"jennellh" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
ups.com...
I have created a "Ufo" album in webshots where those sort of items
will sit and wait http://community.webshots.com/user/barnyowl

The blue scrappy was finally stitched together yesterday (it was a
good atmospheric day for sewing!) - now I have to consider my options
for bordering it. The blocks are 11" finished and the quilt top is
queen-sized and currently measures 88" x 88". The quilt is intended
for my sister&bro/law who will have been married 58yrs on the 20th -
why wait until the quilt is finished? - for their 60th??? I might add
that on their wedding day, I was a 6month old babe, in case anyone is
wondering........and I have the pictures to prove it!

I am thinking about a plain narrow strip to stop the golds and yellows
but then using varying rectangles of all the fabric colours to make up
a wider border OR carrying the golds and yellows out into the borders
but using only one of the blues ....... please offer any suggestions.

Thanks in advance, jennellh )