I have a couple of theories about borders ... very scientific. I know the blog world is waiting to be inspired. Here goes ...
OPTION #1I had exactly one yard of the brown polka dot fabric left over from making the blocks and I wanted to use it in the border. I needed 7 cuts across the width so my border strips had to be cut 5" wide.
OPTION #2
This quilt was made by Dawn and we discussed how wide the border should be (opinions - remember). I was going to quilt it and I have lots of 60" batting. Easy decision ... the border was cut so the quilt measured 58".
That's the most complicated I ever get with math.
Here's a little teaser of what Dawn's quilt looks like. Maybe she'll post a picture of the whole quilt over at Spring Water Designs.
2 comments:
Great tease ~ I Loooove it!!! I can't wait to see it in person now :)
I enjoyed your border discussion soooo much, you sound just like me. I always wing it and just lay out my fabric according to how much I have left = border size. Or my other solution is to order more of a favorite just for the border. That is the easy way!
Now, on the other hand, my newest project --- I am working with pieced borders from the English Medallion Quilting book. They are more involved since they are pieced. I was lucky on my first border because it just happened to fit my center medallion that already had a 3" mitered border. Honestly it just happened, I just made a whole lot of tiny blocks, sewed them all together and only have 5 left. The corners each have one tiny block. The next one is larger and havent even begun to figure out how to fit the corners. I will work of them tomorrow. I love the colors in your quilt and Dawn's too they are beautiful quilts. Thanks for sharing
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