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Border advice needed

Sewingsue

Border advice needed
« on: April 03, 2022, 10:20:25 AM »
First attempt to post vanished  :headbang:

If I manage to attach the photos and send post

Photos should show image that came with pattern and two my two border options (I don't have enough of either to do all four the same colour)
Bernina Aurora 440QE, Brother BC-2500, Singer 99K (1938), Juki MO-654DE overlocker, Silver Viscount 620D overlocker.

Sewingsue

Re: Border advice needed
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2022, 10:24:03 AM »
Sorry I messed up the first one and sent two identical photos
Think I got it right now
« Last Edit: April 03, 2022, 10:26:36 AM by Sewingsue »
Bernina Aurora 440QE, Brother BC-2500, Singer 99K (1938), Juki MO-654DE overlocker, Silver Viscount 620D overlocker.

Lowena

Re: Border advice needed
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2022, 10:27:26 AM »
Of the 2 options the final one mirrors the inner colours more closely but I would probably ( were it my work ) cut the border strips into 3 or 4 pieces ( experiment to see which lengths work best ) and alternate them.
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Sheilago

Re: Border advice needed
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2022, 10:34:10 AM »
I think I’d go with the second option, which looks most like the pattern, with the brown segment continuing into the border. Not that I could make such an intricate pieced quilt : it’s amazing!  :loveit:

Sara-S

Re: Border advice needed
« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2022, 12:25:15 PM »
Great piecing!
Honestly either option would look good, though I am leaning toward the one with the diagonal at the corners.
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rubywishes

Re: Border advice needed
« Reply #5 on: April 04, 2022, 00:24:15 AM »
I would ow ith your option rather than the one that came with the pattern except I would swap the colours around so the brown border is bordering the grey and vice versa to see how that looks perhaps?
Juki TL2010Q, Juki DX7,  Singers: 1917 27K treadle (aka Gertie), 1957 99k (aka Vincent), 1951 99k knee lever (aka Shirley), 1950 99k handcrank (aka Alice), 1927 28K (aka Dora), 1947 201K treadle with motor conversion (aka Livvy)
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Iminei

Re: Border advice needed
« Reply #6 on: April 04, 2022, 08:07:44 AM »
Wonderful hanging .... I think #2
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Acorn

Re: Border advice needed
« Reply #7 on: April 04, 2022, 10:41:08 AM »
That's amazing!  And the second one, definitely.   :thumb:
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Sewingsue

Re: Border advice needed
« Reply #8 on: April 04, 2022, 12:26:29 PM »
Thank you all.
It's been on the go for so long I am surprised the cotton hasn't started to rot  :embarrassed:
Bernina Aurora 440QE, Brother BC-2500, Singer 99K (1938), Juki MO-654DE overlocker, Silver Viscount 620D overlocker.