{"id":185,"date":"2007-02-03T17:47:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-04T00:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2007\/02\/finalizing-borders\/"},"modified":"2022-08-02T16:41:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T23:41:47","slug":"finalizing-borders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2007\/02\/finalizing-borders\/","title":{"rendered":"Finalizing Borders?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogger\/_IlKX5cJn1Zk\/RcTLqmVzOvI\/AAAAAAAAAQ0\/sPBhKCpAwck\/s1600\/PICT7878.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027367016759245554\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: hand;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogger\/_IlKX5cJn1Zk\/RcTLqmVzOvI\/AAAAAAAAAQ0\/sPBhKCpAwck\/s320\/PICT7878.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\nThis was my original idea. After I put it up on the wall I wasn&#8217;t sure.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogger\/_IlKX5cJn1Zk\/RcTLq2VzOwI\/AAAAAAAAAQ8\/1DDEJt9BgHI\/s1600\/PICT7879.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027367021054212866\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: hand;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogger\/_IlKX5cJn1Zk\/RcTLq2VzOwI\/AAAAAAAAAQ8\/1DDEJt9BgHI\/s320\/PICT7879.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\nI then thought about just putting a smallish border on with the white background fabric. The size would be the same as the sashing size (1.75&#8243; finished).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogger\/_IlKX5cJn1Zk\/RcTLrGVzOxI\/AAAAAAAAARE\/XS2T93ylZDg\/s1600\/PICT7883.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027367025349180178\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: hand;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogger\/_IlKX5cJn1Zk\/RcTLrGVzOxI\/AAAAAAAAARE\/XS2T93ylZDg\/s320\/PICT7883.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogger\/_IlKX5cJn1Zk\/RcTLrWVzOyI\/AAAAAAAAARM\/sfOk9TxvRfg\/s1600\/PICT7884.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027367029644147490\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: hand;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogger\/_IlKX5cJn1Zk\/RcTLrWVzOyI\/AAAAAAAAARM\/sfOk9TxvRfg\/s320\/PICT7884.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\nThis morning I looked at the blue and white borders again and added the cornerstone (fussy cut to display a flower motif) and decided that I like the combined look. There is something about the blue that finishes the quilt. I also noticed that the blue makes the various blue fabrics in the quilt stand out a bit more.<\/p>\n<p>I have to say that I got such a feeling of joy when I was scrutinizing this quilt and looking at the <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2007\/01\/first-two-pineapple-blocks-finished\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pineapple Blocks<\/a>. I think joy is a good thing and will go with the blue and white layout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was my original idea. After I put it up on the wall I wasn&#8217;t sure. I then thought about just putting a smallish border on with the white background fabric. The size would be the same as the sashing size (1.75&#8243; finished). This morning I looked at the blue and white borders again and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2007\/02\/finalizing-borders\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Finalizing Borders?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[373],"tags":[230],"class_list":["post-185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-373","tag-serendipity-puzzle"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56795,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185\/revisions\/56795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}