And inevitably, my mind strays to the borders:<\/p>\n
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- Should I have a border? Plain or pieced?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
My original idea was to put the 20 blocks together and a striped binding and move on to the other ideas flittering around in my mind. If I did that the quilt would look something like:
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I can’t help asking myself what the quilt would look like if I used my self bordering technique. The Pineapple blocks would all be complete, for one. There would be no stray, hanging centers. I used EQ6 to test out what it would look like:<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogger\/_IlKX5cJn1Zk\/Rmx-O3e8qpI\/AAAAAAAAAts\/pO3yuryXU4o\/s320\/Pineapple.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nI like it. It looks really good. It looks finished. It looks framed.<\/p>\n
It means much more cutting and piecing. It means 20 more blocks (double what I will have when I complete blocks 17-20). But it looks finished. I will have to think about it… hard. Now that it is has entered my mind, I don’t know how I will not be able to run with this idea.<\/p>\n
I am sure you realize, also, that this quilt, if I had 20 more blocks, will be another monster close to 70″x 90″. The piecing so far has taken me about 5 months, so I can look forward to another 5 months of piecing – not an altogether unpleasant thought, but somewhat daunting however you look at it.<\/p>\n
So, dear readers, your opinions are most welcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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