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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Sometimes Less Is More

Thanks to everyone who offered their opinions and border ideas yesterday! I got some wonderful suggestions and I plan to try several of them to see which will look best. (Santa, if you are reading this...it's times like this when I could really use an Electric Quilt program!) One suggestion was to cover all but a narrow strip of the braid and although I'm not sure this is the look that I want, I think it does prove that I need a much narrower border than what the braid was. Sometimes less really is more!
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10 comments:

  1. quiltingnanaNovember 17, 2009 at 8:48 AM

    the narrower one is more in line with the block sizes but I do like the braid...guess it depends on the actual size of the quilt and the overall look

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  2. jovaliquiltsNovember 17, 2009 at 9:24 AM

    Yes, narrower is better! And I sure hope Santa is listening ... !

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  3. JocelynNovember 17, 2009 at 9:47 AM

    Very clever. I like it a lot.

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  4. Needled MomNovember 17, 2009 at 10:07 AM

    That is much nicer and really shows off the blocks better. Hope Santa has heard you. Did you write your letter to Santa yet????

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  5. marlene@ByTheSeamNovember 17, 2009 at 11:41 AM

    Somehow I missed your post yesterday on the border but who ever suggested it was right. I do like the braid and it doesn't over run the blocks. I hope you do get EQ6. I have EQ5 and love it.

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  6. BarbNovember 17, 2009 at 1:08 PM

    You are right, less is more!!

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  7. VivianNovember 17, 2009 at 3:29 PM

    Hopefully you've been a good girl and Santa will bring you just what you want.
    I like the scale of this narrower border.

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  8. Jackie's StitchesNovember 17, 2009 at 5:53 PM

    I agree, in this case less is more! I do love the braid and look forward to what you're going to do with it.

    I sure hope Santa is reading your blog!

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  9. juliaNovember 17, 2009 at 8:04 PM

    I'm sure Santa is listening. It might be wise to let a couple of his elves know your wishes, too, though. He gets mighty busy this time of the year. I think the border looks great both ways.

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  10. JanetNovember 18, 2009 at 2:58 AM

    I like the look of the narrower border, it's in scale with the small blocks, looks great to me.

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