I'm making a Jacob's Ladder for quilt class at my LQS & went to look at border fabrics today. The blocks are pretty traditional & I'm wanting a more contemporary look for the whole project. The main colors for the blocks are blue, white, & grey but the blue has little dots of orange in it & since orange is complementary to blue on the color wheel I'm considering having some orange in the borders. Want to give some opinions? Sticking with blue or grey would be a safe choice, but I'm wanting something bolder.
The quilt store staff have been cleaning out the back room & were somewhat cranky today; also their taste is more conventional than mine I think. So it wasn't the funnest shopping experience, sadly -- buying fabric should be fun, right? -- & they're not that supportive of the orange. They'll let me do what I want, but there was a lot of "well, it's your quilt"--translation: we don't like it but we won't stop you! They would encourage something tamer I think.
Opinions invited! The class design has a skinny inside border & a wider outside border but sometimes people do three borders, two skinny, one wide. Pictures attached including some options.



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