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Thoughts on finishing this toddler quilt please?
The result of my labors this weekend is a quilt intended for 3yr old boy - he most likely won't get it until the end of the year as I also plan to make something for his two sisters. My question to y'all - how would you finish this one because none of the ideas I've had so far are screaming 'pick me, pick me'?
Here's what the top currently looks like, sized about 41" square. Yes, I do like bright for kids. After all, I'm not the one that has to calm them down and get them to sleep at night.... My first idea was just to use some scrappy binding and it's done.
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Another option would be to frame with a darker border. I have some purple that I thought about, but looking at the picture wonder if it all seems too halloweeny? Brown might be a bit calmer... but that color is sadly lacking in my stash so I would have to go fabric shopping - woe is me :icon_whistle:
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And a final (for now) thought I had was to make it more rectangular by adding a thinner border then piano key border at the bottom, and then a final border around all of the quilt. I've got enough leftovers in red, orange and green for the piano key, I just used red and orange for this example.
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Thanks all!
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I love this quilt! I do like the piano key border, but I don't think the purple is right in a wide border, but it could be nice as the binding depending what you use to back the quilt. Do you have more of the blue print? I think wide strips of it top and bottom would be cute too.
Terri
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What about the grass green or royal blue for a border? Seems more boyish than purple.
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Yep, purple isn't what you need.
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Like the narrow border and the key border I think I'd like thewide border white.
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I like the idea of a scrappy orange/red binding or piano key border & then scrappy binding.
Cut quilt!
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I like the piano key border but don't care for the wide purple under it. It is a very cute quilt. I like bright colors.
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I wouldn't go with the purple, but the blue or the green call to me. I like the idea of the piano key as well.
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Purple has been returned to the stash. I like the idea of picking up the blue to bring it all together - don't know why I didn't think of that, so thanks to Terri, Jean and Dollyquilts for putting me on the right track. And a skinny orange/red binding.
Sigh, now back to laundry and chores.
Thanks all!
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I like the red and orange keyboard with maybe the paler green border or binding
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Originally Posted by
LizTheScot
I have two ideas:
1. Finish the secondary blocks in the center and corners by making 12 more green/white four-patch blocks and put white strips between them. Then add a narrow plain border in the dark blue.
2. Add a narrow white border around the blocks to make them float. Make four blue/white four-patch blocks, set them in the corners, and run stripes of white and blue the long way so they alternate with the four-patch.
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Originally Posted by
ssummers
I have two ideas:
1. Finish the secondary blocks in the center and corners by making 12 more green/white four-patch blocks and put white strips between them. Then add a narrow plain border in the dark blue.
2. Add a narrow white border around the blocks to make them float. Make four blue/white four-patch blocks, set them in the corners, and run stripes of white and blue the long way so they alternate with the four-patch.
Great ideas - I think I might try option 2 with the next quilt I'm trying to sketch out, and I like #1 for this one. Need to sketch it out to see if I have enough fabric left or need to go shopping again...
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Definitely no to the purple. It doesn't seem to match anything in the quilt top. I think it depends on how large you want the quilt as to how many or how wide you make the borders. It's a cute top.
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I'm not a huge fan of square quilts, so I really like the piano key insert at the bottom. I'm sure it will be completely adorable no matter which colors you end up using.
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I like scrappy piano key
Purple isn't my favorite
I just asked my boys, they said NO to purple, too girlie
I like my kid quilts to be square....not rectangular
I'm not sure why, other then I'm probably old and like uniformity