Suggestions for border colors....please!

[MRoy]

I made this jelly roll quilt yesterday. It's a little bit small for a full size bed and I need to add a border or borders for a better fit. I'd like suggestions for border colors. There's lots of brown, green, orange, red, yellow, and teal in the strips. It doesn't show well in the pic, but the lightest strips in the quilt are actually "Creamsicle" orange background with yellow print.

I'm going to have to buy fabric. I used every possible inch of the jelly rolls to make the quilt and Hobby Lobby doesn't have any more of the fabric. Thanks for your input!!

[Jean Sewing Machine]

Wow, Myrna! I'd say pick a color any color! My instinct would be to put an orange inner border, surrounded by a brown outer border, size to be determined by how much extra width you need to add. It looks plenty long. That is a stunner! I love it, but I love any jelly roll quilt!

[MRoy]

Thanks Jean! It was your instructions that I used to make the quilt bigger and they worked like a charm! The Hobby Lobby jelly rolls only had 10 different fabrics in them but I like how they turned out when stitched together. And they were bought with coupons so I have bargain quilt here!

[Linda71]

Lovely quilt.

[Jean Sewing Machine]

Thanks Jean! It was your instructions that I used to make the quilt bigger and they worked like a charm! The Hobby Lobby jelly rolls only had 10 different fabrics in them but I like how they turned out when stitched together. And they were bought with coupons so I have bargain quilt here!

Glad it worked out! Do you cover your pillows? I always make pillowcases instead of covering the pillows with quilts.. If you buy an extra yard of eack of your border colors, you could make some wild cuffed pillowcases for this wild bed! I love color, and this is really colorful!

[pdjewelrylady]

Very nice!! i think a nice tone on tone cream or even a white would frame very nicely and not take away from the center

[sunflower1944]

My vote is for the brown and orange borders. Beautiful job.

[goodyear94]

WOW! Love the colors! I cast my vote for the brown and orange, also!

Hugs,

[Sandy Navas]

You know, Orange runs among my very favorite colors. However, when I first looked at the quilt I picked up on a green small border with more of a blue one (or teal) for the outer border, thus toning it down a bit. I am a firm believer that you make a quilt with your favorite colors so it blends with your furnishings.

[Denis]

If you need to buy fabric at a quilt shop, take the quilt with you. It's a lot easier to audition fabrics when you have it with you. The shop employees will be more than happy to help you choose.