I have a few of my fabric boxes out choosing fabric for a Christmas present.
When Tom started working at Cancer Care he commented that he thought it would be nice to hang a quilt in his office. I let him choose a quilt but he has never taken it to work, partly because the one he choose is actually one that I use in one of my lectures. But, I didn’t think that it would impact my lecture that much. Since he seems to be hesitant to take it to work, I decided that I would make him a quilt that he could take to his office.
One time when I was preparing for a workshop I had the book “Easy Machine Quilting” out and he saw a project like this one and said that I should make that because it looks really cool. Little did Tom know that I had already started this project and it was one of my UFO. I pulled out this UFO and completed it. I named that quilt #13 because that is Tom’s favorite number and it was the project number. This quilt is to big for Tom’s office, so I decided to make one like it but the right size for his offive.
Here is the quilt top for Tom’s Christmas gift. I am wondering if the borders are too wide – what do you think?
I had this piece of back fabric, but it wasn’t wide enought, so I pieced the leftover strips together and used it in the center of the backing fabric to make it wide enough.
The back looks like the size of pieces that I work with. You do a wonderful job front and back
Ok, you know I love this quilt, but I agree. The boarders are too wide. I think they distract from the center of the quilt, vs adding to it. Maybe cutting them in half would work?? Not sure how wide, but definitely narrower.
Did you get my e-mail about us coming to New York? Love your quilt.
I am wondering if the borders are too wide – what do you think?
.. I think… they are tooooo big… Meaby two more small strips one at te right side and one at the left site.. or two half ones..
One half at the left (top) and one half at the right (bottom).
But… I really like your “nr 13”.
The borders are fine on the quilt, they really pull the brightness from the center out. If they were narrower, it wouldn’t quite give the same effect.
Teri