Philadelphia Borders

This quilt seems to need an inner and an outer border. I considered using dark red or double pink fabric similar to the one in the Ohio Star in this post... but then found a reproduction stripe at the bottom of my stash. There's enough to cut 4" wide strips for the outer border. The blue hand-dye is left over from Propellers and Planes. I cut it 1.25" (finished .75").

Philadelphia quilt with borders, partial view.

Mitering the border went fairly well although some of the stripe intersections need adjusting. The quilt squares up nicely; my photos are just a bit off.

Mitered inner and outer borders
of Philadelphia quilt

The back is mainly a cream/brown/blue plaid enlarged with random brown fabrics. Bears are printed on the narrow strip. (I tried to find alligators.)

Back of Philadelphia quilt

The main seams are ditch stitched. I'm thinking about diagonals with the walking foot for the rest of the quilting.

Enjoy the day, Ann