Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Bordering BB1

We are one people, one family - the human family - and what affects one of us affects us all.
~John Lewis

Quilting


With Ocean Waves V sewed {but still missing a border}, BB1 needs its first {and second} border{s.} My fabric stack contains lots of pinks and very limited amounts of other colors so pink was test first. 

Wow. They pump the energy of the center, especially the bright print on the left. That was one of the prettiest fabrics I'd seen in years but it's never fit anywhere. It will work with this project, though.


Next, dark browns were inserted as a narrow inner border, partly because there's not much yardage here. 


What would the dark brown look like as an outer border?



This was the final choice: pink/red print on the inside with a narrow dark brown outer border. 


Now to work on the next border. White with yellow cornerstones? We'll see.

Enjoy the day, Ann

6 comments:

Robin said...

Fascinating choices. I like what you have picked out.

Nann said...

That pink floral does spark the design!

patty a. said...

I would have never thought to put the brown fabric with the pink and red fabric but it works so well!

Mystic Quilter said...

The brown works so well Ann! I;m still on the fence on whether to continue on with the second border now, there seems to have been such a lot of things going on around here. It's so good to see what others are making of BB1

Linda @ kokaquilts said...

Great progress Ann. I'm using more 'brown' lately, love that vintage warmth.

audrey said...

Love a good play with color. The Pink is amazing, how it makes the middle sparkle! Going to be fun seeing where you end up.:)