50th Anniversary Wall Quilt

50th Anniversary Wall Quilt - Part 6

It took me a while to figure out which 2 fabrics I wanted to border the portrait. I thought that since the center is a light colored fabric that I would have a small border (1") in brown then another (2") border in a lighter color after that making the center square 21".

I also wanted mitered corners. I have never done mitered border corners but it doesn't seem all that hard and I always like to throw in an element that I don't know how to do. But before I get to the borders, I need to work on that lovely background. It's not a huge area to try to quilt and I may not wind up doing it at all but its seems like there should be something.

Border Fabric

My MIL and I went to our local quilt shop looking for fabric to put around the portrait. I wanted a small 1/2" - 1" darker fabric around the portrait and a lighter 2-2.5" fabric around that but they both had to work with the cream/applique blocks and the portrait. Picking out fabric colors can be a little tricky. Some fabric tend to change colors when next to another so you just have audition them and usually at some point you'll say, "I like that one" or "yuck" and it'll be pretty definitive if you want to consider it or not. Then usually you can pick the one that will work the best from the yes pile.

The darker solid is a nice brownish gold color and will well right against the portrait which I'm definitely using so now just to pick which gold/design fabric. I think both would be fine but I'm leaning towards the second picture. It blends in a bit more and I think the first one stands out more. It has more gold and its a brighter white. I'll take care of the quilting part first, then audition the borders with the applique blocks and see which one looks best.

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