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  1. I really think the rectangles on a border just adds a bit of pizazz to a lovely quilt. The colors are so soft and calming; love it! You are very creative and have inspired me to try something with a layer cake I’ve been hoarding because I am afraid to cut it up!!! Yet it sits awaiting my first steps! LOL

  2. I’m not sure & will need to think, though it really is up to you. Put it aside & look at it again after next week. Take care and hugs.

  3. Joy, it will look sweet either way, but my preference is to use those very pretty rectangles around the edge before adding a binding that reads solid, or almost solid. It’s gonna be beautiful !

  4. I love those colors. Have you thought about making 4 more pinwheels and centering them in the middle of the top, bottom and sides, combined with a sashing that would tie in your colors, might be an interesting take? Just a thought. Thanks for sharing and letting us all throw out ideas!

  5. This is a beautiful quilt! I am guilty of having bought a pretty precut without buying yardage. It’s frustrating when I can’t find yardage that matches when I finally get around to sewing something. I think either way will look pretty on the quilt because it has a scrappy look to it. If you do the scrappy border, I’d go with a solid binding. But then again, what do I know! Thanks for sharing, Joy!

  6. What a pretty quilt. That is the problem when you buy layer cakes with no plan in mind, at least for me, when I finally use it I don’t have enough fabric. I have started buying solids to use in those instances because many don’t have many solids. Love the colors of that fabric.

  7. The scrappy border is lovely, but it is more about what you like. Sometimes a project just needs to wait while you think about your options; I’m sure that it will be beautiful!

  8. I THINK THE BACKGROUND AS A BORDER AND SCRAPPY BINDING IS GOOD ANYTHING ELSE CLASHES. 9REMEMBER JUST MY OPINION.0

  9. lovely fabrics for that pretty quilt… I like that design. to be honest I think either will be good… just different. I find it hard imagining finished looks…
    Hugz

  10. Pretty fabrics. Set it out one way and leave it for a day or two then come back change it to your second option and decide which works best for you.

  11. Both options work really well Joy – I personally would do the scrappy border as I like how it would frame the quilt (make the rectangles nice and wide to reduce ‘busy-ness’). A lovely pattern and gorgeous fabric!

  12. It’s hard to tell in pictures, but it looks a little small to me, so I’d add the border and make it a little bigger. Either way will be nice.

  13. What a sweet quilt Joy. Either option works, but it’s your preference that counts. I will confess to being partial to the piano key type border. 😉

  14. I rather like the scraps used for the rectangles in the border but the scrappy binding would be cute, too. What a great name for a quilt, Sun Catcher!. Perfect.

  15. As the others have said, it’s really your choice, but as you asked, I like the piano key border.

  16. I think both options are good (fence sitting is my specialty!) so I suppose it would come down to how much fabric you have and using it up so it’s not lurking in your stash.

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