Help Me Choose Please- Why EQ5 is evil

I have had this WIP for some time. It has stumped me as to how to
finish it. I had asked for help on utilizing a Delectable Mountains
border. Well, I finally bought a copy of EQ5. This is when the trouble
started.

I have way too many ideas on how to border this quilt. I posted nine
options on my webshots. (I am sure there are more combinations.) Right
now my head is spinning. I also posted pictures of the two blue print
fabrics. The navy blue fabric featured in some options does have a small
metallic silver pindot print that won't show up in scans.

I know there are many opinionated people here. Please help. This quilt
is for my DH and has been in progress way to long. It's winter in
Virginia and he wants to steal my couch quilt (made by my grandmother)
if I don't finish this.

My album is
http://community.webshots.com/user/julieinrichmond

Thanks in advance!

Julie
Richmond, VA

option 9

The light needs a bit of dark to make it POP - but then you already knew
that as you were making darker as you progressed with options ;-)

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I have had this WIP for some time. It has stumped me as to how to
finish it. I had asked for help on utilizing a Delectable Mountains
border. Well, I finally bought a copy of EQ5. This is when the trouble
started.

I have way too many ideas on how to border this quilt. I posted nine
options on my webshots. (I am sure there are more combinations.) Right
now my head is spinning. I also posted pictures of the two blue print
fabrics. The navy blue fabric featured in some options does have a small
metallic silver pindot print that won't show up in scans.

I know there are many opinionated people here. Please help. This quilt
is for my DH and has been in progress way to long. It's winter in
Virginia and he wants to steal my couch quilt (made by my grandmother)
if I don't finish this.

My album is
http://community.webshots.com/user/julieinrichmond

Thanks in advance!

Julie
Richmond, VA

Julie:
Options 3 and 7 are similar; either would work well.
PAT

silverbells wrote:
I have had this WIP for some time. It has stumped me as to how to
finish it. I had asked for help on utilizing a Delectable Mountains
border. Well, I finally bought a copy of EQ5. This is when the trouble
started.

I have way too many ideas on how to border this quilt. I posted nine
options on my webshots. (I am sure there are more combinations.) Right
now my head is spinning. I also posted pictures of the two blue print
fabrics. The navy blue fabric featured in some options does have a small
metallic silver pindot print that won't show up in scans.

I know there are many opinionated people here. Please help. This quilt
is for my DH and has been in progress way to long. It's winter in
Virginia and he wants to steal my couch quilt (made by my grandmother)
if I don't finish this.

My album is
http://community.webshots.com/user/julieinrichmond

Thanks in advance!

Julie
Richmond, VA

Yep. EQ5 is evil. (there are rumors that EQ6 will be around maybe later
this year)

Easier to say the ones I don't like -- 9 (too dark); 2 & 7 (too light).
If I were making it for myself, I'd do #4. But #9 makes more of a
"statement" and probably makes the better all around quilt.

Clever pattern. Is it one you made up or saw somewhere or what?

Anne in CA
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silverbells wrote:
I have had this WIP for some time. It has stumped me as to how to
finish it. I had asked for help on utilizing a Delectable Mountains
border. Well, I finally bought a copy of EQ5. This is when the trouble
started.

I have way too many ideas on how to border this quilt. I posted nine
options on my webshots. (I am sure there are more combinations.) Right
now my head is spinning. I also posted pictures of the two blue print
fabrics. The navy blue fabric featured in some options does have a small
metallic silver pindot print that won't show up in scans.

I know there are many opinionated people here. Please help. This quilt
is for my DH and has been in progress way to long. It's winter in
Virginia and he wants to steal my couch quilt (made by my grandmother)
if I don't finish this.

My album is
http://community.webshots.com/user/julieinrichmond

Thanks in advance!

Julie
Richmond, VA

2 or 9...everything else is halfway between one extreme or the other.

Melissa in NJ

I like 3. Just to be different lol But number 3 is very nice. I like 9
as well but the outside border is too big/or too dark not sure which.
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2 or 9...everything else is halfway between one extreme or the other.

Melissa in NJ

I like Option 3

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"silverbells" wrote in message
...
: I have had this WIP for some time. It has stumped me as to how to
: finish it. I had asked for help on utilizing a Delectable Mountains
: border. Well, I finally bought a copy of EQ5. This is when the trouble
: started.
:
: I have way too many ideas on how to border this quilt. I posted nine
: options on my webshots. (I am sure there are more combinations.) Right
: now my head is spinning. I also posted pictures of the two blue print
: fabrics. The navy blue fabric featured in some options does have a small
: metallic silver pindot print that won't show up in scans.
:
: I know there are many opinionated people here. Please help. This quilt
: is for my DH and has been in progress way to long. It's winter in
: Virginia and he wants to steal my couch quilt (made by my grandmother)
: if I don't finish this.
:
: My album is
: http://community.webshots.com/user/julieinrichmond
:
: Thanks in advance!
:
: Julie
: Richmond, VA

I like #3 & #7.

Cindy

"silverbells" wrote in message
...
I have had this WIP for some time. It has stumped me as to how to
finish it. I had asked for help on utilizing a Delectable Mountains
border. Well, I finally bought a copy of EQ5. This is when the trouble
started.

I have way too many ideas on how to border this quilt. I posted nine
options on my webshots. (I am sure there are more combinations.) Right
now my head is spinning. I also posted pictures of the two blue print
fabrics. The navy blue fabric featured in some options does have a small
metallic silver pindot print that won't show up in scans.

I know there are many opinionated people here. Please help. This quilt
is for my DH and has been in progress way to long. It's winter in
Virginia and he wants to steal my couch quilt (made by my grandmother)
if I don't finish this.

My album is
http://community.webshots.com/user/julieinrichmond

Thanks in advance!

Julie
Richmond, VA

Personally...I like #1 (and 9.. but with a modification)

I don't like the amount of the dark perimeter around the outside of #9
-- but I like the idea of the very outside being dark if you use the
navy in the inner border.

I would do the #1 but with the navy for the binding - so it would have
the effect of the dark perimeter without being so overwhelming. I
think if you use the navy on an inner border, you almost need it on the
outer. To me, it doesn't fit as the only place in the quilt is the one
inner border.

That said, I also like #3/7 -- not sure how they are different. It
would depend on how different the two fabrics show in real life if I
would do both for the inner border -- if they are two close, I might
consider like a 3/4 inch (finished) white between them -- or only use
one. However staying with only the lights makes a very different quilt
then using the navy.

I could go either way -- the "double" use of the navy -- or none at
all. Or go ahead and make another "inside", try both -- see which DH
likes best and send the extra one to me! :-)

Kate in MI (well -- still in OH for now)

I like a sort of cross between options 6 and 9.
I like 6, but feel it needs a narrow, dark border - as it has towards
the centre. It would then look a little like option 9, but I feel that
the wider dark border on that one swamps the centre a bit.
I think a repeat of the inner borders on the outside would look lovely.
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In message , silverbells
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I have had this WIP for some time. It has stumped me as to how to
finish it. I had asked for help on utilizing a Delectable Mountains
border. Well, I finally bought a copy of EQ5. This is when the trouble
started.

I have way too many ideas on how to border this quilt. I posted nine
options on my webshots. (I am sure there are more combinations.) Right
now my head is spinning. I also posted pictures of the two blue print
fabrics. The navy blue fabric featured in some options does have a small
metallic silver pindot print that won't show up in scans.

I know there are many opinionated people here. Please help. This quilt
is for my DH and has been in progress way to long. It's winter in
Virginia and he wants to steal my couch quilt (made by my grandmother)
if I don't finish this.

My album is
http://community.webshots.com/user/julieinrichmond

Thanks in advance!

Julie
Richmond, VA

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