One of the projects I wanted to complete this May, was borders for this Medallion quilt top designed by Edyta Sitar. I like her projects. The problem is most of them are for “throws” not bed quilts so I needed to make it larger. Nothing jumped out at me and said This is the border! I finally decided to attach white fabric and quilt a design on it.
I had purchased a border print several years ago for the outside border. Unfortunately the colors of the border print didn’t blend nicely with the scrappy colors of the pieced blocks which was rather frustrating. I pulled out fabrics that I thought might work and I finally ended up using this reddish-maroon fabric. I’ve had it for a long time, in fact the selvage reads Joan Kessler – 1994 for Concord Fabrics.
The fabric is more attractive in real life than in the photo. Here is a link to a picture of the fabric.
I want to hand quilt this quilt and I’m hoping that happens in the fall.
Gretchen's Little Corner 
It’s a beautiful quilt! I sure enjoyed spending time with you yesterday.
Beautiful!
I like how you changed it!
I find that is the problem with so many quilt patterns – they finish at about 80 x 80 at the largest – do most not use their quilts on their beds? 80 x 80 will not cover the top of a queen or king size bed. How many really cuddle up with a quilt on the couch when watching tv? I know I rarely have a quilt tossed on me on the couch.
This is a really beautiful quilt. I like the white border too. Enjoyed seeing you yesterday. I hope to hear about inklingo soon.