Go for the green binding definitely and quilt stars in border??
cheers
Jeanine

I have to say Margo got it right. I don't like the last white border. Leave the green and bind with the same green fabric. The border is starting to get so wide it is taking away from the center. You can stretch a quilt only so much. Then there is the quilting. Will it be done on a domestic machine or a long arm? A long arm needs several inches of extra fabric all around.

The center is beautiful but all I am seeing is the border! Sorry...... Don't intend to offend!

Thanks Karen, I do plan to use a green binding , but still haven't decided what the rest will be. I do love all that quilting in the wide section of the quilt. Janet

I love your quilt Janet. I really like the first picture best and think all the quilting will look so beautiful on the wide white part with either a small green strip or a green binding at the edge. Good luck with it. Thanks for sharing the photos.

Janet your quilt looks beautiful. I think the first photo looks great and I agree with Margo's suggestion of adding another green border the same width as your outer green border to give the wide white area an extra framing. It would also give you an extra inch or so which might compensate for shrinkage during the quilting process. Good luck with it. Rita.

Norma, have you tried blocking your quilt to try to get it flatter?
If you need some suggestions, scroll down below the photo of Rita's wallhanging where I give some tips:
[url]forum/this-and-that-quilting-related/4889-what-ya-gonna-sewquiltdo-this-weekend[/url]

I think both can be used but I would definitely finish it with green binding. Have you thought of quilting with a light green thread to give a little color in the white areas? Normally I'm not keen on that, but I think it would work here. And pay attention on what Margo says about the border shrinking when heavily quilted. I knew about it and despite of that I managed to quilt my BOM 2008 too much in those big borders. My center was completely flat before and it was not after. Blocking did help a little bit but not enough. You learn something every time you make a quilt. Mine hangs the perfect place but I hate the way it waves, so I think it will end up on my bed. But that's what your's are going to do

Thanks Margo, still haven't decided what the final will be. Janet

That still leaves white along the outside edge. Personally, I like it the way you had it before, but would still add a narrow green (or other dark value) strip to frame the outside edge, but that's probably just me. I like strong boundries. If you have as much quilting put on it as the photo I added, it will take up some of the fabric and the dimensions will be somewhat reduced, depending on the density of the quilting.

I love all that quilting on the photo Margo posted! WOW That is what I want on my daughters quilt, but still not sure if I like it the way it is now.

I am sending a photo with fabric pinned to the quilt to show how it would look if I reversed the two white areas.
I think it looks better and it still remains 102". Comments please. Janet

ladyquilter wrote:
No, JoJo, it's not mine...but one I saw on MQR: http://mqresource.com/forum/index.php?app=ccs

It's amazing what a good longarmer can add to a plain piece of fabric!

Janet, your quilt is beautiful. I agree with Margo's suggestion of adding the small border.

Margo, the quilting is to die for beautiful on your quilt. Wow...a show stopper!

Janet, I think the wide white border will be just fine if you add one more green border that is the same width as the one between the two white borders. Because your background is also white, I think it looks great!!

Because of all the detail in the center of the quilt, I think that the quilting in that wide border also needs a lot of detail. Maybe something like this??

I like the white on white, especially since its going to be used on a bed. Quilting with a bright colored thread would really make it pop!