I like them both but the top one is closer to what my mini will look like. I already had the dimensions figured for this border for both quilts. What I was waiting on was the pieced swag border instructions which starts this month too. I decided to sketch it full size first (see diagram) then went to work on reducing it. The miniature quilt was a challenge but I finally arrived at the best option to keep the finished quilt under 24" and to keep the other borders the size I'd already calculated. The logs for these swags will be 9/32" x 1 11/16". 1/4" made the border too large, 3/16" made the border too small, so I finally decided to try slightly more than 1/4" with 10 logs instead of 14 and it came close to what I was looking for. The Christmas one was much easier. The logs will measure 1/2" x 4" and there will be 14 per section. I will be able to strip piece that one but the mini will require paper.

This month is a four patch border.

Here are my two versions: