The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

Or as I will be approaching this:

The Ugly, the Bad and the Good.

But first, a happy weekend to all.

It has been an interesting week with this quilt.

I was having a grand ol' time putting those columns

together into bigger sections and then finally,

the full quilt.  I stepped back to admire my work...

(nothing like humility!)

...and there it was:  the ugly.

My random wasn't as random as it was

supposed to be.

I had taken this whole section and flipped it.

Now there were quicker ways to fix this--ie,

just switching a couple blocks around--but my

husband (God bless him), he knows me and when

I ask his opinion he gives me my opinion, even if

it's one I'm trying to bury.  He knew that I would

not be happy until I put it all right so yes, I ripped

that whole section, flipped it and now all is right in 

Quilt World.

 (If only in the rest of the world!)

It really only took a couple hours.  I got some nice

theology classes watched while I did it so time flew.

Now, what's the bad part?

Well, the bad here is that it's only 62" wide and I'm going

to have to add at least another 24" or so to get it to the

correct size.  I have never spent so much time playing

around with borders!  I think it's because there are just

too many options and while none are going to look

bad, I obviously want one that's going to look good.

A screen shot from some of the photos on my phone:

Needless to say there were many options looked at

and many pictures taken and I even ran to the store.

But finally I just walked away.  For about 36 hours.

Maybe the "bad" is really a whole day with not even

going into the sewing room??

Well, Friday morning, after a horrible night of sleep,

which is another story--but isn't it funny how getting
no sleep sometimes lends an interesting quality to
one's thinking?  SO, I woke up completely
at piece peace with going forward.
It doesn't really matter, there is no wrong.

Once again, all will be right in Quilt World.

And that brings us to the good, the happy ending to

this story...almost.  At least it looks good to me.
What do you think?
Here it is with most of the border action:

I don't think it is the best way to approach borders but
for some reason, this method seems to work for me:

I just need to work with one at a time.
When I tried out every fabric next to the center,
it was the blue that always made it pop.  And so on,
working with one border at a time. It seems like jumping
ahead without a full plan isn't good but it just works for me.
I guess I get overwhelmed with too many choices.

At this point I can get by just adding one more so I
think I'm going to put on a 7-inch border of this
and call it quits:

I'm still a little bit hesitant about this choice but I do know
it's time to be done.  It's also the backing fabric so it should
actually bring a nice front/back continuity--if you will--to it.
I'm not sure how true the pic is but the greens are a perfect
match and any outlining in it is actually a dark blue which
blends with the first border well.  I'm also thinking of the red
from the chain for binding but I'm still not eliminating
the yellow option....yet.

I'll have the final pic up on the Tuesday To-Do link up
so see ya there!
A wonderfully productive week to all!

Happy quilting!
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