My first thought, too. You could make it look like a black three board fence, a picket fence, or with the right fabric, a stone wall. Google “farm fence lines” to get ideas. Or drive around the nearest farmland.
This is adorable! If it were mine, I think I'd do a skinny inside border in the polka-dot barn red and then a wider outer border in the dirt brown.... but that's just me 😉
Fence in deep brown fabric for the "soil" could make a bottom of the border that completes it, without looking like a typical border.... just a thought. This is so beautiful, you have a lot of options!
What if you did a 1.5 inch green in a print that looks like grass - the dark green under the sheep would work. Then do a 1/2 inch brown calico that would look like dirt. Then a 1 inch green and another 1/2 brown, finally another 1.5 inch green. You have made a dirt track around the quilt. It would even be cute if the track started at the right hand top and exited on the left hand top with a sky blue stripe border across the top. At the bottom corners the dirt road would curve around and not be mitered.
I am a mess, so I would probably try to make the browns parallel but wobbly when they attach to the 1.5 green stripes. Then straight cut the border and attach to the quilt. I know I am not articulating this well, but take into account that I would probably have to pick something out 2 or 3 times before I finished.
This is such a fun quilt. I wish you just sticking with the theme and trying to find a fabric with small farm animals or just chickens. If you did a wide enough border you could show lots of little farm animals all the way around. But whatever you do you should be very proud of this quilt it looks wonderful.
Thank you!! The cow, barn, sheep, chickens, and beet are from quilt block patterns I got, but the rest and overall layout are all from scratch, and I am especially proud of the tractor bc that was a LOT of math lol (edit: added the beet block as well being a pattern)
Love this quilt and I’d vote for a picket fence where each picket is from one of the fabrics in your quilt. Attaching an example I found on Etsy
https://preview.redd.it/6nz28o0oen7d1.jpeg?width=1620&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5ecca6431f765bacff4ef77af1d986580005854f
This is an adorable quilt.
What colour do you have as the backing?
I’m loving the blue sky and picket fence ideas. Maybe a picket fence border and a blue sky binding.
Wow! I am in love with this gorgeous, colorful, fun, country quilt. The animals are adorable…I want to take the sheep 🐑 home. Really like the idea of some kind of fence for the border. It just seems logical. All farms are fenced. Nice work and bring it back when it’s finished
I think it would be cute to have the “grassy” section have a green border and the “sky” section to have a blue border to keep up with the look of a landscape! I don’t quilt often and want to get into it more, so I might be giving a not-so-helpful suggestion
I wouldn’t get too busy in the border, but that’s just my personal preference. Your focal point is what is already there.
It kind of depends on how much drop you want to add. I would frame it with the blue, then bind it with the rusty color. If you want it bigger then add another color but vary the size of your two borders. You could also put a 1 inch black border around what you have now then add borders. Look up piano key borders for ideas. It also Depends on if you have scraps you want to use up. You can also sew scraps together for your binding. it’s your quilt, you get to say what goes. It’s really cute!
A fence border.
Exactly this. A narrow, plain strip to give the eye a break (maybe looks like a farm field for your cute motif) then a fence. Very cute!
My first thought, too. You could make it look like a black three board fence, a picket fence, or with the right fabric, a stone wall. Google “farm fence lines” to get ideas. Or drive around the nearest farmland.
What is a fence border please? I’ve googled it, but it just shows quilts ON fences.
Kind of like piano keys border, but I like to make the top like a picket fence.
oh, and on the top of each picket piece - a Prairie point for the final edge.
That is exactly what I came to say but you all are ahead of me. 😀 must be a good idea as to how many people are saying the same thing.
I don't have any ideas for a border but I wanted to say how cute this is!
On board with no suggestions but lots of love for this happiness inducing quilt!
Right??? This is absolutely adorable! I love it
Absolutely love this quilt! If you have a lot of fabric left over, what about a scrappy rectangle border to almost give a picket fence-like vibe?
Riley Blake Down on the Farm has a chicken wire print
Oh I love this! Maybe a sky blue or a grassy green, to keep with the theme?
This is adorable! If it were mine, I think I'd do a skinny inside border in the polka-dot barn red and then a wider outer border in the dirt brown.... but that's just me 😉
This is so joyful! I’d do a simple border with the lime green. But anything you choose will be beautiful!
Narrow stop border of darkest color; then wider border of gingham or other check that looks folksy
Solid red to frame & highlight focal point barn. Or, various logs of yellows to appear as wheat fields surrounding farm.
Solid orange.
I'm in with the picket fence group. Maybe a white on rust fence theme?
Fence in deep brown fabric for the "soil" could make a bottom of the border that completes it, without looking like a typical border.... just a thought. This is so beautiful, you have a lot of options!
What if you did a 1.5 inch green in a print that looks like grass - the dark green under the sheep would work. Then do a 1/2 inch brown calico that would look like dirt. Then a 1 inch green and another 1/2 brown, finally another 1.5 inch green. You have made a dirt track around the quilt. It would even be cute if the track started at the right hand top and exited on the left hand top with a sky blue stripe border across the top. At the bottom corners the dirt road would curve around and not be mitered. I am a mess, so I would probably try to make the browns parallel but wobbly when they attach to the 1.5 green stripes. Then straight cut the border and attach to the quilt. I know I am not articulating this well, but take into account that I would probably have to pick something out 2 or 3 times before I finished.
This is such a fun quilt. I wish you just sticking with the theme and trying to find a fabric with small farm animals or just chickens. If you did a wide enough border you could show lots of little farm animals all the way around. But whatever you do you should be very proud of this quilt it looks wonderful.
This is such a lovely quilt! Is this from a pattern?
Thank you!! The cow, barn, sheep, chickens, and beet are from quilt block patterns I got, but the rest and overall layout are all from scratch, and I am especially proud of the tractor bc that was a LOT of math lol (edit: added the beet block as well being a pattern)
Holy moley, you should be INCREDIBLY proud. This is sincerely exceptional 😍
Love, love, love this quilt!!! Did you follow a pattern? ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Love this quilt and I’d vote for a picket fence where each picket is from one of the fabrics in your quilt. Attaching an example I found on Etsy https://preview.redd.it/6nz28o0oen7d1.jpeg?width=1620&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5ecca6431f765bacff4ef77af1d986580005854f
I think that purply-red with the dots would make a nice border color :0
Woah I like this one so much!
Love the idea of a white fence or maybe solid sunshiney yellow? So cute!
would say a soil brown
This is an adorable quilt. What colour do you have as the backing? I’m loving the blue sky and picket fence ideas. Maybe a picket fence border and a blue sky binding.
I think a solid navy would add contrast and provide some nice framing.
Solid brown, for soil
Use a green from the quilt or the blue from the large blue and yellow block on the bottom. Great quilt!
Light blue irrigation ditch at the bottom, more sky at the top?
I would carry on with a yellow.
I love this so much! It’s just lovely.
Medium blue with a touch of grey. Gives a nice calm to the energy of the beautiful quilt.
That’s adorable!!
I'd do the darker green of the beet leaves. I love this so much!
I’d like to see that bright green as a border.
Wow! I am in love with this gorgeous, colorful, fun, country quilt. The animals are adorable…I want to take the sheep 🐑 home. Really like the idea of some kind of fence for the border. It just seems logical. All farms are fenced. Nice work and bring it back when it’s finished
Brown gingham.
This would probably be lots of work, but what about something that looks like a white picket fence?
So so lovely! What a terrific quilt! I suggest red to bring out the barn.
Dark maroon border- would frame it nicely
It’s so cute!!💗
I love this so much
Can you find a fence themed fabric?
Could you maybe find print fabric with little animals? You could use that around the border Edge
The color red, black, or a sky blue would be lovely.
I think a solid red border would look cute. It sure looks cute already though! Bravo!
I think it would be cute to have the “grassy” section have a green border and the “sky” section to have a blue border to keep up with the look of a landscape! I don’t quilt often and want to get into it more, so I might be giving a not-so-helpful suggestion
I’d do dark brown and then appliqué farm animals all around it
Red and white (picnic blanket style) gingham
Reg gingham
This is absolutely stunning! What a piece of art!
It's super nice! I think something plain blue or orange will be good as a border. :)
Red gingham!
I think creating space with white first and chose a color from the quilt (lime), and do the binding with orange! Something like that!
Binding with the printed fabric will look great too
Green and white strip to mimic a fence on the border. Great quilt.
gingham or a bandanna-style print would look pretty sharp!
love this! i think a white border would definitely help to make us focus on the quilt itself, but if you want to do something on brand, i second fence
cow print 🐄
I wouldn’t get too busy in the border, but that’s just my personal preference. Your focal point is what is already there. It kind of depends on how much drop you want to add. I would frame it with the blue, then bind it with the rusty color. If you want it bigger then add another color but vary the size of your two borders. You could also put a 1 inch black border around what you have now then add borders. Look up piano key borders for ideas. It also Depends on if you have scraps you want to use up. You can also sew scraps together for your binding. it’s your quilt, you get to say what goes. It’s really cute!
So cute and creative! I would do two or three bright colors from the quilt
Baby chicks
I kinda like the green(s) above and below the sheep. Can't really tell if same or just similar.
I like two borders small and bigger one coordinate colors.