The instructions have a narrow white border then a wider coloured border right the way round... so still a square. I figured just adding a wider strip top and bottom would solve all my problems... but no!
Then I thought adding a pieced border then adding a wider strip top and bottom would solve all my problems... but that was also a no! Although I loved how all these nine patches looked.
Sometimes borders just do not behave!
Thinking it was my fabric choices... I went emergency shopping and added some alternatives...
This was my original choice for binding but it was just looking weird with everything so I put it to the side for further contemplation.
Hmmm these actually all worked colourwise but there just was something not right.
That old problem of making a border look like it was supposed to be there. Mocking up plain borders on the sides and then the pieced border top and bottom then adding a plain border all separated by white sashing makes it look like it is supposed to be.
And that odd looking binding worked really well for the side borders...
And I really liked this blue dotted fabric for the top and bottom borders as it tones down the pink overload but still has so many of the featured colours.
I am still sewing but it looks like a pink binding with black and white peeper will be the way to go.
And these two fabrics will feature on the back. The floral was on sale for $10/m which will help to make up for the $30/m for the blue spot. Sometimes the pricing at Spotlight leaves a lot to be desired.
