1) The ecru fabric (third from the left in the link) is the only fabric here that was actually made in Japan. It's part of the popular Daiwabo line which is based on antique Japanese prints. I wanted to use it for this reason and because (with pale blue and taupe leaves and amber-brown dots, it married the brown and blues in the quilt). The stripe in the narrow middle border and the backing were chosen to coordinate with this fabric so it wouldn't stick out too badly!
2) The deep brown border is a sunprint batik with little leaves and twigs on it. It's absolutely beautiful, and it had to be washed about 10 times before the wash water stopped leaking dye. There is a close-up here, only the color in the piece I have is ruddier, not so olive. You currently see the brown as 5 3/4"; after I sandwich the quilt, everything will get squared/trimmed up and the (black) binding will be added, so it'll end up 5" wide (same as the blocks in the body of the quilt).
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*STEPH*. This is absolutely marvelous!!!
The varying shades of brown are so rich, and the blue compliments it perfectly.
Unfortunately, it doesn't look like this right now.
I went back to clean up a few corner intersections, and then when I ironed the whole thing (in preparation to sandwiching it, I thought), I found there were pronounced ripples in the corners of the quilt because of a mistake putting on the borders.
I ended up cutting off the outermost two borders, ripped out two of the blue sides, and am trying to work on fixing those to get everything to lie flat again (before I reborder it again).
There is no permanent damage, but it is so discouraging that I just want to cry.
Oh, it is so beautiful!!
I'm so sorry you've been frustrated, and hope that the work is going okay!! Don't cry....
I hope it is all going well now. It sure is beautiful!
It's going very slowly.
I don't think I'll be putting on three borders again in the near future, that's for sure.
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