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The Results are In

So I asked if you liked the red border or not…..

I don’t know how to say this…..but you guys were useless!!

JUST KIDDING!!

The count was as close to 50-50 as it could be.

Most people who voted “no” said that it broke up the design too much and their eyes went straight to the border.

I can see that!!

My favorite comment from the pro side was from Lynne…… “it gives a resting place for your eyes and then the border become significant!”

Significant…..I like that!!

I could see that the bright red border might be distracting but what would it look like as a darker (burgundy red) border?

Maybe that wouldn’t draw the eye as much.

So, after a lot of going back and forth, I decided to move forward with the burgundy, but it was fraught with many perils, including tucks…..

…..and strips that were too short….

I had cut the strip 2-inches to begin with, but ended up taking off 1/4-inch to fix one of the issues!!

Now I had to figure out what to put in the corners….

In the final analysis, I decided to go with a solid square….

My only concern at this point was that I didn’t have much of that fabric left!! This was what went into the scrap bin…..

So, here is the final top…..

What do you think???

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