Border or No Border?

Advice please....I have 3 options for finishing this quilt....

1.Keep making more squares till its the size I want (3 to 5 more rows)with NO border

2.Add one more row than the brown fabric for a border (see pix)

3.Add one more row than the black fabric for a border (see pix)

Help!

No end in sight....

I spent the day today assembling 150 of these little boogers....apparently a woman my age shouldn't spend that many hours behind the wheel of a sewing machine....I am now crippled. AND after the wrastling and cursing that goes along with trying to make em all line up,I discovered I need at least 3 to 5 more rows to make this the size I want it to be. Ugh.

So....I haven't heard anyone saying they still want to do a quilt along....anyone ? My advice would be to GO BIGGER....my 5" babies are reallllllly small and are taking forever!

Progress....

I now have 5 of 15 rows of my courthouse steps quilt completed....and since both squares received votes for the quilt-along,we'll do both! lol I have both started,and am a long way from finishing either....I seem to have quilter's A.D.D. I get bored working on just one project,so having two going will work out just fine!

I will post some directions for one of them soon,for those who want to start early. In the mean time....Happy Holidays !

Quilt Along....

Several people indicated they would like to play...if we start after the holidays. You got it! I'll post info right after the holidays....so which quilt gets your vote?

Quilt Along Anyone?

Was wondering if anyone might be interested in a scrappy quilt-along? I have 2 possibilities that I could provide tutorials on...easy peasy ones. :) They are the "Along the Road" quilt pictured here,or a Courthouse Steps one ,the squares of which are pictured in my last post....

This would be a go at your own pace no pressure thing....just motivation from participants! It's much more fun when you have friends doing the same thing! So...if you are interested,leave a comment and let me know which gets your vote....the tutorials would be for a block,so the size of your quilt is flexible!

New projects

Long time no post.....I have just finished one project, and am about to embark on a new one. The scarlet and gray lap quilt above is for a friend who is a huge OSU Buckeye fan. I am pleased with the way it turned out,but I gotta say working with reds is not my thing. I realized I am only happy when I am fingering those civil war fabrics! LOL

The 3 squares above a trial squares for what will probably be my masterpiece. The inspiration came from Jo Morton's Courthouse Steps quilt featured in American Patchwork and Quilting. I nearly swooned when I saw it! Now THAT is my idea of a heavenly quilt! I considered it a sign that I even had the same center square fabric she used that I had been hoarding for some time.....The large square is according to the magazine directions....however,for some reason I kinda like the smaller version. It has one less round and I think it looks more balanced. What do you think?

I am starting this baby today.....ooooh I sooo love it! Anyone else wanna join me?

Scrappy Challenge Progress

The top one is what I am currently working on with the scraps....the bottom one is a possible future project using 5" charms as the starting point