Free Motion Friday - Quilting the Border Part 2

As I was quilting all the different patterns in the border of my Brick Wall Free Motion Quilt Along I got to the braid pattern.  It worked really really well in the border.   I was having such fun with it that I didn't want to stop...

Here's how I turned the first corner with the braid.

Then I realized instead of backtracking I could do something fun.  Like triangles!  It looks like teeth...

I had fun going around the corner with teeth too...

Or half circles!

Then I tried rectangles. Not my favorite, but it works okay.

Be sure to come back next week to see the reveal of the finished quilt!  I'm sooooo excited!  And don't worry, there are more quilt motifs in the works for Free Motion Fridays! Yes, I have a serious addiction to exclamation marks.  

I hope you get to quilt today!
Suzy

Creative Block meets the Borders

Stuck.  That's how I am feeling!  I have been trying unsuccessfully to figure out the borders for this quilt!  I know I want to incorporate either the flowers or the Hawaiian design I used in the center of the quilt.  So I've been laying things around the edge looking at it:

The problem:  I don't like any of them.  So I put the basic idea in to Electric Quilter 7 and started playing around:

I kind of like the triangles above, but it still doesn't feel right.  I have doodled and doodled and doodled.  Stuck.  Stuck.  Stuck.  

Finally, I started thinking about traditional applique borders.  I knew that they often had swags, so I started playing with that idea.  Below is what I came up with.  It has the Hawaiian motifs connected by dots!  Finally, I was excited!

It took me a week to go through all these thoughts and possibilities.  Sometimes I have to remind myself to be patient, the design will come!

Suzy