Wrapping up the Teacups Quilt Along, today I’ll show you how I finished mine.  When we left off last month, the blocks were assembled with filler bits to take up the blank spaces between blocks of uneven size.

Teacup QA Assembly at FromMyCarolinaHome.com

Now, what to do for borders?  I auditioned several prints, but all of them seemed too busy or distracting.

Finishing the Teacups Quilt Along at FromMyCarolinaHome.comFinishing the Teacups Quilt Along at FromMyCarolinaHome.comFinishing the Teacups Quilt Along at FromMyCarolinaHome.comFinishing the Teacups Quilt Along at FromMyCarolinaHome.com

So I went with a black background fabric with a bit of gold print.  It reads more neutral and created a nice frame for the quilt.  Next was loading it on the longarm.

Finishing the Teacups Quilt Along at FromMyCarolinaHome.com

I chose a taupe color Glide thread for the ...

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