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# 07 Adding Borders

Our Ribbon Star quilt progress:

* [x] Select your quilt grid
* [x] Import or design your quilt block
* [x] Choose your quilt fabric colors
* [x] Add blocks to quilt grid
* [x] Finessing your quilt *(optional)*
* [x] Add sashing *(optional)*
* [ ] Add borders *(optional)*
* [ ] Add binding
* [ ] Using printed fabric swatches *(optional)*
* [ ] Download quilt map, blocks & swatches

After finishing the block portion of your quilt top, you might want to add a border to make it bigger or to frame your blocks. In this example, I'd like to add a 4" border around the entire quilt.

This can be quickly done in PreQuilt! You can keep repeating these steps to add up to 3 borders.

## <mark style="color:blue;">01 Adding a Border</mark>

1. Click on the <mark style="color:blue;">**BINDING/BORDER**</mark> tab on the left side control panel.

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2. Click on the '<mark style="color:blue;">**Add Border**</mark>' button.

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3. A 2" border will automatically be added around the entire quilt. Change the border to <mark style="color:blue;">**4"**</mark> and <mark style="color:blue;">**choose**</mark> a Color Tag from the dropdown Fabric menu for the borders color.&#x20;

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4. In this example, I'll keep it Color Tag A, which is also the background fabric.

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## <mark style="color:blue;">02 Adding Additional Border(s)</mark>

1. Click on the <mark style="color:blue;">**BINDING/BORDER**</mark> tab on the left side control panel.

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2. Click on the '<mark style="color:blue;">**Add Border**</mark>' button.

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3. Another 2" border will automatically be added to the outside of the entire quilt. Change the <mark style="color:blue;">**width**</mark> and <mark style="color:blue;">**Color Tag**</mark> to your desired values.&#x20;

   * In this example, I've changed the Color Tag to Color Tag D.

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4. Now we have 2 borders around our quilt.

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