Busy days here.
It seems to happen to me whenever
I make a list. Lots to do, or
actually lots I want to get done!
First off , the grad quilt is almost ready
to ship! It is reversible,
that is right, it is completely
reversible! This is only the
second reversible quilt I've made.
The first was a Sunshine and
Shadows. It was gifted for
a sixteenth birthday and he
is now 35!!
My block stash of diagonal
color squares is much smaller now.
Something to work on during the
long sun-free days ahead!
Now this grad quilt! Wanting a quick back , I
pulled out a partial top of
Christmas squares and added
borders to bring it up to size!
The back even got mitered corners!
It worked nicely although not quite
as quick or large as I thought!
Then I layered one night and
saw large squirrel ( 2 backs!) ,
so I layered the Block Chain
top and Floating Bali square tops too!
Soo the next day, I quilted up the grad
quilt with a medium grey
thread using a big echoing wave pattern.
I video called a friend and we
had a wonderful time stitching and chatting!
Then I needed lots of binding!
The quilt measures 80 x 87.
Hmm since there are two different
quilts so two different bindings!
I cut blue and brown strips for one side
and the same silver border fabric for the other.
Uneven widths (1 1/8" ,1 7/8")
stitched together, press in half,
sew on skinny - side down and Voila!
2 color binding!
I had the label prepared in advance and I am quite
proud of it. " One goal achieved!
Now on to the Next Adventure!".
I always try to put an inspirational
label on quilts for special occasions.
The binding turned out well.
I used to zigzag my quilted prior
to trimming , but have found that
straight stitching uses less thread
and lays flatter. If a few threads
get trimmed during squaring up,
it's no problem. So here it is!
Front side, all string squares,
finishing at 8"
Kind of a reverse L shape
running thru the quilt.
Here is the back side.
Christmas/seasonal blocks
with alternating squares and 3 borders.
The silver binding on the back really blends well.
To make the week even busier , we have a new to us car! Does anyone
else dislike car shopping! The more
we shopped the grumpier we got!
We got the car and it even has
heated seats ! Yay!
Stay safe and sew on!
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