Graduated Back to Back

 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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