The past few weeks have been busy and productive!
A few more tops to layer and two quilts fully complete!
The two black wonky log cabins have made it through the
binding stage and are ready for labeling
as soon as they find a home.
They were fun to do and the stripy binding suits them
completely. The usual finishing method for me is to
apply straight grain binding to my quilts.
It wears well and I've never had
to replace a binding. The multiple color fabric set aside
for binding had a horizontal stripe. Positioning
a linear stripe would be very challenging and not the
look I was planning. So off I went to make bias binding.
I found a number of techniques available and chose
the simplest possible.
Folding a 1 meter square diagonally and then cutting
stripes with the fold horizontally yielded a number of
bias stripes. Stitching them together to make
binding yardage was easy and 1 meter square
produced enough binding for two twin sized quilts with
some left over.
The free motion quilting was quick on one top and
difficult for the other. I enlarged a small flower pattern
and the enlargement made the speed and tension critical
to the result. I should learn not to alter everything I try.
They finally finished up nicely and I can add them to the
completed list!
So that will make the stash report this week :
Fabric Purchased: 0 m
Used since last report 12 m
Fabric In to date: 25.5 m
Use to date 2024 : 42 m
Scraps in : 0 m
Scraps out : 0 m
Big Batch donation : 60 m (June)
Net Fabric in YTD: 28.5 m
Spending today making a back and getting ready to layer
the quilts needed for August!
Stay Safe and Sew On!
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