It was much easier to use the handmade binding (made from one of the fabrics in the quilt) than the regular store-bought binding last year; the handmade variety is much less stiff, plus you can control how wide it will be. (Note to self, make it another 1/4" wider next time so maybe my corners will look better :)
Anyway here is Sammers helping with the pre-binding yesterday
Note the edge where Sammers is sitting - I then trimmed the backing and batting and here is a close-up of the binding, all done (the vertical blue stripe with pieces of birds showing)...
And here is a 1/4-shot of the finished product this evening (full view pix with better camera and operator to follow in a couple days), complete with Sammers, mid-quilt-inspection...
Here is the beginning of a cat tussle, which is neither here nor there, quilt-wise, but is a mainstay of our lives nonetheless...
I've realized the only bad thing about making a dark quilt is it's next to impossible to get pix which display the quilting... maybe I'll get inspired to draw a diagram one of these days, or maybe the quilting will show up better on the pix to come.
More words on the quilting later; I'm getting more pooped by the second and I want to get up slightly early to take the quilt to the front-loader at the Thach Hut for de-cat-hairing before I have to tutor. Once I get pix, I should be all set finally to ship it off to ol' Virginny Thursday or Friday at the latest. Woo hoo!
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I'm so excited *I* could pee!
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I can hardly wait!!
OMG it is beautiful!!!!!!
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