Binding X 2

I went to bed last night with a true feeling of accomplishment. My big sewing goals for the day involved binding two quilts, and I did it. Once needed to be pieced and scrimped together, but I wasn't to be deterred. I got'er done!

The Ludwig baby quilt is at last ready. The shower was to be several weeks ago, and had they been able to go ahead with it, I would have finished it then. But, you may know by now, I am a world-class procrastinator. Once that shower was cancelled (corona virus), finishing the quilt immediately fell off my radar and down to the bottom of the to-do list.

This is the same quilt that you read about in the previous post; I quilted it on Thursday evening and attached the binding on Friday (yesterday).

Matt and Lindsey's baby is due in mid-May, and my friend Cheryl, Matt's mother, will be in charge of taking this to the expectant couple. I think Lindsey will find the tiny animal motifs very much to her liking. She and my older daughter were high school classmates - both artsy types - and I know she has a thing for "critters."

Now, my title indicated that two quilts were bound yesterday, and that is true. I have  had this Simple Sixteen quilt ready for binding for quite awhile. I knew my binding was going to be dangerously close to being too short, so I just avoided sewing it on. Well, with the success of the baby quilt, I decided to figure something out. Yes, I had to add a length of somewhat-matching fabric to the binding, and you know what? It will be just fine.

I made this quilt on an absolute whim a bit more than a year ago. It was so fast and satisfying. Because it was really not any "special" quilt, I quilted it more for the practice on the long-arm than any particular need I had for it. So the fact that it has a pieced backing as well as a pieced binding just adds to its "story."

This may soon go onto our bed for it is so springy and fresh-looking. It's time for a changing-out of the quilts, for sure.

That feeling of accomplishment I mentioned in the beginning also carried over into my increasing skill with virtual teaching. I successfully recorded myself "teaching" a lesson, edited, copied, and uploaded it to our school's learning management system - all on my own!  Whoa! This blows my mind! I'd had two prior "help" meetings, and now this breakthrough. I amaze myself. (snicker)

What's on my agenda for today? I have to say I really don't have a list, and that's a dangerous thing. I generally fritter the entire day away if I don't begin it with a plan. We shall see.

Happy Quilting, Friends!