Binding One Quilt

Just before the knee replacement, I quickly quilted two quilts with the intention of hand stitching the binding while I elevated and iced my knee. Since I did not get the bindings sewn on, this task has been a priority now that I am able to navigate the stairs to the quilting room and move about there, as well.

I stitched the binding onto the smaller of the quilts a couple days ago, and then stitched it down a day or two later. Instead of finishing it by hand, I opted for the machine just to have it done faster. I have gotten pretty good at doing bindings this way, so I felt pretty confident that it would go fine and look good. And it does!

The quilt is a layer cake quilt using Lydia's Lace by Betsy Chutchian/Moda. The binding came from my box of extra bindings. It is a red floral from an old 3 Sisters/Moda line (I forget the name of the line, it's been so long) and it works great with this quilt.

You know how I love to use from the stash, and all of this quilt is exactly that. I had the layer cake and no particular plan for it; I had the backing (Kim Diehl)  left from an earlier project; I had the binding from way-way back. Excellent use of existing stash on hand!

Next up in the binding department is 9-Patch Strippy; it will get a reddish binding, too. I had a yard of this Primitive Gatherings fabric, so I decided it would be a fine binding. This is a big quilt, so I used just about all of the piece to make the binding. I have yet to attach it; I will post those details when I've accomplished the task.

Here's the quilt again, just to jog your memory.

I'm stoked to find myself more willingly going to the long arm machine to get these quilt tops quilted. I recently found a good deal on backing fabric and bought 5 for a pretty good price. Wouldn't it be great if I could use all 5 backings before Christmas? I think I can do it! I really want to do it!

Since I have significantly slowed down with the making of new quilt tops, it only stands to reason that I must be picking up on the quilting of existing tops. Motivated - that's what I am.

Hope you are motivated to be getting some things done, too!

Happy Quilting, Friends!

Jayne