Today I was feeling kind of "becalmed" in spite of shovelling snow and baking bread. I needed to finish something, to achieve a feeling of accomplishment.
I had been working on hand stitching the binding to the back of the Jacob's Ladder quilt. I'd forgotten how awfully long hand stitching takes. It made me feel like I was "running in place." So I picked up the Practically Perfect Pinwheels quilt and made a binding for it. I had bought the fabric on Monday. Usually I put a border on a quilt and then apply the binding, but this quilt was already plenty large for a lap quilt so it is finished simply with a binding.
It took three hours to finish the whole project, mainly because I made a label, and I'm new at doing that on the Janome 9400. But it turned out well:
I had been working on hand stitching the binding to the back of the Jacob's Ladder quilt. I'd forgotten how awfully long hand stitching takes. It made me feel like I was "running in place." So I picked up the Practically Perfect Pinwheels quilt and made a binding for it. I had bought the fabric on Monday. Usually I put a border on a quilt and then apply the binding, but this quilt was already plenty large for a lap quilt so it is finished simply with a binding.
It took three hours to finish the whole project, mainly because I made a label, and I'm new at doing that on the Janome 9400. But it turned out well:
The fabrics for the top were given to me and are not in my usual colour choice, but I really like this quilt for how colourful it is. And I think the green binding is perfect.
Probably a good idea to start cooking supper now, as we like to eat just a bit after five p.m. On the menu tonight: Steelhead Trout, mushroom risotto and asparagus. YUM!
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