Mary was good, and then she was bad
I got up this morning and decided it was binding day. First, I bound the HeartStrings quilt I tied on Saturday at the sew-in. This one was pieced by Sue Frank or her Mom from blocks donated to HeartStrings.
If you’re a frequent visitor here you probably know I don’t like machine bindings (not going to convince me otherwise so don’t try!) BUT, there is one exception – I love turning the backing to the front on the tied quilts and machine stitching them down.
Then, I pulled fabric from stash and made bindings for these two – got them machine stitched to the front (yes, I do that part by machine) and they’re ready to be hand stitched down.
Realized that I had nothing appropriate for the other two tops I was going to bind so I ran out to buy fabric for them … and then after eating dinner out (Keith is still gone), I came home and instead of getting those bindings made, I started cutting green fabric.
I had no intention of starting my Forest Bricks top but somehow I couldn’t resist playing in the greens. And because I try to NEVER cut out just one scrap quilt at a time, those triangles are going to eventually be used in a 1000 Pyramid quilt unless I change my mind and use them in a Kaleidoscope and I have been known to change my mind.
Mary, it must have been the dinner you had that made you start
your forest bricks,LOL. That is going to one nice quilt. You sure
get a lot of things accomplished in a day, much more than I.
We had the same kind of day it looks like. I quilted my string quilt and I could not find anything in my stash for binding. I was going to go to town to get some and remembered we don’t have a fabric store here anymore We have to go an hour to Albuquerque so decided to work on my Cathedral Windows quilt. John was laughing at me he said I will have to start another project to do when he is in the hospital for the transplant cause I am almost done with this one. He is correct. I just get so excited sometimes.
Nothing bad about it. You did the needed things and then you did what you wanted to do. Simple.
Love your gorgeous greens! That will be such a pretty top!
WOW – how productive, Mary! Whenever the muse calls, it is good to answer her immediately lest she go and inspire someone else! It will be fun to see how the green quilt progresses!
Beth McDonald
I love that binding to the front with the decorative stitch. Very nice!