I spent last Thursday to Monday FMQing my 2016 Quilt. It was finished at 6am on Monday morning. Most of it was done using rulers but there is some non-ruler work in there. After finishing this, I am so much more comfortable with working with Red (my Machine). The quilt is 84 inches by 92 inches.
The halfway is the binding. After 6 hours of stitching, I am halfway around the quilt. You can see in the above picture the binding not yet done.
Wool batting was used. I love that batting for its light weight, warmth, and texture. (Kid quilts and runners get cotton batting.)
Binding is what I will be working on this afternoon and evening. Hope to have it finished soon and then the toss in the wash.
My morning will be spent in the gardens. I don't know that I will ever be caught up there. It is 49 outside this morning. My tomatoes are not happy. They want the warmer weather. I am enjoying the cooler nights and days in the 70s. (But I would like to eat tomatoes from my garden this summer.)
Linking up to Slow Sunday Stitching at Kathy's Quilts. Enjoy your day.
That's a beautiful quilt! I really love the colors in it. FMQIng it sounds like a big job! Enjoy your binding sewing.
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ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt! I don't think my garden work will ever be done either. Unfortunately this past week I have had to deal with 90-105 degree weather, and I can only work outside a couple of hours in the morning!
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is beautiful. I especially like the wavy quilting in the borders. We are dealing with rain today and temps in the 60s-70. Same as yesterday. Enjoy your gardening and binding stitching.
ReplyDeleteThank you all for your kind words. This quilt is the 2016 Craftsy BOM by Lynette Jensen. It was available as a kit, and I just loved how it looked so I bought it. It was all pieced and sandwiched in 2016. I even began to FMQ but stalled. I am so glad that I told self to finish it.
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