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Sunday, June 12, 2022

Half Way

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.

 

6 comments:

  1. 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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  2. Beautiful 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!

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  3. Your 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.

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  4. Thank 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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