.......Love it? hate it? tolerate it as a necessary evil of quilting? Sooner or later every quilt project comes down to that boring task of binding the edges. Some people find it relaxing and like to watch TV while they finish their projects. Others like me, can't do that ( I need glasses to see the TV but don't wear them for close-up work), so I usually listen to music while I sit and bind quilts.
Most of my current projects are at the edge binding stage. This "Three Chickens and a Dozen Eggs" runner needs the edges bound and I'm also still hand quilting the eggs and have a few little buttons to sew on. This was my UFO for the month of October, so I have one week to finish this before show-and-tell time on the last Saturday of the month! Should be able to do that without much problem. The harder parts are done. This will be a gift for a friend who raises chickens when it is done.
Another UFO that is almost finished now....except for binding the edges! First you have to make the binding. Sewing the binding to the front of the quilt with the machine is the easy part, but the back side has to be hand sewn with a blind hem stitch. Not hard....just tedious and boring (for me)
Three little hex table toppers for Christmas gifts. These I haven't even made the binding and sewn it on by machine yet! I hate doing corners that are not 90 degrees. Hope to add the binding soon and then add them to my pile of projects that need the hand sewing done. At least they will be done by Christmas!
And finally, my little log cabin lap quilt.
All done except.....you guessed it....binding the edges!
Whether you love doing it or hate doing it....the finished project is always worth the effort when you see it done! The perfect finishing touch to every quilt.
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3 comments:
Wish I lived near...if you could live with my stitches, I would be glad to help you with binding. My stitches aren't horrible, they just aren't perfect.
Rose: I'm sure that your stitches look every bit as good as mine! I hope to get some of these worked on tonight. I'm so close to being done with them, now I want them in the finished pile :-)
Such great table toppers and runners! I LOVE the chickens with the eggs. Too cute! I used to HATE binding but now I don't mind it as much. My most hated part is cutting out.
Have you been by my quilt blog to see my latest post? I don't post often but I finally did one a couple of weeks ago. Glad you got to Texas! Hope it was an awesome trip!
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