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Thursday, April 23, 2026

Lets Start At The End This Time

 It usually never fails for something to happen when I'm nearing the end of a quilt , needle breaks, don't have as much fabric as I thought I did & the list goes on & on 😄 so I thought I'd do the last things first after getting the quilt sandwiched & ready for stitching, this morning I cut 7 strips,sewed them together,folded & pressed & rolled onto a tube from a roll of aluminum foil,got the prayer block made,I wasn't about to run just this little thing through the washer so I hand washed & dried with a blow dryer twice,it will go on the back of the quilt





Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Getting Ready For Lots Of Stitching

 No matter how hard I tried to make it fit there just wasn't enough of the plum floral & not enough width of the  solid plum to make a wide strip down the middle so I went with the original plan to add 9" to each side


Then to measure top & back to the batting 


Then flip the back over,get it sandwiched & a good trim,it is now ready for basting & pinning then on to hundreds of stitches & numb fingers🤣



Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Getting Started On The Church Quilt


 Got the binding onto the blue quilt


then laid the church panel  & when I went to line up the backing,it wasn't wide enough,




even if I cut it into 2 pieces it wouldn't be long enough & the shop I got it from is an hour away ,so that was out,thankfully I had a solid in my stash that will  perfectly but then there was math to do😄 I will need to add 9" to each side,or in the middle? I dont have time to overthink it ,that's for sure😄



this will be the binding 


so this is far as I got on this today as I had an outting to our first strawberry festival ,so I had to stop & get ready for my niece to pick me up,I took her & the kids to supper ,back home & into my pj's & called it a day,bright & early I will ponder how to do the baking while sipping my coffee 😄
















Monday, April 20, 2026

Prep Work Done For Next In Line

With the blue quilt I originally was bringing the backing over to the front to create a binding but I was not liking the look of it, the texture of the fabric was too soft to hold a good shape so I trimmed it down & went through some of my stash & cut (7) 2 & 1/2" strips of this deep mustard color,I will get my neighbors daughters church quilt l started in the morning 


I came across a link explaining how to determine how many strips down to how much fabric for your binding, 

width+width +length+length 

Add 10"

Divide by 40 or WOF

Round up to the nearest number for number of  2 1/2" strips

Has anyone used this method? 

Saturday, April 18, 2026

Livvy & Cason's Quilt Photo Shoot

 You cant have good pictures without a little sillyness mixed in😄  they luved their quilts,they were so cute walking me to the car when I left telling me to lock my door & be careful with lots of hugs & kisses


















Friday, April 17, 2026

Down To The Binding!

 Why is it when we're sooooo close we've got to pause?I don't like pausing when I'm on the finish line🤣 I had a man coming to cut a tree down so that ment no laxed morning in my pj's 😄 had to go to the store & by the bank ,my niece doesn't get off till 5 ,there's an hour drive to meet up & pick up her grands "Livvy & Cason" depending on wait time,talking, transitioning from car to car,an hour back ,they should get back to her house by 7:00🤷it is 11:40 ,if I cant bind 2 lap quilts 6 hrs just shoot me🤣

I've moved the machine to the cutting table to stabilize the quilts better,bindings are ready,trying out the new clips,got the labels sewn on,lets do this!









Lets Start At The End This Time

 It usually never fails for something to happen when I'm nearing the end of a quilt , needle breaks, don't have as much fabric as I ...