I ran around doing "things" most of the day and didn't get to my sewing machine until 3 pm. At that time, I put the last two borders onto the orange peel quilt, pieced a muslin back, and laid out the sandwich. Tomorrow I'll pin baste and start quilting.
Today I shopped for groceries, did a load of laundry, hand washed a top (rayon feels nice but is a pain to own!), washed a few windows (the sun was streaming in so it was essential), vacuumed the car and installed new floor mats, made oatmeal chocolate chip bars, sifted through a stack of old magazines, covered the grill for the winter, and...! It was a lovely day to get a few winterizing things done since tomorrow and Monday are supposed to be very snowy. It doesn't seem possible considering how nice it was today.
But I am looking forward to quilting over the next couple of days. Will probably outline the orange peels first and then may echo quilt in the larger cream spaces. I'll probably echo quilt inside the peels as well. As for the borders, well, I'll decide when I get to them. I like the way the 2" tumbler border turned out. The quilt now measures 48" by 48", so it shouldn't take long to finish.
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