I really don't like to hand sew binding! It has taken me a week to finish binding the purple Round Robin quilt I made with guild members. It's so easy to procrastinate but it is now finished. I often sew the whole binding by machine because I'm not sure who will end up with it. Will they machine wash it a lot? Will it go to a child in foster care? Is the person ill? I have a bag of four quilts that I'll give to Bags of Love later this week for kids going into foster care. And I have a friend undergoing cancer treatment that might like a quilt. I need to downsize my collection because I'm out of storage space. And, of course, I keep making quilts.
At any rate, yesterday I knuckled down and finished the purple throw. One of the reasons I needed to hand sew the binding down was that I rounded the corners. The person who made the last border added a very plain one. and I thought the quilt would look better with something curvy. Before it came back to me, I had thought I'd applique the last border, but it had a large
bulge in the middle. Marie, my friend and quilter, managed to "quilt it out
This weekend I put most of my Rainbow Scrap Challenge log cabin blocks together into a 7 x 8 block top. I made a list of the colors for the next row and hung the UFO into the closet. Paul's brother is arriving Sunday for a few days, so my quilting/guest room will be taken and we'll be busy. I don't want to start on anything that's messy. Guess I'll work on my knitting today when I get a chance. The purple scarf is nearly finished, so it's time to roll up another hank of yarn.
ps. while I was writing this Microsoft Edge decided it needed editing and enhancement. I had to work hard to eliminate its "help." Big Brother is out there...
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