2024 Studio Post #24 - Binding!

 Hooray! Progress this past week! (Though I'm posting my 7.14.24 entry on 7.16 . . . . )

I finally made my binding! I was going to try to make the bias continuous binding, but I was too intimidated and rushed. I just cut 2 1/4" strips from my fabric and "spliced" them. I could have been more careful, but I've gotten better at it.

I sewed the binding on so I could bring it to the lake. That process was a little rough, but I hope to improve as I do this more often.

At the lake, I've hand-stitched the binding to the back all along one long side and halfway across the bottom. Part of me wants to continue stitching, but I have a lot to do today before we pack up and go. Plus, my hands get sore if I stitch too long.

I'm eager to finish this quilt and get it onto our bed at home!

2024 Studio Post #23 - Baby Steps

I *finally* trimmed this quilt (still unnamed) and cut the angles on the lower corners. It's on the guest bed so I can get the bigger view and measure for making the binding (next step!).

 

This post (on 7.16.24) was intended on 7.7.24. I'm behind again . . .

Studio Post #20 - What's in a Name?

The main sewing thing I did last week was pack up all my 2024 Challenge bits and pieces to bring to the lake to work on here. It's a new week and I haven't taken the pieces out yet.

The other thing I did was brainstorm names for my queen sized quilt in process. It started out as the MQ 2017 Challenge "Go with the FLW." I've already blogged about it when I took the parts of it to the in-town retreat in January and almost finished the top. Now the top is finished AND I've long-armed it. I had fully intended to trim off the excess batting and backing, make the binding, and sew it onto the top so I could bring it with me to the lake to finish. Alas, I got too darn busy at the end of April and start of May, so it sits at home.

I have, however, come up with some name possibilities for it:

• By Committee (because I kept asking others for their opinions)
• Go Against the FLW (instead of Go with the FLW)
• Directions? What Directions?
• Make Up My Mind!
• I'm No Architect (FLW = Frank Lloyd Wright)
• Neither Structure Nor Style ("Neither Nor" for short)
• It May Be Wild, But It's Mine

 

Some people think naming quilts is pretentious. I don't care. I think it's fun. And it's easier to refer to specific quilts that way. (I don't make enough quilts to get really confused, but I still like naming them.) I didn't bring my quilt "journal" with me to the lake, but I'm curious to check and see if I've recorded all the quilts I've made and what I named them.