Category Archives: Binding

The Binding Begins

February 16, 2021 9:53 am ⋅ Pam

I cannot believe I’m hand stitching another binding down. I don’t think I’ll be finished by next Tuesday, but I’m going to show the quilt anyway. I would love to get a snow pic, but with any luck by the time I’m done with the binding the snow will be melted.

Yesterday I was in my sewing room cutting the strips around noon. I didn’t have any lights on because it was bright enough with the light streaming through the big picture window. At one point I walked into the kitchen to put my lunch in the microwave. I opened my refrigerator and the light was out. I looked around the kitchen and realized the power was out. The rolling blackouts had started – only I didn’t know that’s what was going on.

I called the power company, they said it would be another 1-1/2 hours before power was restored. I sent an email to my bosses at work via my phone to let them know I had now power, fixed lunch and sat down to eat. In less than 20 minutes the power was back up. On the news they said the outages in our area were up to an hour. This morning as I was looking at the clocks which I had not reset, sure enough they were about 45 minutes off.

My power had been off for about 25 minutes by the time I noticed it. Had I been anywhere else in the house other than my sewing room, I would have noticed immediately.

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Finished (or Not) Friday – 1/22/21

January 22, 2021 8:31 am ⋅ Pam

No new pictures, as Thursday evening was a long night at work. So here’s a recap of what I’ve accomplished in the last 7 days.

Runabout Bag by Lazy Girl Designs. I was able to cross this off my 2021 Personal Quilting Challenge # 1.

Not thread and needle, but I made a Mardi Gra mesh wreath.

I’m well on the way to finishing the 3rd quarter of the wedding quilt.

I just have one short end of binding to stitch down on Moda U.

350 Challenge = 35
Easy Breezy = 96

I’m linking up with Alycia Quilts for Finished (or Not) Friday.

Posted in: 2021 - 350 Blocks, 2021 Personal 1, binding, Easy Breezy, Finished (or Not) Friday, Mesh Wreaths, Moda U, Runaround Bag, Wedding Quilt

Turning the Corner

January 19, 2021 6:34 am ⋅ Pam

Monday I was off from work, so I spent much of the day in the sewing room. Strips of fabric were turned into HST. HSTs sewn into pairs and pairs sewn into broken dish units. Once I finish these broken dish units I’ll be ready to stitch up the next 16 blocks for the wedding quilt.

Hand stitching the binding on my Moda U quilt was also done. I turned the 3rd corner and just have another short size plus a few inches past the 4th corner to go.

350 Challenge = 35
Easy Breezy = 96

Posted in: 2021 - 350 Blocks, binding, Easy Breezy, Moda U, Wedding Quilt

The Binding Continues

January 16, 2021 8:05 am ⋅ Pam

The binding continues on my Moda U sampler. Friday night I stepped away from my sewing machine specifically to work on the binding and I think I over did it. Going forward I think I’ll just plan on going as far as one, maybe two lengths of thread will take me.

Posted in: binding, Moda U

Tuesday’s Progress

January 6, 2021 8:46 am ⋅ Pam

There was a bit of binding while I watched Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist and the second half of The Lion King. Then I got up and went to the sewing machine.

All of the lavender HSTs are sewn and pressed. I’ve even started assembling the broken dish units.

Tonight I’ll review my Final Countdown Challenges to see where I stand. I think it’s a case of progress is made, which is definitely a step in the right direction.

350 Challenge = 15
Easy Breezy = 92

Posted in: 2021 - 350 Blocks, binding, Easy Breezy, Final Countdown, Moda U, Wedding Quilt

40 Day Challenge – Day 40

July 14, 2020 1:16 am ⋅ Pam

Day 40. I have one of the pieced borders done. Although I have enough HST to get all but 6″ of another border done I hit a wall when I discovered that I do not have enough fabric for the inner and outer border. At that point I started second guessing myself a 3rd or 4th time on how I plan to do the borders. All I know for certain is that I need 1 3/4″ inner border before the ribbon/barber pole border.

Possible color options are light gray, dark gray, black, neutral, or a blue.

I have to buy more fabric in every situation except for the neutral – and I think it causes the border to float too much.

A brief recap of the last 40 days:

Bound 7 quilts
Added a label and delivered an overdue quilt
Caught up on my Star Studded BOM
Quilted & bound the log cabin quilt
Hemmed 8 pairs of pant for my niece’s wedding
Made 5 pillowcases
Completed the center of Frolic

The challenge kept me going and I’m pleased with what I accomplished. If I can figure out my border situation I’ll be able to knock the rest of the list out in the next week or two. I cannot plan on keeping this pace up.

Posted in: 40 Days - 2020, binding, Easy Breezy, Frolic, Mending, pillowcase, Star Studded

40 Day Challenge – Day 1

June 5, 2020 7:57 am ⋅ Pam

I have the binding attached to the customer quilt. This quilt is 96 x 107, so there is a lot of binding to do. I’m using Susie’s Magic Binding which means I should be able to finish it tonight.

Posted in: 40 Days - 2020, binding, CustomerQuilt

40 Day Challenge

June 4, 2020 4:02 pm ⋅ Pam

I’d like to get back to blogging about my quilting. It seems that I generally just post to Facebook anymore. In one of my Facebook groups someone asked “What are you working on?” For me this morphed into this 40 Day challenge. My goal is to get everything on this list done.

This first picture is a stack of quilts that need to be bound.

A customer’s quilt – binding needs to be pressed, then can be attached and stitched down
Allietaire – plan do do both scallops and a 2 color binding.
Narragansett Blues
Sister Swap # 3 – The binding is made just needs to be attached and stitched down
Then & Now
Baby 4-Patch Stacked Posies
Tablerunner – Finally figured out what I am going to use

Believe it or not there’s more work in this pile than the binding pile.

The quilt with the striped backing needs a label and delivered

I’m behind on my Star Studded BOM. I have fabric for 11 or 12 large blocks and 23 6-inch blocks.

The log cabin quilt needs to be quilted bound and labeled.

The blue, black and white quilt is my Frolic the goal is to finish the top.

Although not quilting, there are 9 pair of pants which need to be shortened. This is driving the 40 days.

Bonus #1: Pillowcases for the customer quilt, Allietaire, Narragansett Blues, and the log cabin quilt (2)

Bonus #2: Pillowcases for quilts already completed – Christmas Crazy 8s, On Ringo Lake, En Provence (2), Carolina Chain, Good Fortune

Bonus #3: Quilt, bind, label and make pillowcase (2) for Frolic.

It should be an interesting 40 -45 days.

Posted in: 40 Days - 2020, Allietare, Allietare, Baby 4-Patch Stacked Posies, binding, BOM, Grandma's hourglasses, Janes Hourglasses, log cabin, Mending, Narragansett Blues, Pillowcases, Sisters Swap, Star Studded, Tablerunner, Then and Now

Susie’s Magic Binding

October 8, 2015 1:23 am ⋅ Pam

I’ve used Susie’s Magic Binding before, and I’ll use it again. I love it. It takes a bit more fabric than traditional binding and a bit longer to make, but once it’s attached to the quilt, it can be stitched down very quickly by machine.

This quilt is 65″ x 80″, so I would need 20″ of fabric with a traditional binding (I cut mine 2-1/2″ wide). Using Susie’s Magic Binding, I needed 26″ of fabric – 14″ of the accent fabric and 12″ of the main fabric. But, it only took 30 minutes to stitch it down – primarily because I don’t have to pin it except for the corners.

Next up the coordinating pillowcase (it’s cut) and the label.

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