It's been more than a month since I last posted, but it's been a busy time. I was making masks for several family members and going to dr or doing "Something".
It was over a month that the quilt sat there waiting to be finished. I had been working on it, but when I couldn't go more than a few inches without the top thread fraying, I gave up for about a week. I had changed needles, so I was pretty sure that wasn't the cause but couldn't figure out what was. Then, it dawned on me that I hadn't oiled the bobbin area lately. So, I applied oil and no more frayed thread.
November 1st, I finally finished the quilting - Buffalo Plaid Wolves by Lorna McMahon ( question to myself - did I spell her last name right??).
I had decided right from the beginning that I would try making a wide binding.. wish I could remember where I first got the idea, but I've searched and searched with no luck. I knew that I needed to cut the strips at 4.5" and that I needed to trim the batting and backing to 2" beyond the quilt, but that was all I remembered.
When I started stitching it down to the quilt top, it went fine until I turned the first corner. I went about a foot beyond the corner ( down the next side) and then stopped to check the miter on the corner.... wait!! something's wrong... that doesn't work!! What did I do wrong!?!?!?
Back online to do some more searching... finally found something on allpeoplequilt.com...a download that shows just how to do a wide binding. Their example wasn't as wide as mine, but it still worked. I was turning the corner right and the corner of the quilt top, like you normally do when binding ( stop, flip the binding strip back on itself and then align the binding with the edge of the quilt top)... NOPE! you have to flip the binding strip back on itself so that the fold is on the edge of the batting and backing.
So, here's the completed quilt laying on our neighbor's 'hill'. I'm so glad that this is done and I can get on to working on other Christmas gifts.
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