Before the house warmed up yesterday from the summer heat, I
decided to finish my coworker’s going away quilt. I am happy to report that it
is now bound, washed, dried and ready to be gifted to her. Of course, it wasn’t
without its pitfalls. After carefully calculating where I should sew the
binding, since I was doing this all by machine, everything went rather smoothly
until the corners. Now, I knew the corners were going to be tricky, but had no
idea they’d be a pain in the ass. I attached the raw edges of the binding, which
was just a long length of two-and-a-half inch fabric sewed together and pressed
in half, to the quilt back with the raw edges lined up and sewed it into place
about one-third inch in. I then turned the binding over to the top and stitched
as close as possible. If I try this method again, I think I’ll do a little more
research on it… or just use logic. Alas, the quilt is adorable and I can’t wait
to give it to her.
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