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The Great Binding Challenge is On!
At the Quilt Divas guild meeting last Thursday we were bemoaning our bad habits as quiltaholics when it came to light that both Janine and I not only have the usual collection of quilt tops in various stages of completion, but a plethora of finished, quilted tops (quilted!) just waiting for the binding to be sewn on. What is wrong with us? So Janine threw down the gauntlet, who will get the most quilts bound this year?
I have to admit that this month I have a bit of an incentive with Open House next weekend and several displays I need to get finished. But I am determined to keep it going and bind 2-3 quilts every month in 2011. So I stayed at the shop after closing on Saturday (my Bernina currently resides in my office in the hopes that I can steal away for a few minutes of sewing every day -hasn't happened yet!) and stitched the binding on my ugly quilt and on my best friend's ugly quilt (I don't think I can count her ugly quilt in the challenge since it's not mine. Darn!) I plopped down in front of a video and went to work.
Surrounded by my furry helpers I worked through Van Helsing (my 15 year old put this one in the DVD player) and got half of the binding done. So I put in Brothers and kept on stitching. Did I mention that I am a very slow binder? About 3/4 of the way through Brothers I finished my first quilt of 2011!
One down....35 more to go!
Yeah! 2-3 bindings per month - yep you can do it! ;D
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Hm-m-m-m. That quilt looks vaguely familiar! Mine is still just a "top"! Got your bag done, just have to get it in the mail.
ReplyDeleteactually, honestly, i love to do bindings....
ReplyDeletejess lemme know if you might like a binding assistant. =0)
Cathie, I would be happy to help you with your
ReplyDeletebindings. I love to do the hand sewing while I am watching TV.
Maxine
Thanks for the offers of assistance but the only stipulation of the great binding challenge is that I have to do it myself - no help allowed or I forfiet the challenge! Janine must know what terrrific friends I have because she called that one right away.
ReplyDeleteTomorrow night is the monthly Quilt Divas meeting. I have bound exactly....1 quilt in 1.5 months. I am in trouble! I need to bind 4 by the end of February to meet the challenge. Wish me luck!
ReplyDeleteOh Cathie, your ugly fabric quilt turned out beautiful! I think the secret to that quilt is more contrast to the light and dark which looks better on yours than on mine! At least you are to the binding part. I am still trying to find a border. Then get it quilted. I'd say let someone else do your bindings since you have so many offers.
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