“Pumpkin” is going to be my fall table topper small quilt. It’s 24 by 24 inches. And it took me FOUR DAYS” last week to make that foundation paper pieced pumpkin in the center. Yes! I went on a side trip with at least 4 projects on the design wall waiting for me. But, also yes, “Pumpkin” scratched a quilting itch I had. And what’s the rush, anyway? The design wall projects aren’t going anywhere.
I had grandmother duties on Sunday which involved taking a granddaughter to a tutor session at a local book store. So, I took along “Cross Tiles” to work on her binding, and I made myself a little nest on a small round table.
And in one hour, with no distractions, I was able to bind the whole of one of the long sides.
I cut this binding at 2 1/2 inches as I was thinking maybe I would try to machine stitch it down. But, in the end, I couldn’t do it, and so, the binding went onto the right side, turning to the wrong side to handsew. I normally cut binding at 2 1/4 inches and I like that tight binding so much better.
I finished all the binding later Sunday night! So, pics and information on “Cross Tiles”will be coming soon. “Pumpkin” will be slower as I’m hand quilting it.
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Great job on the pumpkin, your fabric choices really accentuate the 3D effect!!
I too much prefer using g a binding cut to 2 1/4” and finish almost all of my bindings by hand 😀