Monday, February 9, 2015

Binding is so relaxing

Call me crazy but I enjoy binding a quilt.  I can't imagine setting a quilt aside for weeks or months waiting for binding.  Today I'm sewing the binding on "When the Cold Wind Blows" which was designed by Blackbird Designs.  My friend, Joan, and I were at her lake home this summer when we were inspired to make this quilt.  After a trip to Sew Graceful Quilting to choose fabrics, Joan took everything home and began designing and sewing.  A few months later she handed the finished blocks off to me and I sewed them together.  Darlene at Sew Graceful Quilting quilted it. 




I will post a photo of the entire quilt later this week after I have a chance to hang it.  If you'd like to make the quilt too, you can get more info by going to the Sew Graceful website.

9 comments:

  1. Such a lovely quilt Kay. I'm with you about binding a quilt. I'm just so happy when I reach that stage as I have far too many UFOs.

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  2. Nice post, things explained in details. Thank You.

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  3. Beautiful job, Kay, and great job on quilting, Darlene. . Can't wait to see it in person.

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  4. Oh I am so delighted to see this quilt and see how you've quilted it! I have all 9 blocks of this quilt finished just awaiting assembly and quilting! I should have said, its been waiting for 3 years!! I spend one whole year doing needle turn applique and didn't want to rush the quilting, lol! Thank you for sharing this! Now, I must register to win Wendy Sheppard's book on Antique Quilts!

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  5. I noted that you said you would post a picture of the entire quilt later. I am so eager to see how your design turned out. It appears in this picture that you've surrounded the blocks with more applique. Now I wish I'd saved all the applique fabrics to add a surround to my blocks!!!

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  6. Amazing blog and very interesting stuff you got here! I definitely learned a lot from reading through some of your earlier posts as well and decided to drop a comment on this one!

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