Thursday, July 03, 2008
First July Project completed!
I completed my first project in the July sewing challenge! Last night I finished quilting and then squared up and put the binding on the baby quilt I made for my brother's new baby. It turned out really cute, but I was too tired to take a picture and just ended up going to bed. I learned the hard way that with flannel you need to have more in your binding strip to make up for the bulk. I usually use a 2.25" binding strip and it works great, but with flannel I should have made it wider to compensate for the bulk. I had a few places that didn't catch and I had to go back and redo them. Oh well I learned my lesson. I seriously considered doing the binding by hand so I would have some hand work for lunch today, but since it's for a baby and hopefully will be used and abused, I decided it was better to finish it up with the machine.
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4 comments:
Good job, Moneik, but shame on you for trying to distract Jen!
Good luck in the competition.
That's my girl, trying to distract Jen!!!! Sounds like you are off to a wonderful start! I usually sew my binding for baby quilts down by machine, I agree with you, they are usually used, abused, and washed more than most quilts!
Kristie
Good start kiddo--keep your eye on the goal and keep sewing! I am still cheering over here! Woo woo!
Good luck in your hours of quilting. I do not know how you and Jen do it!
Can I ask you to show how you machine quilt the final binding on the quilt? I usually hand stitch it down, but am having a difficult time with carpal tunnel.
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