UFO Support Group

[CaroleJ]

The binding strips are on the charm quilt and I have been sewing the back edge down. I actually find putting the binding on the back by hand to be VERY satisfying because it has such a nice clean finish, IMV. It does have a flannel back, though, so I can only work on it early or late in the day, when the house is cooler.

This is a quilt for a mom in our Girl Scout troop, 2 years past a cancer diagnosis, still undergoing treatment. I don't know how she holds it together from an emotional standpoint. I guess we are given the strength we need, when we need it...but she is amazing to me nevertheless.

Sunsup, I will try to persuade DH to help me get a photo of the Country Lanes quilt top. I have sent one in before this, but I don't, for the life of me, remember what the title of the post was...maybe I can find it and resend it?

[SewSew]

Carole, I agree, finishing off the binding by hand does give a quilt a much better appearance, IMHO. When I do my charity quilts I usually do them by machine because there is always such a demand for quilts that sometimes it seems we can't make them fast enough. The ones I do for me or as gifts I do by hand because I like that look better.

Ann

[cindyg]

YEE HAW - the Tennessee Waltz quilt top is done. Moving on, I've ironed all my fat quarters to do a Twin Sisters quilt and I'm ready to start cutting.

[busylady]

CindyG
Jog my memory is the twin sisters quilts the quilt that is a nine patch? One quilt has the nine patch predominately dark and the other quilt has the nine patch predominately light. If I am correct QIAD had a show about the twin sisters.

[cindyg]

Busylady - I think you are thinking of El's Nine Patch and Stripe quilt. I just made two of those for my twin grandbabies. If you use the same fabrics you can make two quilts at a time. One has positive nine patches and negative stripes and the other is just the opposite with negative nine patches and positive stripes.

[busylady]

Hello fellow quilters. Great news about the blue 4 patch quilt I am hand quilting for my granddaughter. I have made the half way point in the quilting. The quilt is exactly half was complete.

[SewSew]

busylady, glad to hear that you are making good progress on your quilt. I am still working on that binding for my Christmas quilt, I had to stop to finish up a couple of other projects for a swap. I hope I can pick it up again this weekend.

Ann

[CaroleJ]

The weather here has been very comfortable the last few days. Good quiltin' weather! I worked on my pieced wallhanging, did some machine quilting on it. Had to take a break, neck got too tired and hands are tired, too! But it was FUN--!!!

I wound up taking the borders off my coffee mug o' the month quilt. They just weren't working...sigh. Hope it doesn't become a terminal UFO!

Have one quilt and four quilted pillows here to go to their new homes.

[sunsup]

Carole, sounds like you are moving right along. Do you think you're going to have to purchase fabric for your coffee mug borders ?

I got 2 borders on DD's quilt and wasn't happy, but I think I'm just going to add a folded border inbetween those borders and the quilt.
But it will have to wait till my arm heals. sigh

[cindyg]

Sunsup - how is your arm?