I think I will be hand sewing bindings on for the next little while. I was so provoked that I did not have enough of the dark green border fabric for the binding on the Corn and Beans quilt. It was a little kit, and you would think they would have included that fabric in it, but they didn't. Or if they did include it, I misplaced it, which is entirely possible. At any rate, I had to "make do" with what I had on hand, and I am not really happy with it. I made it really narrow, so with luck, it won't stand out too much.
Do you remember a few months back I was complaining that I was very disorganized with keeping track of my binding fabrics? You all gave me lots of great advice, including the suggestion that I cut and press the binding strips the minute I finish a quilt top so it will be all ready to go when the quilt gets back from being quilted. I am still not that organized, but I do have a system. I dug out a little storage basket and as I finish a quilt top I put the required fabric for the binding right into that basket. All my future bindings are right there all together waiting for when I need them. At least I am not losing my binding fabric or heaven forbid, using it in another project. Sometimes I have quilt tops sitting around for years before they are quilted, so in the past, there were many opportunities for the quilt and its binding fabric to go their separate ways.
This is the project I am really anxious to get back to. Those bat blocks are nice and complex and require a bit of thought to put together. Luckily I am only making a table runner consisting of five blocks, so there is an actual chance that this will get finished before the end of the month.
How is your week going? I am getting a much needed hair cut today and expect that I will be feeling like a new woman the next time I chat with you. Honestly, it has been months since I cut my hair. The only thing to be done with it is to put it in a bun or a ponytail. I must make a better effort. Honestly, I look like my Grandma Agnes, who wore her hair in a bun for 80 of her 98 years on earth. Who knows, she could have been born with a bun. I never saw her without it.
36 responses to “Bindings and Buns”
YOu are busy getting things finished. That is a good thing. Your hair looks pretty up. I have mine so short I can practically ignore it. I am going to start a Halloween quilt today. Guess it is time-huh???? Have a great day Nicole.
Mary
YOu are busy getting things finished. That is a good thing. Your hair looks pretty up. I have mine so short I can practically ignore it. I am going to start a Halloween quilt today. Guess it is time-huh???? Have a great day Nicole.
Mary
YOu are busy getting things finished. That is a good thing. Your hair looks pretty up. I have mine so short I can practically ignore it. I am going to start a Halloween quilt today. Guess it is time-huh???? Have a great day Nicole.
Mary
Don’t forget to label your bindings so you know which quilt each one is for! I love your hair in a bun! I’m working on growing mine out now so that I can do that. Letting the gray grow out also and I’m getting so many positive comments on that.
Don’t forget to label your bindings so you know which quilt each one is for! I love your hair in a bun! I’m working on growing mine out now so that I can do that. Letting the gray grow out also and I’m getting so many positive comments on that.
Don’t forget to label your bindings so you know which quilt each one is for! I love your hair in a bun! I’m working on growing mine out now so that I can do that. Letting the gray grow out also and I’m getting so many positive comments on that.
Yes, keeping track of binding fabrics is critical. Sounds like you have a system now. Bravo! I like your bun. But haircuts are wonderful for giving you that all-new, pretty feeling. Enjoy!
Yes, keeping track of binding fabrics is critical. Sounds like you have a system now. Bravo! I like your bun. But haircuts are wonderful for giving you that all-new, pretty feeling. Enjoy!
Yes, keeping track of binding fabrics is critical. Sounds like you have a system now. Bravo! I like your bun. But haircuts are wonderful for giving you that all-new, pretty feeling. Enjoy!
I had to laugh about your reference to your Grandma Agnes. My Grandma Myrtle always wore her hair pinned up. I remember so clearly, my shock when I saw her early one morning with two long braids before she’d had a chance to put it up. I was quite young and couldn’t conceive the notion that “an old lady” would have braided hair!
I had to laugh about your reference to your Grandma Agnes. My Grandma Myrtle always wore her hair pinned up. I remember so clearly, my shock when I saw her early one morning with two long braids before she’d had a chance to put it up. I was quite young and couldn’t conceive the notion that “an old lady” would have braided hair!
I had to laugh about your reference to your Grandma Agnes. My Grandma Myrtle always wore her hair pinned up. I remember so clearly, my shock when I saw her early one morning with two long braids before she’d had a chance to put it up. I was quite young and couldn’t conceive the notion that “an old lady” would have braided hair!
I know it’s all personal preference, but I like the light binding on the Corn & Beans quilt. The lighter edge makes a ‘frame’. I’m working on a quilt for my niece’s baby due in early February. I also want to try sewing with ‘Minky’ for the first time. But I will use that for a couple of throw pillows to go with the quilt until I get the hang of it!
I know it’s all personal preference, but I like the light binding on the Corn & Beans quilt. The lighter edge makes a ‘frame’. I’m working on a quilt for my niece’s baby due in early February. I also want to try sewing with ‘Minky’ for the first time. But I will use that for a couple of throw pillows to go with the quilt until I get the hang of it!
I know it’s all personal preference, but I like the light binding on the Corn & Beans quilt. The lighter edge makes a ‘frame’. I’m working on a quilt for my niece’s baby due in early February. I also want to try sewing with ‘Minky’ for the first time. But I will use that for a couple of throw pillows to go with the quilt until I get the hang of it!
Love your bun and sticks, looks easy. But, it can be shorter and easy too. I lacked the will to hold my arms over my head interminably for washing, blow-drying and curling iron. So it’s shorter now, and love having a “bob,” super easy maintenance and falls together after TX wind. My original quilt teacher always warned to cut binding immediately after a quilt was made so as to not lose the fabric by setting it in another quilt. She was right. Your system should save you that issue. Your Halloween quilt will be great. I did buy ahead to start a new quilt. I made my DIL a table mat for her BD in Sept from Riley Blake H-fabric and she loved it. So I bought scarier fabric and will get a quilt done for her BD next year. Loved that tiny skull fabric and did get some to put in my future quilt. Happy sewing and enjoy your haircut.
Love your bun and sticks, looks easy. But, it can be shorter and easy too. I lacked the will to hold my arms over my head interminably for washing, blow-drying and curling iron. So it’s shorter now, and love having a “bob,” super easy maintenance and falls together after TX wind. My original quilt teacher always warned to cut binding immediately after a quilt was made so as to not lose the fabric by setting it in another quilt. She was right. Your system should save you that issue. Your Halloween quilt will be great. I did buy ahead to start a new quilt. I made my DIL a table mat for her BD in Sept from Riley Blake H-fabric and she loved it. So I bought scarier fabric and will get a quilt done for her BD next year. Loved that tiny skull fabric and did get some to put in my future quilt. Happy sewing and enjoy your haircut.
Love your bun and sticks, looks easy. But, it can be shorter and easy too. I lacked the will to hold my arms over my head interminably for washing, blow-drying and curling iron. So it’s shorter now, and love having a “bob,” super easy maintenance and falls together after TX wind. My original quilt teacher always warned to cut binding immediately after a quilt was made so as to not lose the fabric by setting it in another quilt. She was right. Your system should save you that issue. Your Halloween quilt will be great. I did buy ahead to start a new quilt. I made my DIL a table mat for her BD in Sept from Riley Blake H-fabric and she loved it. So I bought scarier fabric and will get a quilt done for her BD next year. Loved that tiny skull fabric and did get some to put in my future quilt. Happy sewing and enjoy your haircut.
I also had a Grandma named Agnes! She also wore her hair in a little bun and she – like me – was petite. I have a photo of her standing between tow of her fellow garden club members and she looks like the valley between tow mountains!
Well done on finising a system that works to o keep your binding fabrics safe. I’ve found I prefer a dark binding and even took a light colored binding off of a wall quilt because it just bugged me. Go figure!
Happy haircut!
Hugs 🙂
I also had a Grandma named Agnes! She also wore her hair in a little bun and she – like me – was petite. I have a photo of her standing between tow of her fellow garden club members and she looks like the valley between tow mountains!
Well done on finising a system that works to o keep your binding fabrics safe. I’ve found I prefer a dark binding and even took a light colored binding off of a wall quilt because it just bugged me. Go figure!
Happy haircut!
Hugs 🙂
I also had a Grandma named Agnes! She also wore her hair in a little bun and she – like me – was petite. I have a photo of her standing between tow of her fellow garden club members and she looks like the valley between tow mountains!
Well done on finising a system that works to o keep your binding fabrics safe. I’ve found I prefer a dark binding and even took a light colored binding off of a wall quilt because it just bugged me. Go figure!
Happy haircut!
Hugs 🙂
Have really been trying to make my bindings as I finish a quilt top, then putting them in a basket all rolled up with a post-it pinned to it with the name of the quilt on it. Yesterday I counted 15 rolled up in the basket. Almost all of these are for foster kids and the assisted living facility at our local hospital (no larger than lap size).
Have really been trying to make my bindings as I finish a quilt top, then putting them in a basket all rolled up with a post-it pinned to it with the name of the quilt on it. Yesterday I counted 15 rolled up in the basket. Almost all of these are for foster kids and the assisted living facility at our local hospital (no larger than lap size).
Have really been trying to make my bindings as I finish a quilt top, then putting them in a basket all rolled up with a post-it pinned to it with the name of the quilt on it. Yesterday I counted 15 rolled up in the basket. Almost all of these are for foster kids and the assisted living facility at our local hospital (no larger than lap size).
Love the blocks for this new table runner! And your hair looks nice up “in a bun”. But I know what you mean…when it’s time for a cut, it feels so good to have it done, so you can continue on with your life adventures. Enjoy your sewing!
Love the blocks for this new table runner! And your hair looks nice up “in a bun”. But I know what you mean…when it’s time for a cut, it feels so good to have it done, so you can continue on with your life adventures. Enjoy your sewing!
Love the blocks for this new table runner! And your hair looks nice up “in a bun”. But I know what you mean…when it’s time for a cut, it feels so good to have it done, so you can continue on with your life adventures. Enjoy your sewing!
When I retire I’m going to wear my hair in a bun every day, I can’t wait! Yours is beautiful!
When I retire I’m going to wear my hair in a bun every day, I can’t wait! Yours is beautiful!
When I retire I’m going to wear my hair in a bun every day, I can’t wait! Yours is beautiful!
I fell in love with your bat quilt. Boy, if you miss the opportunity to buy when everything is first out it is sure hard to gather the pattern and fabrics later on. A friend of mine scrounged and found it all. I can’t wait to get started on it. I’m going to do the whole quilt though. I can’t wait to see how yours turns out.
I fell in love with your bat quilt. Boy, if you miss the opportunity to buy when everything is first out it is sure hard to gather the pattern and fabrics later on. A friend of mine scrounged and found it all. I can’t wait to get started on it. I’m going to do the whole quilt though. I can’t wait to see how yours turns out.
I fell in love with your bat quilt. Boy, if you miss the opportunity to buy when everything is first out it is sure hard to gather the pattern and fabrics later on. A friend of mine scrounged and found it all. I can’t wait to get started on it. I’m going to do the whole quilt though. I can’t wait to see how yours turns out.
your Aunt Agnes is looking down from heaven and smiling at her much loved Nicole.
your Aunt Agnes is looking down from heaven and smiling at her much loved Nicole.
your Aunt Agnes is looking down from heaven and smiling at her much loved Nicole.