I haven't spent a whole lot of time sewing this year. In fact, I've only finished one quilt thus far, but last week I picked up 5 quilts from Jackie after working at the sale barn:
I'll have to look back, but I think these were all pieced in 2020, 2019, and 2018. I made 4 of the bindings before I handed them off, but it may be a while before they are bound.
It was going to be 105° so getting started and finished early was important. Thus dinner was served at 10:30 so it helps to prep as much as possible the day before. Then it was into town for a feed run, oil and filters so DH could change the the oil in our rig, and a barbershop visit.
With the 100+ temps, we've been enjoying a lot of this:
We eat a lot of watermelon around here in the summer and this yellow one will be hard to beat!
Then on Thursday we drove to Lubbock - a 2 1/2 hr trip - to go hat
and boot maker shopping
And then we spent about 3 hours at the Pollard Ford dealership because the starter in our 6 yr-old pickup decided to retire. Sigh. We generally drive our vehicles for about 15 years or more. We take care of them and kind of expect them to last. I guess it could have been worse than $1100.00. We were grateful for fast, friendly service though and met some incredibly kind folks God put in our path before moving along.
I spent much of Friday mowing and weed eating and on Saturday morning DH drove 75 miles for the Safari Club board meeting and summer picnic and some shotgun games. I opted to stay behind. I really felt the need to be domestic. 😉 But I did manage to get the quilts trimmed:
I love hand stitching the binding to the back and I'll get them bound eventually, just don't hold your breath!
4 comments:
Good morning Karin, so nice to seeing you posting a bit more now :) It looks like there's some bright, fun quilts in that pile. I hope you get some time to bind them soon. Take care.
I absolutely hate to bind although lots of people says it’s their favorite part of making a quilt! I have since learned to machine bind and it has changed my life! I still hand bind my hand quilted tops but everything else gets machine bound. Love all those colourful cowboy boots! Back in high school during my “Urban Cowboy” craze days, I wore cowboy boots! Last summer I tried some on with my nephew (we bought him a pair for his high school graduation) but didn’t buy any for myself. They sure have some beautiful boots but my flat feet along with plantar fasciitis just won’t allow it!
I also put off binding! I was getting ready for the kids coming to visit and I go the quilts needing binding out of their bedroom......11 twin size and 1 king!! Ugh. This all grew during COVID! I have one on the cutting table to be trimmed today and bound! It’ll be way to hot outside to do anything out there! I have my twin size backed with minky. Do you know of anyone that would like the strips of leftovers?
You've had good reason not to accomplish a lot of sewing this year. I'm glad you found some time for yourself. We all look forward to seeing the finished quilts, happy binding!
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