Just in Time for December...

...I put the last stitches into the binding of my holiday quilt last night at quarter to ten.  When I got the quilted piece back from my LQS, I put off the binding for at least a week because the job seemed  like such a pain in the butt so daunting.  It's not like it's the first time I've ever bound a quilt, but sometimes my ambition just evaporates.

In this photo, the red seems to dominate,

but in person it fights for attention

with all the leaves in the

cream-colored fabric.

I'm still thinking it looks a little busy (sigh).

There are many leaves

in the cream-colored fabric.

I chose a medium drab green

for the quilting thread.

I wanted it to fade into the background,

which it does.

It now lives on my dining room wall.

Not planning to take it down

until at least February!

And while I was in a binding mood

had my sewing machine out,

I decided to finally finish-finish

the quilt-as-you-go square

that I put together in May.

This binding was sewn

entirely by machine--

a first for me.

If you look closely,

you can see that I used

a 3-step zigzag

to tack it down

instead of hand sewing.

The corners gave me

conniption fits!

(They still need to be "fixed" by hand.)

This the the "wrong" side.

The corners look better.

But it was a learning experience.
From now on, after I attach the binding to a quilt,

I'll finish it by hand.

It's much less stressful for this stitcher.

Happy December!

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