The quilt is on the couch, its final seam partially stitched. If I'd really get after it, I could finish that seam today, and then it would be ready for binding. I haven't made the binding yet. I have enough plain white fabric to do it, but I'm not sure I want white. Maybe a little color around the edge would be nice.
It'll take a long time to sew on the binding.
The Husband and I both have work-related trips next week, and two days after he gets home, he has another work-related trip. I'll go with him on that second trip, another long drive. Riding shotgun is the perfect time to do needlework, but I don't want to wrestle a whole quilt in the passenger seat, so what I can't get done before I go on my trip will have to wait until we get back from the second trip.
My BFF's daughter is getting married later this year, and I've been planning a quilt for a wedding present. Thinking I could work on it while traveling, I sat down yesterday morning and sketched out my idea on graph paper, and yesterday afternoon I went to Hobby Lobby to buy fabric. As soon as I got home, I washed and dried it, cut off a gob of ravelings, ironed it, and re-folded it. At that point, I discovered that the fabric had been cut terribly crooked. I'd stood there and watched the clerk cut the fabric; she'd done it carefully. All I can conclude is that the fabric had been wound crookedly on the bolt.
I have been sewing since I was a kid, and I do not recall this crookedness occurring with fabric we bought from the local fabric store (long since out of business).
Thinking of the old fabric store brings back a lot of warm memories. It was run by an elderly couple who had no children and were always so kind to kids who came in the store. Once, when my mother and I were in the store before Easter, the old gentleman asked Mother if I had a white dress for Easter. When she said that I didn't, he cut off enough white fabric for a dress for me and gave it to us for free. I don't remember the dress, only the kindness of the old couple.
Anyway . . . .
I've cut out a big stack of 3.5" blocks, enough to keep me busy while traveling. If I finish this quilt before the late summer wedding, it will be a miracle.
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