A few weeks ago I got my bedspread, shams, and deco pillows back from the quilter. I got the deco pillows finished with their envelope backs two weeks ago .
Then this past week finally managed to get both shams completed with their envelope backs as well.I will admit I have been trying to avoid binding the quilt. So I decided with left over fabric to make some table runners for a small table in our bedroom's sitting room, and both night stands and the dresser top. This is the one that is on the little table in our sitting room. The others are similar just different sizes to match the night stands and dresser tops. Well last week I finally had no choice but to work on binding the bedspread. Binding a 100" by 120" quilt looked like a nightmare. I moved my machine to the dining room table on Saturday morning and went for it. I added to the difficulty by rounding the two bottom corners. I was not going to use bias binding for the entire thing, so only cut two, 24 inches of bias binding and placed that around those two corners and then cut standard binding for the rest of it. I just joined the bias binding sections to the straight cut binding as I sewed around on each side. In the end it worked perfectly and was not as awful of a chore as I thought it would be. Now to finish the binding by hand, a chore I do not mind doing at all. I don't think I will ever do something like this again, but it really is beautiful and the colors perfect for our bedroom.
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Hooray for the binding of the huge quilt! I'm glad it went smoothly for the tricky part, and I love the matching pillows and runner!
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I like the bolder colors on this quilt. The pillow shams came out really nice. Can't wait to see it all put together on the bed. Good luck with all that hand stitching to secure the binding. Quite a task!
ReplyDeleteYou'll be so glad you got that tackled and well on the way to finished. the colors look really deep and rich.
ReplyDeleteIt will be beautiful. Binding really big quilts is not my favorite thing either.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on finishing the binding step that isn't your fav! Good Job. You'll be happy once the quilt is all bound and on your bed. :)
ReplyDeleteI hear you! I crocheted a queen size granny square afghan, with borders. It was a big job, but I’m glad I did it! Thank you for sharing how you managed those round corners. That was genius.
ReplyDeleteHooray for tackling a dreaded project. I'm glad it wasn't as bad as you thought it would be! --TerryK@OnGoingProjects
ReplyDeleteIsn't great how some of those chores we dread turn out not to be so bad after all. You have inspired me to get back to work quilting my king sized quilt from last's RSC.
ReplyDeleteGood job tackling the binding! Can't wait to see it finished.
ReplyDeleteGreat job on the big quilt. Genius to have those 24" bias strips for the rounded edges!
ReplyDeleteWay to go on getting that binding sewn on Donnalee and very creative to add the bias binding to the straight cut as you went along. I'm glad it turned out to be not as big a job as you anticipated. But, in your procrastination, you got some extra goodies for your room that match your bedspread! Thanks for sharing with us at Monday Musings!
ReplyDeleteThose are cool!
ReplyDeleteBinding a King sized quilt is daunting! But that's done now and all that's left is sewing it down. Can't wait to see it displayed on your bed. Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.
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Hi Donnalee, I'm so happy that the binding worked out better than you expected. Your runner and pillows looks great! Thanks for linking up to Free Motion Mavericks!
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