I headed out this morning to play pickleball and had a fantastic time! I played from around 11:30 until a little after 3:00. And tonight I feel great!
I didn’t get much done after I got home. I sat out in the back yard in the shade and replied to comments on this blog, tossed the toy for the dogs over and over and over and over again. I think I was out in the back yard with the boys for several hours. Then at around 7 pm I fed all three of us and then hunkered down in my sewing room.
I had a bit of a conversation with myself… “You know, Anne. You could just go in there and sew one row of that quilt together and then call it quits.” I responded, “Get your ass in that sewing room and finish that top!” And I did!
All I had to do is square up and sew the blocks of the last two rows together.
Here’s the two finished sections waiting to be pinned together.
Then I carefully pinned that final seam and then folded it all up to get ready to sew.
I’ve mentioned this before, but I always fold up my quilt tops to sew those final seams. this helps me manage all that bulk. I really hate trying to manipulate all that fabric, spread out all over the place, through my machine.
I made a quick video tonight showing how I do this. After pinning I fold up the quilt pieces onto itself, leaving about four inches of the pinned edge above the folded fabric. Take a look at this video to get an idea of how I do this.
Then a final pressing and it all went back up on the design wall for a photo.
And a little bit of eye candy…
I was just going to walk away at this stage but decided to get it onto the bed in my guest room to see how big it is.
Hmmm. I’m liking the way it looks in that room!
Although the blocks are all sewn together, this top is not yet done. I still have to add borders. It looks like I’ll need another 7 or 8 inches of borders on each side. I’ll look more closely in the coming days, take some measurements, and decide on thickness of borders.
This picture shows the size compared with the quilt that’s already on that bed.
I’ll enjoy walking past that room and seeing this on the bed for a few days.
Once I got that done I realized that my design wall was free so I tossed the batik disappearing four patch blocks up to see how they look.
I still don’t love that this is square. I might add some borders to the top and bottom to make it rectangular. I’ll think about this for a few days. It will sew together really fast once I decide what to do.
Bender, ever faithful, waited for me to finish sewing.