Brooke and I had fun doing this quilt up yesterday!
I asked Brooke what she thought about using orange for the binding...she gave me a funny look, but she was easy to convince. I got the idea from a quilt that Red Pepper Quilts did up.
I used flannel for the back and wool batting. I used ice blue thread and I wanted it to be really soft!
I put the binding on while it was still on my longarm. I did up my binding at 2 and 1/2 inches forgetting that you need to allow another 1/4 inch when putting flannel on the back...whoops. So instead of stitching in the ditch and catching the back, I stitched right on top of the binding and lined my foot up to the edge of the quilt. And that way I was able to catch the back of the binding with no problem at all.
Brooke and I are going to take it to her today! Brooke is really excited!
One more thing...my friend Pam is auctioning off a Zigzag quilt she did up for MS. It turned out really nice, you can check it out here.
I love the orange binding! I still think Brook is cuter than the adorable quilt though. Have fun giving it to her friend.
ReplyDeleteI love Brooke's quilt!!!!
ReplyDeleteLooks great...quick question...how do you put binding on when it's still on the long arm? I'm curious.
ReplyDeleteI live like the quilting! I have a zig zag quilt top that's waiting for some inspiration for the quilting and I may have found it. :-)
ReplyDeletebet you guys had a great time making that quilt, nice to share special time with the kids
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