Seems like forever since I posted any progress. I've got the binding completely handstiched down on Swapping Stars. This weekend: the LABEL and then the pictures to show it's actually, truly, start-to-finish done! Hurrah!
That said, it's June already. Where in the world does the time go?
I've been looking at my list and I noted one quilt missing from the list - Star Mountain. Star Mountain is a king size quilt made of swap blocks from three different swaps I was in with the same group of gals through our online group. It has two blocks - Sawtooth Stars and Delectable Mountains - so now you see why it's called Star Mountain. I never said I was creative in naming my quilts.
Anyway, I quilted Star Mountain in Dec 2011, so I was thinking it technically would not count for my challenge. Except for one thing - I didn't get the binding stitched down or a label put on. Oh, the binding is ON the quilt. One side of the quilt. I handstitch my bindings and so since Dec, this quilt has been on my bed without a completed binding. So six months. Unfinished.
The purpose of my challenge is to FINISH what I start, something I'm notoriously bad at in regard to quilts and craft projects. So I've rethought my initial reaction and have decided that Star Mountain will qualify because it was not finished when I started this challenge and it's still NOT finished today. So for quilt number 3, I will be binding and labeling Star Mountain. I love this quilt, by the way. It's quite possibly one of my all time favorite quilts I've made. And it's HUGE. 110 by 110. So it's 440 inches of binding extravaganza awaiting me! That's probably the entire 4 seasons of Farscape with the movie finale Peacekeeper Wars thrown in twice for good measure.
I also need to get the binding on Pioneer Braid. Right now, it's hanging on my stair railing, raggedy edges and all. Each time I walk past it I smile a little as I look at the freehand quilting I did on it. I've learned so much doing this challenge. The year may be nearly half over, but I'm still pressing on.
That said, it's June already. Where in the world does the time go?
I've been looking at my list and I noted one quilt missing from the list - Star Mountain. Star Mountain is a king size quilt made of swap blocks from three different swaps I was in with the same group of gals through our online group. It has two blocks - Sawtooth Stars and Delectable Mountains - so now you see why it's called Star Mountain. I never said I was creative in naming my quilts.
Anyway, I quilted Star Mountain in Dec 2011, so I was thinking it technically would not count for my challenge. Except for one thing - I didn't get the binding stitched down or a label put on. Oh, the binding is ON the quilt. One side of the quilt. I handstitch my bindings and so since Dec, this quilt has been on my bed without a completed binding. So six months. Unfinished.
The purpose of my challenge is to FINISH what I start, something I'm notoriously bad at in regard to quilts and craft projects. So I've rethought my initial reaction and have decided that Star Mountain will qualify because it was not finished when I started this challenge and it's still NOT finished today. So for quilt number 3, I will be binding and labeling Star Mountain. I love this quilt, by the way. It's quite possibly one of my all time favorite quilts I've made. And it's HUGE. 110 by 110. So it's 440 inches of binding extravaganza awaiting me! That's probably the entire 4 seasons of Farscape with the movie finale Peacekeeper Wars thrown in twice for good measure.
I also need to get the binding on Pioneer Braid. Right now, it's hanging on my stair railing, raggedy edges and all. Each time I walk past it I smile a little as I look at the freehand quilting I did on it. I've learned so much doing this challenge. The year may be nearly half over, but I'm still pressing on.
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