Good Day and welcome to my blog. We are currently under the heat dome in the American Midwest.
This week my share is a reunion with a quilt I made for my brother in 2004, and a new binding. I know it was made in 2004 because I signed and dated the quilt. Well, it has been used, loved, and washed a good number of times, and the binding was almost completely frayed, all the way around.
What did I learn? Well, in 2004 I folded the back to the front, trimmed and turned under a seam allowance, and top-stitched. I had difficulty with the corners. I had no clue about using continuous binding, as they show in many quilt books and magazines. I am sorry I did not take any 'before' pictures.
The border fabric had held up well, so I cut off the binding (no unsewing here) and found I had used a thin poly batting, which also had held up well. I cut a double fold binding (straight of grain, so it may fray again) and sewed it to the back, folded it over to the front, and top stitched it down. This is how I finish most of my quilts now.
I use This Method to join the binding ends.
OK enough chat, here is the quilt.
This is a Bonnie Hunter pattern, I am pretty sure, but I cannot find it on her current website. In blues and whites, and a few blue fabrics have faded somewhat. One fabric on the back (it has a pieced back) was a blue fabric with gold printed stars - the gold is almost gone.
A close up view:
With a new indigo blue binding. I will return it to my brother this July.
Linking up with Midweek Makers (she featured my finish from last week - thank you!), Wednesday Wait Loss (she featured my finish too - thank you X2!), Needle and Thread Thursday, Put your Foot Down at the Quiltery, Nina-Marie, Finished or Not at Alycia Quilts, Oh Scrap at Quilting is more Fun than Housework.
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4 comments:
Well I suppose you can't get upset when a gift is used so much it wears out! The quilt looks wonderful with it's new binding and will last many years to come I'm sure. Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.
https://www.inquiringquilter.com/questions/2024/06/19/wednesday-wait-loss-385
We all learn as we go with our quilting. It's wonderful that his quilt was loved so well, equally great that you could re-bind it for him.
Good job on rehabing that quilt!!! It looks great and will continue on with a good life. Have a great week!
It's good that you were able to fix it. Thanks for linking up with Thank Goodness It's Finished Friday.
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