Pinwheels
With all the winds we had had this summer, how many of the plastic pinwheels would I have gone through!
I went down to the studio at ten this morning. Dennis had left at eight as he and friend Dwayne had a date at McDonald’s for the coffee group. Dwayne had called last night to see if Dennis was sick as it had been awhile since they had ventured out.
Yesterday Dennis had cut 2″ strips for me for the binding of a previous log cabin quilt top I had done in brown tones. The quilt top had measured 75″ x 105″, doable for an extra long double bed. I knew it would take at least 400″ of binding. Today the mission was to sew all the 2″ strips together and then fold them in half at the pressing table. That is called the double fold binding. When double fold is stitched onto the edge of the quilt all around, it is then taken to the back of the quilt and sewn down either by machine or hand stitching. The quilt will end up with a 3/8″ completed binding. More layers to take the brunt of hands when pulling a quilt up to the chin.
As I am donating this log cabin quilt top, I will be sending along the prepared binding for the church ladies to sew on after they have tied the quilt with the batting and backing in place.
It is quite the process to get the binding ready. When all was sewn and pressed, I wound it around cardboard to keep it tidy. You know me and tidy.
It was then time for me to lay out the latest log cabin blocks onto the church tables. I chose the pinwheel lay-out pattern for this top. After visiting with Linda and learning their target quilt top size is 60″ x 80″, I will not be putting on much for borders, if any. When I sew these 24 blocks together, the ruler will come out and time will tell.
God bless the older HP computer that is allowing me to load and post photos. It does do the coffee grinder noise when first booted up as the coolant fan lets me know I am in its favor. It settles down in time.
The church ladies have a way to tie the quilts, all three layers, and then bring the backing fabric over to the top and use it as the binding. When doing many quilts, this makes a lot of sense. Thus, I need not do any more bindings.
I have not been on the main floor of the home for some time, so I have no idea if the forecast rain has begun or not.
I usually don’t do this stretch of time in the studio, but when I got started, it felt good to have the brown quilt top ready to hand off to Linda sometime in the future. I had made a log cabin top in blue tones. That also goes beyond the ultimate desired quilt top for the church, so I do feel obligated to do the prepared binding. I have the strips cut and I had cut them at 2.5″. Not to worry. Some very crafty quilter will know how to sew those bindings on.
With that I take my leave. ♥