Back to Binding

I have always loved binding.   I know that makes me a freak in some peoples eyes, but I just love doing it.  It's not even the fact that the quilt is almost finished.....I think it's just the motion of stitching.  So this quilt got quilted just over a year ago and I attached the binding sometime in the last year.  I tried to sew the binding one night and discovered I couldn't get a thimble on because my nails were too long, so just put it aside.  When lockdown came I cut my nails and two nights ago I remembered the binding not done........so started it and it brought back all the joy of stitching binding.

 

 I have been watching Shanda Stitching in Idaho and she had a video of  her hexies. She mentioned she sewed hers together using ladder stitch so I found a video of that method......so will try it out. So of course that reminded me that I had started (who hasn't!) a hexie years ago.  It's been in the process for about 10 years I think.  About 7 years ago we took a road trip to Victoria and I glue basted lots of them while in the car.  My earlier pieces I cut too small and they are a pain to try and sew, but my later ones are better.  So found the bag of them (which had started to disintegrate it was so old) and will do some once I get the bindings done.

 

My lovely old (rusted) tin that I just can't throw away

 

I think I decided on this layout

 

And look how many I've done !!!!!  Remember 10years