One Quilt Off The Frame....Next In Line

Starbound is off the frame, and now the only thing left is to hand stitch the binding to the back.

Before diving into the soul soothing handwork, I need to tackle the fabric scraps from this quilt. The large blue and floral piece will be placed in the scrap backing stash, and the batting scrap will be saved for franken-batting.  The small pieces on the left-hand side of the picture will be cut into usable sizes for the fabric scrap saver system.

Just 20 minutes of slicing and dicing, and TADA! Taking care of scraps as they appear is so much easier than letting them pile up for months. It feels great to have a tidy sewing room, though it’s a bit sad it’s taken about 40 years to finally have a somewhat organized space.

We’ll see how long it lasts... since our last chat, I haven’t touched this scrap drawer except to move it out of my way... haha!  And I'm still not ready to deal with it so let's go ahead and prep for the next UFO quilt to be quilted.

 I found this one tucked away at the bottom of a rolling cart this week while searching for a quilt ruler I’d borrowed from my neighbor. It had been prepped to be next on the frame back in February. By the way, I found her ruler two days later...so much for bragging about having a tidy sewing room.

Might as well go ahead and pull the next to be quilted.  

Moody Blooms is a baby sized quilt so it should quilt up fairly quick. It needs a label and binding. I don't like this quilt so I think I might use the backing fabric as the binding.   Maybe I'll use the tehnique where the backing cut larger and rolled to the front of the quilt for binding then machine stitched into place.  Quick and easy!  What do you think?  Do you use this binding method?

In order to make sure I don't forget it's next in line to be quilted, I made myself a note. 

I put it where it's sure to be seen. 

 

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