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After a chat with one of my quiltshow folks, I decided I was being unreasonable in my belief that I could actually quilt and bind my amish nine patch quilt. Yes I no doubt COULD get it done for the show, but the amount of personal stress, having committed myself to getting it done would not be worth the pleasure. So, what to do. I’ve always debuted a quilt at NYQ!. OK – so an opportunity to bind and complete one of the other quilts on the almost finished pile.

So tonight, being a good person, I first hung the nine patch back up, pins and all. Hold that thought. I didn’t even close the pins. I then trimmed up the October Sky I quilt. a little off it was in measurement in terms of being square and equal on all sides. I tried steaming it into submission. No go. I went ahead and made the binding and the sleeve. Looked again at the two sides and they were still not equal. Ran a line of stitching and gathered that in the quarter inch or so it needed, over the long side of the quilt. That’s like nothing to take in, but it will mean that the quilt will hang flat. Ah math. It’s a good thing.