Long time readers will remember that when the last little wiggly bit of quilting is done, the night doesn’t end without a final pass of straight stitching all around the edges of the quilt. This makes it all ready for trimming and squaring up the edges.

Tonight I turned the third corner which sounds good but it really means I’m halfway around doing the binding and sleeves. I usually start that last lap, the binding, a short distance from the upper right hand corner and go across the top edge to start.

Lest this sound too ritualistic, there are good reasons for this. For example, I sew down the sleeve as I go across the top, too. This means that I can use the sleeve to hang the quilt up sooner. It also means that I get one of the long edges out of the way.

Halfway done. Bottom edge and sleeve tomorrow and then a run up the last side. I’ll do the label as part of this too.

That way, done means done.

Having a hard time getting into the swing of putting on this binding. While I’m stitching I’m grumbling over the only title I have and I’m not liking it. Never really liked it. Didn’t want to put it on the label and sew it on.

So I’m taking a few stitches at a time. Reminding myself that they eventually add up to done.

A couple more.

And then – a new title.

So now I can look forward to getting ti the bottom edge and sewing on the label.