Another 5 cornered quilt

Wouldn't you think that 'Just Once' you'd have a quilt that seemed to have only 3 corners? That you'd get to the beginning spot sooner than you expected? It could happen. Naaaaah. I hope you only have five corners. Hang in there. Polly

Keep pluggin' away Cheryl.... the end is near!!!! I did the same thing about a month ago when I was hand sewing the binding on a set of SIX placemats! I didn't think I was EVER going to "turn the last corner".... but I did - as will you. We're cheerin' for ya!

Patti in Seattle

This made me smile, because, for me, the worst bit is not the corners but the joining at the end >g< So, I would prefer six or seven corners (or whatever) to actually getting to the end! . In message , Cats writes

Well and truly finished now - and I have enjoyed a nice cup of tea and a biscuit to celebrate.

This one was finished here last Tuesday at Sit'n'Sew by E. The colours are beautiful but don't show all that well here.

awww that is so *cute* and I LOVE the colours!

so... need my addy? ;-)

LOL it's a shop sample or I would send it. I have not enjoyed stitching it at all. No real reason - it just didn't grab me.

Ooooohy - just gorgeous!!! BTW Can't wait to see that blue one (with Teddy) get made up

thanks :-D

it's funny how something either gets you or doesn't - I thank the stars I can make what I want! even so it's a struggle to finish what I started at the best of times :-S

How do you join the end that it's so dreadful? Roberta in D

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Ooh the dragon! Well done! I like E's quilt too, nice and flat in spite of all those scallops. Roberta in D, going to great lengths to avoid scallops!

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He's very cute!

Oh RATS! I was planning on placemats and napkins for Christmas gifts for a couple of friends. Maybe I'll just make a bias tape and sew it by machine. OR serge the edges. OR birth them (which I don't really like) OR------?what else? Help me, please.

Maybe I should just give them a gift card to a restaurant.

Funny, thoughts of the dreaded hand stitched binding never occur to me when I'm starting out on a project. Why is that? I just sort of glaze over the parts I don't like.

NUTZ Morag in Detroit

Oh dear, Roberta! I have your own method printed out - and ready to hand. I use it every time now, but I still dislike it intensely. I think it is mostly that, at that stage, things seem so irrevocable. I might have been working on something for a year, and here is a piece of work which might take 10 minutes which could wreck the whole year's work! Maybe it is fear alone? >g< I know I do dread it, as I round the last corner (if you can round a right-angled corner!) . In message , Roberta Zollner writes

oooh! Nice! I love the little fat dragon! :)

I don't think I've ever seen such a happy dragon! He's really lovely (well, I know he's supposed to be fierce, but I just want to cuddle him!). . In message , Cats writes

Why of course we can round a right-angled corner. Sometimes we can even turn it into two angles (whatever 'hedron' that is). No special skills required. Polly

The best looking placemats I've made have been birthed then sewn...edge of the presserfoot around the edge before quilting the center. Gives a fake sort of binding look rather than having the quilting come up to the edge. Killed me that I had spent so darn much time binding place mats before I tried that.

marcella

They are all wonderful!

I always start hand sewing my binding close to a corner so that I get one done right away. Seems better to me.

marcella

(smile)! . In message , polly esther writes