Thanks Judie, for sending me that Press'n'Seal, because I was able to try a new technique for machine quilting. I machine quilted all 4 borders in about 45 minutes. I had such a good time that I didn't want to stop and go to bed... so I didn't. Sleep is so dull compared with trying something new. Also, thanks Pat on the Hill, for the sample squares you made me about 5 years ago. They show how to do a mitred corner on binding, and they are much better than any pictures I have seen in a book or on the internet. So I always get those out when I'm about to do a binding, and I'm so glad I have them! And thanks to all the folks here who encouraged me to use my stash instead of buying more fabric, because it wasn't easy to make all these squares go together into a Boston Commons the way I wanted them too. I had to substitute a similar fabric in some places, but you know what, it's more interesting that way. I think it would honestly have been more boring to have all the fabrics matchy-matchy and to have bought all the fabric brand new. I'm just finishing the binding now. The borders are a bit wavy... but I'm sure that I didn't measure correctly and some folks here will help my next quilt be better. Pictures will be up on Webshots soon.
Thanks!
-- Jo in Scotland