I am putting the binding on a quilt I have been assembling while watching the Olympics, and will have the binding finished and all the basting removed before the games are finished. Then I'll take it to the laundromat and give it a wash and dry before putting it away. This is the third whole cloth twin bed sized quilt in a group of four. All are different, of course! I have 2 great nieces and 2 great nephews, and my plan is to have a quilt for each someday, which I hope they will enjoy. Each quilt is made in large panels, stitched in colored thread, and edged and bound in another color. Since it is
100% hand work I am signing and dating each quilt with embroidery on the front where it can be found but is not too obvious. The eldest is now 6 and the youngest is 3 months old, and I have made each one a crochet afghan, each of which I understand is used almost continually with breaks for the laundry. Those afghans have been on beds, floors, chairs, and sofas, in cars, and in campers, and at Grandma's for similar use. The quilts they will have to wait for, of course! The next one -- and perhaps last -- is ready to begin, so I'll cut, mark, sandwich, and baste before Labor Day. Then I may put it aside. Or may not. I do enjoy whole cloth work, and am arrogant enough to use colored thread on white background.