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Thursday, October 27, 2011

Batting, backing, binding

That is what my day mostly consisted of.  First I cut 10 lengths of batting for the soldiers' quilts.   Each length is doubled so will do two quilts.  I still need to cut another but the first 10 finished off our bolt of batting and I just couldn't be bothered dragging my bolt out to cut the last length.  I will wait till the weekend and my husband will help me.

Next I went  thru my stash, lengths I had been given and the groups's stash which lives in my back room and pulled out anything that I thought would work for a quilt backing.  I found enough for 19 quilts.  In the afternoon I had to drive to the local train station to collect Fly Boy from a school excursion and wouldn't you know it, the station is right next to a fabric store. It is not my favourite store but can't have everything!  Right out the front of the shop is a $5p/m box and right on the top were two bolts which were perfect for backings so I grabbed them quickly!  Yay!  All twenty one quilts now have backings!  They are all laid out on my air hockey table waiting for next week.
Finally tonight I am sorting and joining binding scraps!  So far I have approx 78m of binding sewn together.  It needs to be ironed but that is a job for another day.
Tomorrow I will cut some more binding to make sure we have enough.  I think we need another 6m or so but I will cut some extra just to be on the safe side.

Not a very exciting dya but a necessary one. 

Till next time................happy stitching. 

6 comments:

  1. Do you need some more backing? I have some left from the Flood quilts and happy to send you some

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  2. You go, girl! You are such an inspiration. Hugs.

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  3. Do you ever actually sleep and eat and ordinary things like that?

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  4. WOW!! you are so organized! The sewing day will be so much more productive with all this ready to go!! Great job

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  5. Love the way you think-------quanity! While I am thinking little quilts and baby quilts, you think in lots of 21 quilts. Going to make 21 soldiers very, very happy.

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  6. You are so productive. That is so exciting that you are making quilts for soldier's. What a lucky day you had at the quilt store.
    Hugs
    donna

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