My first step was to choose a binding fabric, and I decided to get some new fabric instead of trying to find enough of an existing fabric (or making scrappy, which might have been nice, but I wasn’t in the right headspace to even consider at the time).
I went shopping with my mom, and we both picked out some pretty fabrics for our projects. I thought this fabric would work nicely, and it has a hint of striping without actually being a stripe. It has light and medium shades of turquoise and splashes of aqua.
Next up, trimming the excess backing and batting from the quilt. This time was easier than most, and I trimmed right up to the edge of the quilt top. There isn’t a whole lot of extra backing fabric this time, even though 108-inch wide fabric was used. This is one of the largest quilts I’ve made. And the quilting is just the perfect match for this design!
Usually I do a 2½ inch width folded bias binding. But I decided to use the same size as I’ve done on recent project bags, as it has worked well – 2¼ inch.
For this quilt, I’m sewing it to the back and folding it over and machine sewing it down on the front. I love how the quilting design really shows up on the backing, which is Moda Ombré Confetti Turquoise.
And, in what seems like record time to me, I was able to finish sewing it to the front this week. Happy dancing!
Luke immediately jumped up to inspect, and he seems to approve of this quilt as well.
