Monday, January 16, 2012

what to do, what to do.......

Now that is a question or is that 'Now that is THE question????  Whatever......
I do know that today is finish binding day.  I gave myself til this evening to get all the quilt's bindings finished.  I machine bind, so shouldn't take all that long as they are smaller quilts.  I have a friend who is getting married in April and let's face it, at 50 years old and combining two households, do they  really need anything?  So, I'm thinking I should make a quilt but in all honesty the largest I've ever made was a 90 X 110.  I know that's not king sized and I'm just thinking that if I make a quilt for them, it should be king sized..... well, okay, I can make that, but quilting is another question.  My quilter is only capable of quilting a 90" quilt, so I'm wondering..... could I make the quilt in two halves?  then join the halves?  My thoughts are the borders looking sort of wonky.  I have added borders to a quilt after quilting the center and it worked out okay, but I've never attempted doing it on a large quilt...... How about a 'quilt as you go method'?  I've done small projects that way, but I just think it takes way too long... Oh, decisions, decisions.  Maybe I'll go buy a gift certificate :-)

Katie

1 comment:

A Left-Handed Quilter said...

How about a bed runner for the foot of the bed - and some matching pillow shams. The runners seem to be popular these days and are smaller projects so should be "doable". Just a thought. ;))