Tonight the quilting gods smiled on me~
12-22-2015, 08:11 PM
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Tonight the quilting gods smiled on me~
I just had to share this mini miracle that happened to me tonight. I was working later than usual trying to finish this comfort quilt. I finished the quilting and trimmed the edges.
Then I decided to go ahead and cut the binding. Since I was hurrying I didn't measure, just made a rough guess at how many strips to cut. I could always cut more if I needed them, right?
Once they were cut, I thought I'd just quick stitch them all together. Well, of course once they were together, I might as well sew it to one side. LOL you see how I get into physical trouble. I do the same thing in the garden in nice weather.
So, stitching around that last corner, I lay the two ends out to see how much I need to add or trim to join the ends. Can you imagine my delight to discover that the two ends met exactly with just enough overlap for me to take a 3/8th'' seam to join them.
I have had my Christmas miracle, all is right with my world!!!
Then I decided to go ahead and cut the binding. Since I was hurrying I didn't measure, just made a rough guess at how many strips to cut. I could always cut more if I needed them, right?
Once they were cut, I thought I'd just quick stitch them all together. Well, of course once they were together, I might as well sew it to one side. LOL you see how I get into physical trouble. I do the same thing in the garden in nice weather.
So, stitching around that last corner, I lay the two ends out to see how much I need to add or trim to join the ends. Can you imagine my delight to discover that the two ends met exactly with just enough overlap for me to take a 3/8th'' seam to join them.
I have had my Christmas miracle, all is right with my world!!!
Like the song says "Miracles happen every day"! Glad today it was for you!
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