Near the end!

Well, I had planned to be finished with the quilting by now but I ran out of steam. This is what it looks like this morning. Two rows to go. I did put the binding on as I'm going and it is going so smooth. I think I am going to do this more often on my own projects. (the binding on the long arm)

I talked to my Aunt Madge yesterday and I found out that while on vacation next week the young girl who is to be the recipient of the second quilt will be there...................
It still needs the white background spacers and a pieced border. So, now I am on a tear to finish that one up to the hand work part so I can sew down the binding while on the way there and give it to her in person. I mean, that IS the pleasure of giving someone a quilt...the being able to see their reaction. Right?

Quilt Gift #1

So, I am pathetically behind! This is what the quilt looks like at 11 am this morning. I am going to attempt to sew the binding on as I go. I have applied the binding on the long arm before but usually not until all the quilting is already done and then that requires a lot of rolling back and forth again. This will be an attempt to save some time. So, this is what it looks like now. I will be back later with an update.