Slow Stitching Sunday ~ Binding My Bats & Boos Quilt

 

My Bats & Boos Quilt, clipped and ready to bind. 

Today I added this bright check binding to my quilt and am slowly hand stitching the binding to the back of the quilt.

As always, Katniss is my faithful quilty kitty inspector for this part of the process.

This is one of my favorite parts of making a quilt.

I love sitting and hand stitching.

My favorite moment is taking that last stitch on the back and turning over my beautiful finished quilt. 

Hopefully, that will be sometime tomorrow.

Linking up tonight with 

Slow Stitching Sunday @ Kathy's Quilts

where there is always a lot of wonderful inspiration in the links.

Happy Stitching!

A Good Day to Bind My Quilt

Toady I am hand sewing the binding to the back of 

The Batik Quilt for My Guy

To do this type of traditional binding, I cut 2.75" strips and press them in half to make a 

double fold binding for strength and long wear.

I cut the edge of my quilt to 1" beyond the edge of the top fabric

and machine sew the long binding strip to the front of the quilt 

and fold it to the back.

I fold the inch of extra batting in and clip the binding to the back.

Then with the help of my quilty kitties, I hand stitch 

with doubled heavy duty quilting thread.

I prefer the feel of a hand stitched binding on a bed quilt.

It is a long way around this queen size quilt,

but I enjoy the process,

while my kitties nap and keep me company. 

Hope to have this finished tonight

but my hands need frequent breaks

so tomorrow may be the day.

Sweet quilty dreams!