In the Sewing Room

It had to be done. With great courage, I've been in my sewing room many hours these past two weeks. It HAD to be cleaned. Tables were out of place. Books and fabric covered every table top and shelf. With earnest, I worked hours sorting through UFO's, fat quarters, scraps, books, magazines etc,. It's still not completed. It's a Work in Progress, but sewing could now begin.

Don't look under the table. That's where my "WIP's not UFO's" live. Look at the top of the table. I so need to keep the top clean. A clean work space motivates me to sew.

The place to begin was making binding. Last year was a bare minimum in sewing production for me. I have four quilts that are quilted and ready to be bound, but first binding had to  be made.

With the beginnings of Fall in the air, I'd love to have Autumn Ridge (Black Mountain Quilts) completed to snuggle under. I normally choose the binding fabric early in a quilt project, but not this one. The only fabric in my stash that appealed to me was the left-overs from the backing fabric.  I had several long pieces, but nothing with long pieces to make bias binding, so I made straight binding. 


Binding strips were already cut for  my Simply Indigo version of "Strawberry Pie" 

But binding had to be sewn, ironed and attached to both quilts.

The entire PROCESS was soothing, relaxing and creative. Two of the four quilts now have the binding attached. The next step is hand sewing the binding to the backing. I love this step. I enjoy hand sewing. Football season has begun. Lots of college and professional games on television. I'm ready for football and sewing bindings! 

 Geaux Saints!!!

Geaux Tigers!

Quilt Projects

Most of my sewing this past month has been hand sewing quilt bindings. I have them stacked up like planes at the Atlanta airport. I finished two projects and am working on the third binding. I have four other quilted tops waiting. This is rather comforting to me. My husband LOVES football especially college football. I like to sew bindings when I watch TV with him. I try to watch one game a weekend so these will get done during this football season. Sunday, I spent an hour or so in my sewing room. Everything in there is like I left it in late July, even my calendar. I have two projects from the Sew-In on my cutting table. I have a charm pack with fusible interfacing ready for a tote bag, etc. etc. etc. Even though I have all these projects breathing down my neck, I think I'm going to sew some blocks for the Heartstrings Quilt Project. I have followed Mary's blog for several years. I've started some string blocks, but never finished them. I really like this charity. Donations are accepted in several ways - cut strings, blocks and/or pieced tops. I love sewing string blocks. I'm setting a goal to try and do several blocks each day for the next couple of days. Care to join me in sewing blocks to send to the Heartstrings Quilt Project?