What I’ve Been Working On

I sat down and got this post written at the last minute. I’ve been working on a few things; most of them aren’t quilt related. I’m trying to get the yard in shape, well mostly the flower beds. We got the good rain last week, and the weeds really took off! 

I got some quilts finished and spent some extra time making binding. 

I did two Texas A&M quilts for a customer, and the maroon binding will go on those. The navy is for one or two donation quilts. I decided I would make some solid colors of binding and keep it on hand for the donation quilts I make. Fabric is getting so expensive, and as much as I like nice fabric, I think I can use the cheaper stuff for the binding, and it will be okay. Walmart has the precut packages of solids for around $6 for a two-yard cut. I bought the navy, also some red, green, black, orange, and turquoise. I prefer the binding cut on the bias—it seems to lay better on the quilt—and I can get enough for several quilts from a two-yard package. Anyway, that is just how my brain works, and it will be nice to have some made up and ready to go. 

When I got tired of dealing with binding, I worked on some potholders. I had seen a tutorial on YouTube for a No-bind Potholder, and I wanted to try it. The first one I made was a little poofy in the middle. 

It’s still cute though. On the second one, I was a little more careful with the center piece, and I think it was a better. 

Like anything, it will get better as I make more. It’s a few layers of fabric plus Insulbrite plus a layer of cotton batting, so plenty thick. I may try some without the Insulbrite and maybe two pieces of batting and see how that works out. 

Last night I worked on some orange RSC blocks. More on that tomorrow.