Wouldn’t you love to be a guest at my mom’s house? I kinda like it here! But there’s a slight problem. The bed in the guest room (I’m not a guest . . I have my own room here!) is buried.
That is a mountain of quilts waiting to be bound! I am not sure how many quilts are in there. I do not want to know how many quilts are in there. I will get them all done. I’m finishing them by hand because mom’s machine is a Bernina 930 (I mostly use a 1230) and I had a hard time hitting right in the ditch on it. I could practice and get it right but I can also sit with them at night and spend quality time while mom and dad both read on the Kindle. It’s almost like being at home with Vince. No one talks to me. Maybe it’s me. 🙁
Anyway, the binding bolt is empty and all that remains are binding tails which will go home with me and go into the 2-1/2″ strip bin.
Pat says
WOW….you have accomplished a lot since I see just little bits of the bindings left now. GOOD job!!!
Dara says
Eureka!! It is genetic!! Not only do you gets tons o quilts made, but so does your mom!!! That explains SO much!!! LOL
Emily {Creative Chicks} says
“The Binding Mountain” — isn’t that a movie title? 🙂 I feel your pain, and wish you the best of luck. May your thimble protect and your needle be swift! 🙂
JOY says
oh, that is funny! I have no trouble with my 930 and don’t get the same results on the 1230 that my sister now owns (it used to be my mom’s).
happy binding!
bingo~bonnie says
oh Judy – if only your parent’s home were a little closer I’d load up all my straight pins and machine up into the van and dash on over tonight after the kids were in bed and sew with you!!! I think that would be so fun!
Thanks to your great video and the fact that I’ve used it on the last 7 finishes, I feel that I’ve nearly mastered your machine finishing binding!
How far of a drive is it again??
Love from Texas! ~bonnie
Pam says
You are a good daughter!
Julie says
I wish I was closer – I love to hand stitch down the bindings of quilts!
Gail says
Ditto on Julie’s post…my fav past time is hand sewing the binding in front of the tv with a movie in the player…sounds like heaven to me.
Evelyn says
A quilt mountain! My Dad is very hard of hearing so his favorite kind of “visit” is just hanging out together. He likes the company. Cheers! Evelyn
Amy says
Why isn’t there a finished quilt on that bed under all of those unfinished quilts?
Rebecca says
I was noticing that, too. Must be because of all those quilts that go where they’re NEEDED…orphanages, good causes, etc.
JudyL says
You won’t find any storebought bedspreads at my house. This is mom’s and she’s into decorating and everything has to match. What can I say?
Mary says
And I thought I had a lot of binding to do! I’m down to 3 quilts and those are HeartStrings quilts that someone has volunteered to bind for me … I need to get some more tops quilted!