Wyoming Breezes

adding binding to Blackbird Village November 2018 Blackbird Village is machine quilted (thank you, Karla Z. in Red Lodge, Montana), and the binding is sewn on and hand-tacked, too. The quilt is completely finished. pressing the corner on a Quilt of Valor binding November 2018 After the binding is sewn on one side with the sewing machine, I usually press it into place. Having the pressing crease makes it easier to keep the binding a consistent width when hand tacking or machine stitching. I also like how the corners are more crisp and defined from being pressed. Besides binding Blackbird Village , binding and labels were added to three Quilts of Valor (QOV) before Thanksgiving. The quilts were originally intended to be sent to Montana, but because of some miscommunication, these QOV will be awarded in Laramie.

using scraps to add borders to remaining pieces of the Blackbird Village panels September 2018 It didn't take long to whip by the backings for the two Quilts of Valor, so I focused on preparing a back for Blackbird Village , another quilt top finished in June. Two pieces of the original panel were not used on the front of the quilt, so I framed them with scraps to use on the backing. two panel pieces framed with scraps September 2018 This strip made from remaining panel pieces and scraps was created to add length to the backing fabric.

Blackbird Village 62 x 87 inches May 2018 While the main section of this quilt was assembled at Marilyn's house when I visited  in April , the top could not be finished until the border fabric (ordered from a Colorado quilt shop) arrived in the mail. On May 29, 2018, the quilt was measured, the fabric cut, and the outer border added to the top. Once the backing is prepared, this UFO will be quilted and one step closer to being finished.