While I was in Missouri I had a little down time one evening and was able to complete the applique on the block for my quilt guild’s (the Letort Quilters) raffle quilt project. I showed the paper pieced and machine appliqued area a few weeks ago in the blog. Here is what it looks like with the applique added. There will be 13 blocks like this. I’ll keep you posted as the project progresses.
I found this tool which is new to me but I think has been around for a couple of years. It is called “The Binding Tool”. It has directions printed on the product. It is used to connect the ends of your binding and I really like the way it works. The way I did it before added a little guess work because of the thread tails there were created on the bias. This tool took away that guess work and gave me a very smooth connection. It is available on my online store if you are interested.
Here is what the connection looks like. I used two different colors so you could really see the connection. This is the step right before I flipped the folded edge over to hand stitch the back.
This week my journeys take me back to Arizona. I have not been there in…I think about 5 or 6 years and am looking forward to going back.