I have a bad habit of calling a quilt finished when the quilting is done. It is not, in fact, completely done until the binding is all attached, but here I am again, telling you about a quilt that I’ve just “finished.”

I posted last weekend about it, whining about how I just a little bit of the border to finish quilting. It took me all of about an hour yesterday, and then I got started on the scalloped binding.

Like we all do, I Googled for help, and found a great post here. If ever I do scallops again, I think I’ll consider doing as she did on the quilt in that post, and just doing them on two sides. Love the look that gave her quilt.

I got through sewing all of the binding on this morning and posed my quilt outside for some photos for you. It will now be added to the stack of quilts that have their binding attached to the front, but still need to be turned and stitched to the back. Depending on the quilt and it’s future use, I may or may not stitch by machine. This one will be done by hand, and it might be awhile before I get to. Considering the fact the quilt was started in January 2010, I’m doing pretty well, I’d say. I figure I have until January 2020 before I should get really embarrassed about how long it took to finish.

{That’s a joke. I have numerous other quilts that are unfinished and at least as old. I’m not embarrassed at all. Well, except for that one quilt that was supposed to be a baby gift for a kid that’s like, in junior high, or something now…}

Pattern is “Holly and Mistletoe” designed by Blackbird Designs from their book “When the Cold Wind Blows”.

Machine applique, hand-guided machine quilting.

With this one off the frame, I’ve got that itchy feeling that I’m allowed to start something new.

Or maybe I should go look at that pile of partially finished quilts again………