After finishing the quilting for the baby quilt I learned to bind it today. I discovered I truly dislike binding. I learned French bias binding from my cousin. It was not fun! Now I'm hand-stitching the binding in place while watching a movie. At the last minute I was putting my bobbin case back in my machine and the little peg popped off! It's a plastic piece and I wasn't excited to see that happen. I'll call the Bernina dealer tomorrow to ask if I should just super-glue it back in place, or if it needs to come in to get replaced asap. Drat. Binding day is not a good day for me clearly!
Well today I finished my blocks for the double-irish chain I've been working on. Tomorrow in class we'll be putting it together and probably adding borders. My Uncle's daughter had a little girl this week, so I made her a baby quilt today - a single-irish chain with a pink chain and floral background fabric. I got the chain blocks done and will cut out background blocks tomorrow, hopefully I can get it quilted and bind it in the next week to get to her.
I got some of my double Irish Chain blocks done in class last night and I quite like them. It's a very bright combination, but I think when the solid purple blocks are added in it's going to be fun.Here's the chain blocksClose-up