Quilting done; binding underway

I got the last of the Harley quilt quilted - yeah! I got the binding on and have it hand sewn on one of the short sides. I decided to match as closely as possible the binding to the colored t-shirts. I had to dig for quite a while until I found solid colors that were a close match and I ended up having to piece some of the fabric together. For that dark green, I found a strip about 2" wide and 40" long. I sewed it together lengthwise to get a strip wide enough. I cut the binding at 3". It was the only piece of green that I could find that would work.  For the other shirt in this picture, I had to dig thru my hand dyed fabric to find a weird green/gray color.  It matches pretty good!

One little trick I do is when I sew on the binding I use a color in the bobbin that will stand out from the backing. This makes it easier when I hand stitch the binding on because I can see the stitching line where I need to fold over the binding. The color of the thread doesn't show since I run my needle right under the stitching line. If I would have used black, it would be so hard to see. Here you can see I used pink thread.  And yes, I just barely had enough width for the backing.  Part of the selvage is going to show, but that is just part of the story that this quilt will tell.