Monday, February 16, 2026
1st quilt finish for 2026
The t-shirt quilt is finally done! It finished 64" x 77".
I had made a trip to the store Friday after work and chicken breasts were on sale for $1.99 a pound! What a deal! They had the skin and bones, but the regular price is at least $3.50 a pound these days. To say the least, I stocked up. Sunday I spent a lot of time cooking and deboning chicken. I still have two packages of chicken to cook. There are 3 very large half breasts in each package. Tonight I will vacuum pack the cooked chicken into two pound packages and freeze them so it will be quick to put meals together. In between processing chicken I sewed the binding. I have a question, do any of you press the binding toward the raw edge after you machine sew it on? I don't remember when I started doing this, but I like the crisp look it gives to the binding on the front.
I also got a few rows of blocks sewn together on the green baby quilt. I would like to get this done by the first of March because I will be over at the home office and I will be seeing the lady I am making this for.
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I do iron my binding towards the raw edge because it gives a nice crisp fold. Hurray forgetting the t-shirt quilt finished!
Congrats on your finish. The green baby quilt is looking good in green.
I love the variety of color in this T-shirt quilt. That is a lot of quilting in it!!
Yes, that is a lot of quilting on your t-shirt quilt. I also press binding to the raw edge after I've sewed it the first time. It does make it much smoother, crisper, and I have fewer problems with tucks.
Congrats on such a big finish and for the chicken score at the store! I never press my binding. By the time I get to that point I guess I'm in just a big hurry to finish.
yes, i press the binding, too - it makes it easier to fold over ... and i have a tin of hair clips that i use to hold down the folded binding so i don't have to mess with it while i'm hand stitching it down - there are enough that i can clip it down every four or five inches, all the way around - it makes a fun clicking sound when it touches the wood floor, but it's kinda heavy till about halfway around ... and i stitch down all four corners first so i can go in a straight run after they're stitched...
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