Very nice quilt Mary. As for the binding I roll it on itself and either lay it in my lap or on the floor and it unrolls as I sew.
Angèle from NWO
Roxana, I love the fabric you chose for your cute travel case. Could you tell us how wide and how tall it is?
I roll my binding around my hand, then put the roll under the right leg of my Sew Steady table and it feeds very nicely as I sew. After years of fighting with binding I had this aha moment not long ago.
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Really like your travel case < Roxana. Ginny
Angele: Roxana, I love the fabric you chose for your cute travel case. Could you tell us how wide and how tall it is?
Thank you. The folded caws (closed) is 10" tall and a little over 7" wide. Did you see the link for the pattern?
Hot Springs Village, Arkansas
Roxana: Thank you. The folded caws (closed) is 10" tall and a little over 7" wide. Did you see the link for the pattern?
Should be "case" not "caws." I'm really having a hard time with auto-correct!
I did pin nephews backside of quilt tonight. Maybe no more than likely I will start sewing on it tomorrow.
Quilting My Rainbow
Roxana
Love your travel case. I have that same pattern and made these for all the ladies at the Virginia Beach retreat last year. They are so handy when traveling. And really easy to make.
Vinton, Virginia
Mary789:I am really curious as to what you all do with the long length of binding, as you all always have very good ideas?
I just roll mine up and set it on an upright spool pin on my machine.
Mary789:I did want to share this humor. When I was joining the binding strips for this quilt, I was joining ends to ends and then I realized at the end that I had joined all ends and had a complete circle or ring of binding. I had a good laugh :-)
That's funny. I haven't done that yet.
Roxana:I didn't work on a quilt yesterday but did create a Travel Case at a Sit 'n Sew with my Quilter's Guild. The case can be used for sewing utensils or writing utensils. It will even hold my iPad mini! Anyway, I thought I would share it with you.
I love the fabrics you've used. I have one of these that I use to tote my hand work to work. I've also used it as a temporary case for my Nook.
Nana:I have that same pattern and made these for all the ladies at the Virginia Beach retreat last year.
I LOVE the travel case Nana made for us last year!!! Use it all the time, even when not traveling. Need my Purple Thang? I know just where to look. Where's my seam gauge? In the case! ...and so on...
On the banks of the Mississippi River in north central Minnesota (Brainerd lakes area)
Roxana, I love your little tote - so cute. I think I might have to get that pattern and make some of those for gifts this year! Oh dear! Giving away secrets again...teehee
Nana, my ipad mini has a permanent home in the travel case you made me last year, I love, love, love it!
Millbury, MA
I'm thinking of making another one for my iPad Mini so that I can change up my pockets for my power cord, stylus, and earplugs. My husband wants one for his regular iPad so I'll have to increase the size a bit and make sure he has a pocket for his reading glasses.
Thanks so much for all the compliments on my sewing tote! I love the fabrics too!
here is a great tute on making a thin little strip of binding under the larger binding
http://www.52quilts.com/2012/05/tuesday-tutorial-susies-magic-binding.html
gini in north idaho