This quilt project was started by my girls this past spring (2011). "Wee Woodlands" by Keiki (Moda) was deemed perfect for the newly purchased (used) camp trailer. The girls started strong, and then became distracted with busy school schedules. Strips of the "coins quilt" sat all summer and into autumn. It drove me nuts! It was so close to sandwiching and quilting. But I had promised not to work on it. The quilt was theirs to piece together, theirs to stitch.
This weekend I really needed some quick crafting time, one of those "sewing for mama's sanity!" times. My wonderfully gracious daughters recognized this and gave me the "go-ahead" to work on their quilt. I enjoyed a whole day of sewing and finished it! The girls are snuggled up under it right now...that's nice.
I machine stitched this whole quilt, including the french fold binding, and was immediately reminded of why I prefer the final binding stitch, hand-done. No Doubt About It.
It was a chilly November morning outside, but the studio was toasty, the sewing machine hummed and my sweet Mr. Finn would play and throw me his fabulous smiles. A perfect Sunday morning, complete with homemade fresh orange-cranberry scones, breakfast sausage and mocha coffee...
This weekend sewing indulgence brought about visions of Christmas sewing! Love a good Handmade Christmas.
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