Saturday Progress on UFOs

I completed the outer ring of this quilt top this morning.  It is 45" square, which might be a good size for a baby quilt.  As I try to imagine how to quilt it, I can see that the large muslin areas would be a good place for some decorative/impressive quilting.  But that's not something I'm much good at.  I'm going to lay this aside for a day or two to decide if I'm going to try quilting it myself, or hand it on to someone else.

Now for a change I'm looking at this problem:

Two examples of the edge of my daughter's quilt, made in Oakland, CA in about 1972 -- my very first quilt ever.  I found it at her house with this "eaten" edge.  I'm going to re-bind the quilt, and make a few other "corrections".

Clearly I had turned over the edge of the backing and made it the front binding.  It is very puffy, and as I ripped out the seam, I found out why:

DOUBLE batting!  Well, what did I know back in 1972?  Not much.

So this is my afternoon project ; opening up that seam, cutting off the excess and re-binding with fresh but matching fabric.

And listening to Don Giovanni on NPR from Houston Opera.

Sara

Gratitudes:

Left by Charlie to sleep late this morning

Dianne in a good mood after her knee repair

Rigoletto this evening