Borders On and Ready For Quilting

Quite often one of the local shops has a great sale that sends me

across the city and waiting at the door when it opens.

All fabric is $2 off/yard...and if you buy what's left on the bolt,

you get $3 off/yard.  And the best thing?  It applies to their

clearance fabric that is already down to $7/yard.

So yes I stock up--backing fabric especially--at $4/yd.

I was unable to find the blue that I was after for my latest project

but this green (with a faint print) seemed to set it off.

I'm especially happy with the addition of the first little ivory border

that helps set it up nicely for that bigger dark frame.

Over 10 yards on the bolt set me up nicely for borders and binding,

both cut lengthwise (leaving less than 1/2" scrap strip!) and the backing

which I hope to put together today.  

This quilt is 106 x 93 which, I think, makes it the biggest one

I've ever made.  So big that I was struggling to get a good pic

so I gave up and went this angle.

My husband helped me try it out on our guest bed (for border

measuring) and it looks great so, instead of a Christmas gift,

it'll be staying out our house.

I was able to find several other bolts of fabric--as modeled by

Chloe--so I dropped a decent amount at the shop but I'm so

happy with the savings and being able to complete the two

projects I have "open".  

  I even found backing for Grandmother's Orchard.

When these are both quilted I'll have no WIP's.

None.  Clean slate.

But I'm guessing I'll start something before those

get finished.  Either way, not a bad situation at all.