I love your quilt. Isn't Bernice a dear. She helped me a lot too.
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I love your quilt. Isn't Bernice a dear. She helped me a lot too.
Bob! How great you were able to get there. What a treat! Now since I've not read any further yet, 'splain to me the definition of magic thumbs.
Blondie,Quote:
Originally Posted by Blondie
You have seen movies with vampires? You know the good guy pulls out a cross and the vampire cringes and throws up his arm to shield himself from seeing the cross. Well, Bernice said she would help me put the binding on. I being the excitable newbie that I am, pulled out Jenny's binding tool and Bernice turned pale and pulled back from me and held her hand out to keep the offending tool away from herself. She said it was the only tool that had ever brought her to tears.
So I'm putting the binding on (Bernice is a great teacher, she showed me what to do then sat there and encouraged me to do it myself). When I got the binding on and it was time to connect both ends Bernice took the quilt and showed me how to "Measure where to cut the excess binding off." She took her thumbs and kind of moved them a couple of times and said this where you cut. Then she had me do it and the binding came out perfect. I had to ask her to do her thumb magic a couple of times but I think I can do it now.
I really think Bernice should do a tutorial on binding for the on-line tutorials.
And I had to laugh, Bernice told me that Jenny requires all machine bindings to be attached to the front of the quilt using a zig-zag stitch, so it looks decorative instead of just attaching the binding. When Jenny looked my binding over, the second thing out of her mouth was "If you use a zig-zag stitch it makes it decorative instead of just a seam attaching the binding."
Bob your quilt is great. So not only did you have a great time but instruction from the exalted goddess herself? That my friend, is worth the price of admission!
Hoping I can attend next year.