Red Binding -

Thank you all for the kind comments on my binding yesterday -

It looks like everybody likes the RED! - ;))

Just so you know -

The separate joining of the RED and the GRAY is/was NOT my idea -

I learned it watching a YouTube video by Jordan Fabrics - HERE - ;))

I posted about my favorite binding methods - HERE -

And Jordan Fabrics has several videos with great techniques - HERE -

My favorite, of course, is the Flanged Binding - HERE -

And I LOVE the separate joining of the two strips -

It takes a bit more time -

But it is TOTALLY worth it -

It is the FLATTEST join EVER!! -

And I HIGHLY recommend it - LOL - ;))

So - after I stared at and petted my quilt most of the morning -

I had a friend over for lunch -

She bought lunch as a bribe -

Because she wanted to ask me if I would "fix" her heating pad -

It has three pockets filled with rice -

That she can put in the microwave to heat up -

As you can see - it was a bit frayed in spots -

So - rather than try to "mend" it -

We decided to just "recover" it -

And after she left -

I found some fabric that is PERFECT for those of us who are "of a certain age" -

It's a 1/4 yard piece - folded over -

And the size was PERFECT!! -

If you can't read it -

It says -

The Saturday Evening Post and Norman Rockwell -
© Licensed by Curtis Publishing -

It stitched up pretty quickly -

I just folded the fabric right sides together and stitched down the long edges - turned it inside out - slipped the old heating pad down inside - stitched across the two "flat" sections - like on the original - tucked in the ends and stitched it closed - easy peasy - IF you know how to sew - which most of my friends don't - for some reason - LOL. And like my Dad used to say - "Anything is easy - if you know how!" - and I do - ;))

Here's a close-up of the fabric -

Norman Rockwell was great at painting children -

I hope she likes it - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -