Some steps -

 

 

Are bigger than others - 

 

But as long as they are going forward - 

 

That's what counts - 

 

So I loaded the backing - 

 

For my Imperial Bargello - 

 

 

And I cut the batting - lengthwise - 

But left it full width - 96" - just in case - to be trimmed later -

And loaded that - 

 

Then I smoothed out the top - 

Which is 80" long - sideways - 

 

And was surprised at how close it is to the edge of the leader cloths - 

 

It's probably just my imagination - 

But my Upstairs/Downstairs tops are also 80" long - 

And they don't seem to cut it so close - 

 

Anyway - 

I basted the batting - 

And stitched the first line of quilting at the top - 

 

I didn't bother to trim off the selvages from the strips - 

I'll do that later since I didn't see any point in trimming the top twice -  

To line it up -

I paid more attention to the seam lines than I did the edge -

 

Then I dug out the baggie of scraps - 

 

So I can play with making the Scrap Card and Heart - 

 

The bottom left corner has trimmings 1/2" or less - 

So they will be perfect for the Scrap Card - 

 

The top left corner has larger ones - for the Heart - 

Moving right along - ;))

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -