Thanks for all the comments on my binding post yesterday! I had some really great comments and questions.
Wendy asked about the corners. It works great for that! The glue holds the mitre in place perfectly.
Sue, Pam, and Pat had some great tips!
I was asked if you can sew immediately after pressing the glue. Yes! The glue is set and dried by the iron.
I love handstitching bindings, but I can only do so many. I love handwork, but it has taken a toll on my hands, so I pick and choose what I want to do.
My machine binding isn’t great. But I keep trying and I think I’ve settled on a method that works for me. It uses Elmer’s School Glue.
I use 2 1/2 inch strips to make my binding and press it in half, wrong sides together. I stitched it to the front of the quilt with a quarter inch seam. Next, I pressed it away from the quilt top to completely open the seam on the front.
I add a thin line of school glue on the back of the quilt as shown below.
Then I press it in place, making sure I cover the seam line.
Finally, I stitch from the top, right next to the binding.
This is what it looks like from the back.
And from the front.
I didn’t have any issues with not catching the binding on the back and I think it looks much better on the front.
Hope this helps someone! I will wash this quilt before gifting.
I’ve been hearing this song over and over in my head in recent weeks. This little piece feels a bit like a companion piece to Mourning Has Broken.
There is an Accuquilt downloadable embroidery file you can use to applique these skinny letters down, but I prefer fusing and then quilting tightly over top. Matchstick quilting can be very meditative, and it was certainly called for here.
I love text quilts, but making letters is a daunting task. Or it was, until I got an alphabet die. I used a solid white for the backing and facing.
This message was not to be constrained by a border or binding.
Yes, they seem to belong together, though one is very traditional and the other, very modern.
Here are the lyrics to this hymn., written by Horatio Spafford.
When peace, like a river, attendeth my way, When sorrows like sea billows roll; Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say, It is well, it is well with my soul.
Refrain: It is well with my soul, It is well, it is well with my soul.
Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come, Let this blest assurance control, That Christ hath regarded my helpless estate, And hath shed His own blood for my soul.
My sin—oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!— My sin, not in part but the whole, Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more, Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!
For me, be it Christ, be it Christ hence to live: If Jordan above me shall roll, No pang shall be mine, for in death as in life Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul.
But, Lord, ’tis for Thee, for Thy coming we wait, The sky, not the grave, is our goal; Oh, trump of the angel! Oh, voice of the Lord! Blessed hope, blessed rest of my soul!
And Lord, haste the day when the faith shall be sight, The clouds be rolled back as a scroll; The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend, Even so, it is well with my soul.
I pray all is well with your soul today. Have a good one.
I love this little quilt it ended up at 28 by36 inches.
This backing fabric must be 30 years old, but it’s perfect.
I used the grid quilting to add texture, without another design element.
The snow seemed a fitting backdrop.
A big thanks to readers, Janet and Jean, for the title. Janet mentioned Mourning due to the mourning prints I used. Jean suggested, Mourning has Broken, a play on words from the song title.
It is more perfect than they could have known. You see, I’ve been grieving a broken relationship for a while now. I’ve been praying about it for months. I’ve owned my part and apologized, but I’m still waiting for reconciliation and restoration. With this quilt, with this name, Mourning Has Broken, I feel new hope. I will move past mourning and into praising God for what will be. Even without visual evidence, I believe it’s a new day.
Here are the lyrics to the song, Morning Has Broken. It makes total sense to substitute the word, Mourning.
“Morning Has Broken”
Morning has broken, like the first morning Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird Praise for the singing, praise for the morning Praise for them springing fresh from the Word
Sweet the rain’s new fall, sunlit from Heaven Like the first dew fall, on the first grass Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden Sprung in completeness where His feet pass
Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning Born of the One Light Eden saw play Praise with elation, praise every morning God’s re-creation of the new day
Morning has broken, like the first morning Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird Praise for the singing, praise for the morning Praise for them springing fresh from the Word
I have several works in progress at the moment. Here are a few I can share. My Land That I Love top is in the frame. Now I need to figure out how to quilt it.
I had a little idea for a text quilt, but I need to find a background.
I have the backing sorted for my Buckeye Beauty quilt and I even have the binding ready.
I’m behind on my Ladies Aid BOM. I hope to get the last two blocks prepped today.
Lastly, here is a blog I follow and love, Quilting Twin. If you heck out Keryn’s most recent post, you can see her progress on our Two and Four QAL. Grab a cup of coffee first though, you may be there a while. ☺️
But the occasional early morning, when I have no place to go and coffee at hand, I can enjoy the view from my windows. There is also a certain quiet after the snow falls. It is a different sort of quiet, like the whole world is standing still, and holding it’s breath.
It is beautiful. God covers the world in white and reminds me that all things can be made clean and new.
I wanted to take a moment to say thank you to all of you who shopped through my links this weekend. Your support means the world to me. As of yesterday, my blog has been around for 13 years! Crazy. Every year at this time, I ask myself, do I start deleting things? Or continue to pay the bill for all the web storage I use? Your support made that an easy decision this year.
In case you are still in the shopping mood, both Accuquilt and Fat Quarter Shop have extended their Cyber Monday deals through midnight tonight. Connecting Threads has their sale continuing through December 1st.
This month has been crazier than usual, but I squeezed in a few small finishes.
Yep, small indeed! I did finish my Mourning Has Broken quilt also. I’ll share that soon. It looks like I haven’t done much sewing. I actually have, but not much that I can share just yet. I’ve got a number of projects in the works for Accuquilt that I can’t wait to show you!
