Semper Finished!

When I left you yesterday, I had several possibilities on my sewing room agenda. As it turns out, my only trip into the sewing room yesterday was to retrieve a blue spool of thread used to sew the label onto Semper Fi. It was the last thing I needed to do to call this very large quilt a finish.

Sadie helped yesterday by staying put on her window shelf while I sewed the last of the binding.

My goal was to turn the fourth corner, and then I realized only about 40 inches remained to get it into the finished column. So I just kept going.

When the binding was finished, I laid it out on the floor. Sadie consented to sitting there for some scale. Big quilt. Little cat.

Then I took a few random pictures of the quilting.

And then I sewed on the label.

And now, it's folded up, ready for gifting, although I'll probably re-fold it so that the label appears on top.

So that was a good day's work. I loved making this quilt for my friend, and I love even more that it's finished. It's like getting a new lease on life. For my new lease, I'm celebrating by making a trip to the grocery store today. I know...such a party girl! Andy and I have been friends since high school, and so he can say he knew me when.

This was my goal for December's

So, I'll be linking up to the finishing party at the end of the month.

The unconfirmed plan is for all of us to drive to Kalama, Washington, next week, meeting halfway for lunch and a hand-off. It will be fun to hand it over to them in person. Also, I've already scoped out the availability of quilt shops in the area, and so I'll combine both for the trip up there if I can do it and still avoid rush-hour traffic.

As for today, I'll get back to work on the Tiny Tree blocks. There are two to make today, and then I'll try to get caught up on the Garden Sunshine quilt blocks.