Bears for Binding

Good morning, my friends. How's September treating you so far? It was warm here yesterday, and it didn't really cool off overnight. I'm hoping we don't get another hot spell coming through. It seems like we've paid our dues for the year, doesn't it? (Says the person who spent most of the summer in Alaska.)

Just the border remained on my quilting project yesterday. That was a pretty quick round of the quilt. I used this upsy-downsy heart motif.

When it was finished, I laid it out for a picture.

Here's a look at the back.

When I took it downstairs to square it up, Sadie arrived to subject it to her rigorous snuggleability check. She's a tough critic.

Having passed that last hurdle, I felt confident sewing on the binding. I used the same bear fabric used in the border.

Baby quilts require extra careful snuggleability testing, and Sadie was 'zhausted after that. She lay down for a nap while I readied the quilt for the next step.

Now it's clipped for binding and draped over the arm of a chair. Smitty is keeping an eye on it now. Bears, you know. A cat can't be too careful.

So there's a good chance I can finish this today. Between binding quilts and stitching on the Sashiko piece, my broken thumb (from a few years ago) has been a little achy. I'll stitch for as long as my thumb can tolerate it, but I think I can get it finished.

Speaking of aching, my knee is feeling good enough that I'll get back to my Bowflex workouts this morning. Having learned my lesson, I'll take it very slow this morning, and then ice afterward. There are a couple of other little things I need to do around the house, but mostly I can focus on hand-stitching. It sounds like a good way to spend the day.

For now, I need some breakfast and then I'll get on with the day's wanderings. It has that peaceful, easy feeling about it...sitting and hand-stitching. If I'm lucky, I might get a cat on my lap.