Red Sox Quilt So Far

Here it almost is. I'm short 4 1/2" of red *grrr*. When I calculated I figured 5 strips would do for the final border but I really need just a bit more so I don't end up with little joins. I also didn't buy enough fabric for the binding. Actually that's okay cause now that I see it doing another blue for the binding might be too much. I want the blue to be more of an accent so I'm going to get enough red to do the binding as well. The white is Kona. The blue and red are Moda marbles but the red one is a graduated colour/value one. I thought it would be neat to have a little variation in there.

I'm really happy with how it's turning out. It has a few wrinkles here and there but then so do I *LOL* Cheryl had suggested a walking foot for attaching the polyester center block to the fabric. Well I just happen to have a 1/4" dual feed foot for my Janome so I used it all the way through. Gotta love that foot. My seams have never been so straight.

The backing is on it's way. I ordered it from Bear Paw Quilt and boy are they good! It was shipped within 2 days and they gave me a shipping number so I can follow it. It's in Chicago today in International Shipping. I'm gonna make sure to use them again.

Now I need to practise my quilting. If I have a chance to get my favorite long arm quilter to do it I will. She was in a car accident so I don't know how much she's doing these days. I don't trust anyone else with this. If it's going to get messed up I want to be the one to do it. This will be cotton with a fleece backing. I have some fleece downstairs that I picked up at the Thrift Shop so I can use that for practise.

The sun seems to have left us now. It must be on it's way back East cause it's supposed to really rain here for the next two days.