I stuck with my plan to work at the binding in spurts - mark, machine sew the binding in a scallop shape, trim the excess quilt, clip in place, hand sew, repeat. On Sunday I got enough machine sewn to start hand stitching down the first side. Yes, it works.
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| Sides 1 (top) and 2 (right side) |
Then after getting more of the scallops hand-stitched down, I realized I was going to have to redo the corner shape, so that was some unsewing and reconfiguring. But I think is better now - and reproducible.
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| First finished corner. |
Since I changed that corner I also had to unsew the next corner. Fortunately I had only machine sewn a few scallops that were after it, so I just unsewed it all to make it easier to reshape. This is a good lesson in patience. If I am patient, I will be happier in the end.
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| Hand stitching for the next few days is ready. |
So after seven days, I have the equivalent of 2 sides and 2 corners complete!!! The third side has been sewn - part of it twice since the tension was not quite right! - and is half clipped and ready for hand stitching.
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| Scallops patiently waiting! |
If I focus and don't eat or grade papers, I can hand-stitch 4 scallops during a 45 minute TV show. Trimming and clipping replace a scallop or two when necessary. Knowing that helps me pace myself. Four is good, less is fine.
