Saturday, May 25, 2013

Finished the top of the charity quilt

Last night, I added the borders to the charity quilt:


Today, I found a pretty blue fabric that is 108" wide to use for the backing fabric.  I also picked up some thread.  With the batting already in the craft room (purchased when batting was 50% off at Hancock Fabrics), I am ready to start the machine quilting.  Considering that the quilt needs to be ready to head to Reno in mid-July, it is probably a good thing that I'm ready to start machine quilting!

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