The Patchery Menagerie

  As I get older I have had to change the way I do things. While I have no problem hand sewing, when I hold something in my lap, I can't...

I have been lucky enough to get four quilts ready to bind all at once. This shows the quilting for Yakkety Yak. I always knew the binding fo...

 Choosing the binding fabric for the Not Paper Pieced quilt was easy. And the PRIZM quilt will have a white binding, but choosing a binding ...

  This is the Defying Gravity Quilt. It's a scrap slab triangle quilt . You can get the tutorial here , at my Etsy shop.    Julie and I ...

I've cut and prepared the binding strips for four quilts.   Here is the binding for The Pink Panther . I'll be picking up this quilt...

  I wasn't quite sure about this fabric for the binding of Aquamarine, but as I pinned it to the front of the quilt my qualms disappeare...

 I had to go to the office yesterday for supplies. I chatted with a few of my coworkers and then had a conversation with the CEO and our HR ...

  I just love black-and-white. (Did you know every cat I have ever owned has been black and white?) I wrote the other day that a white bindi...

  It's always fun to pick up quilts from Janet-Lee Santeusanio. I picked up the black and white Scrap Slaps quilt , All Together Now . Y...

  Regular readers know that when I am not sure where I am going with an idea, I shift my attention to something else. I learned long ago not...

  I watched the Super Bowl wearing my Tom Brady jersey. I now have about five linear feet to go before I finish the binding. Then I will sew...

  I've worked my way around the quilt, and now I am on the third side. I've watched both seasons of "Blown Away" about gl...

The first question to ask when binding a quilt (I believe) is to decide whether a quilt needs room to breathe or whether it needs to be con...