I don’t usually put bindings on my quilts. Abstract paintings don’t have bindings and since that is the look I am going for, I usually do an envelope finish, a facing, or a satin stitched edge. The current quilt was going to be compromised if I took too much off the edge to do a facing so I have decided to do a fused binding, using matching fabric for each section. After all the bindings are fused I will do some stitching to make them look more a part of the design.

When I was looking at photos of the quilt tonight, I decided that I need to trim away some of the edges. I had too much of the magenta in the upper left hand side of the quilt so I will cut away some and shorten the lime green. I always find that looking at a quilt on the computer screen helps me to see how I need to work on the scale of elements.

Tonight, Terry and I went to our High Fiber Diet meeting. We received the sad news that we will not have our annual show at the Japanese Garden this year. This was the major activity for this group so it will be interesting to see where we go from here.

Thanks to Karoda, I found the Fiber Artists for Obama group. If you are interested, go to the Obama for President site and click on Join a Group. If you put fiber artists in the search box, you will find the group. There are currently 37 members. Come and be an Obama Mama with me.

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