Ask any quilter which part of a quilt she remembers and she will not say the piecing. She will say the binding: the evening on the couch with the whole thing warm across her lap, hand-stitching the last side while somebody else picks the movie. It is the slowest part and the only part that feels like finishing.
Binding & Stitch Life at Chic Quilter is the rack for that evening, and for the tool that got you there. Binding is my Love Language and Binding My Sanity say it plainly. Seam Ripper MVP and Penny the Seam Ripper Warrior give the ripper the credit it has earned over a thousand wonky seams. The Quilteontologist line tells the truth in field notes (Chaos Happened, Then I Added Binding; Seam Ripping Is Faster After Wine), and Afraid Seam? Laughed the Ripper. is for the quilter who has stopped being afraid. Alpine Stitching and Seam Surfing are on the rack for the one whose machine is a place she goes.
Finish the quilt on the couch, then wear the part you remember. It will be waiting the day the binding is done.
Written by Jacqueline. Thanks for reading.
