Day 236: The Kittygons quilt is done, except for sewing my "made by" label to the back! Finished dimensions are 78" x 60". I started this project on July 4, 2022, and was well into the hand-quilting of it when my dear little Tippy passed away. It went on hold when Merry moved in, and stayed in the cupboard until a month or so ago when I decided it was time to finish it up. I had not yet applied the binding, and since Merry kept trying to eat the fuzzy polyester batting, I bound it slightly ahead of schedule. Normally, I would have waited until I had quilted it out to the edge, but I only had a few "flowers" and the border hexagons to go, so I pinned the "flower" centers, and stretched the quilt, basting the top to the backing and batting. Then I put the bias tape around the edge, hoping that I wouldn't have any wrinkles or folds in the muslin back. This morning, I put the final quilting stitches in place. Now I can devote myself to the second "quilt-as-you-go" hexagon project already in progress.
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