This counts as my learn something new #5! (Since I am not posting these right away, and sometimes there will be more than one a week, I am just going to number them. But I will still try for every week)
This was my first time sewing on the border by machine. My good friend L showed me how. That is her lovely hand in the picture :) I had to cut 2.25" strips, sew them diagonaly, which was harder than it sounds, then fold in half and iron. Then I sewed the whole thing to the front edge of the quilt, but to all 3 layers.
Here, she is showing me how to sew the ends together once it was all sewn to the quilt. This was tricky! But we did it!
I didn't get any pics of me hand sewing the border to the back. Here is the finished border, folded over to see both sides of the quilt:
I finished the border in just a few days. I was able to finish in time to put it on my sleeping Zebra on the eve of his 11th bday. My daughter calls me the Quilt Fairy :)
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