Finally!  I bet my readers thought I’d never get my mother’s quilt finished!  But, last night, I hand-stitched the last stitch needed for quilting the entire 75×80 quilt on my hand quilting frame.  Wow.  I can’t believe I finished the quilting!  My fingers are very grateful.  They’ve taken quite a beating.

After I removed the quilt from the frame, I needed to square up the edges.

But first, I had to admire my handiwork.  LOL  I still can’t believe I made the whole thing! Hey Mikey!  (You have to be old to remember that commercial)

Okay, down to business … I made the large outer border 5″ from the narrow dark blue border. I had to straighten the quilt a number of times just to make sure it was 5″ from the narrow dark blue border. Then I used my rotary cutter and 5″ wide Olfa Ruler to trim and square up the edges.

Next step – Binding.  I will be writing the next post about Binding.  Hope you will tune in!