I finally found the perfect backing fabric (green print at the top) for my double wedding ring quilt top at JoAnn, and also got it 50% off. I'll probably make the binding out of the backing fabric, too. All I need to do is decide on the quilting thread -- probably dark green for the print patchwork, and white for the rest -- and I'll be ready to put this project together and start stitching.
This was my fabric stash once I sorted everything -- 22 full bins. I spent a day taking out and boxing up what I could part with, with the goal of trying to reduce it by half, so I'd have 11 bins. I was very strict with myself, and removed everything that for one reason or another I was sure I wouldn't be able to use. This is what I ended up with -- 12 bins of fabric that I'm keeping. It's not quite half, but close enough. Half of what I took out went to a local quilter friend, a school and Goodwill. These four tightly-packed bins will be going to the local quilting guild once I make arrangements with them for a drop-off place. I am relieved and a little sad and now determined to control my impulses to thrift more fabric. I don't want to do this again, so until I use up six bins, I can't for any reason bring any new fabric into the house.
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Are you going to follow the edges or square it off? I like the scallop but it's hard to follow.