Binding and Edge-Finishing Guide - Book Review

Title: Ultimate Binding and Edge-Finishing Guide

Author: Deonn Stott

Publisher: Landauer

Publication Date: February 6, 2024

Length: 80 Pages

About the Author
Deonn Stott is the owner of the longarm quilting business, Quiltscapes, and has worked with Riley Blake Designs for the last 10 years.

More Than 16 Techniques to Finish Your Projects Perfectly Everytime
The author provides detailed tutorials for finishing quilts and other sewing projects. The book is illustrated with beautiful color photographs. There are also links to video tutorials that complement the text.

My Thoughts
I chose this book because I had an old quilt with a loose binding. The stitching had come out and it needed to be repaired. I am not a quilter but I have had some experience with sewing. I found that this book offers much more information than I needed. However, I did successfully repair my quilt.

The target audience for this book is quilters. The author shares detailed information about binding materials, preparation, and application. The color photos are very clear and helpful. Ms. Stott knows that a quilt takes many hours of work and tedious stitching. The binding is an extremely important part of finishing the quilt. This book will help you design and apply a binding that will survive many years of use. 

Quilters will find this book extremely useful. Highly recommended!

MY RATING: 5 STARS OUT OF 5

Thank you to Net Galley for this excellent reading opportunity!

Perfection Handmade Birthday Card

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you! Dr. Seuss

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you were? Satchel Paige

Let us never know what old age is. Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years. Ausonius

The way I see it, you should live every day like its your birthday. Paris Hilton

It takes a long time to become young. Pable Picasso

I make more birthday cards than any other kind. I made this card for my daughter's birthday. She is an awesome young woman and I am very proud of her.

This is how I made the card:
I started with a blank 5" by 7" kraft greeting card.

The background patterned paper is "On the Shore Stripe/Dark Blue Paper" by Kaleidoscope (My Mind's Eye, 2006). I found a packet of this lovely coordinating double-sided paper at my favorite thrift shop.

I stitched the different layers of paper together and used a piece of vintage lace for embellishment.

I used the digital stamp "Perfection" from Mo's Digital Pencil. I printed the image on white cardstock and colored it with Copic Sketch markers.

I used three sentiments from the Tim Holtz "Small Talk" pack.

I used my Dymo label maker to make the word "BIRTHDAY" at the bottom of the card.

I finished the card with a Tim Holtz ticket and a green paper clip.

I will enter this card in Mo's Challenge 252 - Anything Goes.

Thank you for taking a look at my card. Please share your thoughts in the comments section below.

Handmade Bride and Groom Wedding Card

I dusted off my sewing machine this weekend and put it to use. I made this wedding card for Mo's Challenge #194 - Turquoise!

I chose the digital stamp "Wedding Couple" and colored it with Copic sketch markers. I chose a beautiful piece of turquoise embossed paper for the background (Recollections). I straight stitched the colored image to the turquoise background. I then zig-zag stitched the image to a kraft card.

I embellished the card with a Tim Holtz "Love" ticket.

I hope you enjoyed viewing my card. Please share your thoughts in the Comments Section below.