Quilt: Progress and Setback

I'm making progress on the quilt. I had no idea it would be so physically grueling. My shoulders ache. I'm no couch potato, but apparently I don't spend much time wrestling bulky objects with my arms straight out in front of me.

In general, I'm pleased with the results. But I didn't expect to have such trouble sewing a straight line. I sew from one edge of the quilt to the other, but my "straight" lines will suddenly veer off, or they'll hiccup. And I didn't really think about what Katie Did meant by a "slight diagonal." My angles at first were much wider, so I would leave great swaths unquilted.




And then I suddenly remembered the binding. I hadn't bought any fabric for the binding. This wouldn't be a problem except that I wanted to use the same fabric for the binding as I had used for the back. I went to the fabric store and -- of course -- they no longer have that fabric. I've ordered it online, so soon I'll be back in business.