klgls,
I couldn't have said it better. I just realized that since all my quilts are given away, it is the last time I have to spend with them. Since I hand quilt, it sometimes takes me 6-9 months to get to the binding stage. It is also the one part that I can do sitting in the living room with my husband. I sit in my favorite chair, the quilt spread across my lap, and find the steady rhythm of hand binding is soothing to me. I get to watch my quilt as it inches closer and closer to being finished. There is much joy in that final stitch.