Terrimb- you go for it friend. Love the quilt. You can do the binding yourself so hang in there my friend. I do all of my own quilting on my domestic machine a Bernina 930- not much fancy stuff on it, but all of my quilts are done entirely by me. I just finished (hand sewing binding yesterday) on a queen size foldy stuff pattern the pineapple block made entirely on one of my FW's a 1937, and quilted on my Bernina 930. This quilt is a Christmas gift for DD and I am entering it along with two others in our County Fair tomorrow. All 3 done entirely by me, a Black and White queen size Challenge quilt for DS for Christmas, and a turquoise and white chevron king size for a friend.
I think it is great you are making this one on your grandmother's machine. Check out Sharon Schamber's tutorial on You Tube (Binding the Angel part 1) on how she binds her quilts, great video, I've used her method a lot. It is really easy to do the binding, but I dislike any hand sewing, so I always dread doing the binding on any quilt. Take your time and keep reminding yourself that you can do anything you set your mind to. Good luck. Terri, if you prefer not to try a mitered corner on your binding just yet, you can always put a binding on just like you do a border on a quilt, same method of measuring and sewing it on, you are just using a smaller strip of fabric. Just a thought.
Last edited by Gerbie; 09-30-2013 at 05:45 AM.