Multi day process
Reason #1 - I am very lazy
Reason # 2 - no room.
Reconnected with an old HS friend, she also makes quilts. She sent me a top she wants hand quilted. It is 104" x 104" !!
I happened to have some 45" wide batting, end of a roll, just enough for the quilt. So yesterday's job was cutting and sewing it together - by hand. On the floor. My feet fell asleep.
Found a 120" muslin backing at Joanns, less than $21!! Woohoo!. Now today I have to iron it, iron the top, and hopefully baste the quilt together, although I am not making any promises. My living room, if I push back the love seat and remove the coffee table, will allow me to baste half of it at a time. I have done this before in my previous house.
Mentally getting ready to do it all is the hard work. It is a sampler type quilt, so quilting it will be fun as each block will be different. And she want to machine quilt the border and bind it herself, so that's good. Maybe next time I will insist that it be sent to me already basted .