Today, it will be hand stitching the back of the binding on my most recent project. However, I am a planner at heart and love the searches for patterns and fabrics. Sometimes I actually plan for days before I "bite the bullet" and make that first cut. And, finally, it is putting that label on it -- "the grand finale!"

I like piecing best, binding second. Quilting is dead last.

I love doing the binding. I think it is my favorite part since I found out how to do it right. Jenny Doan has some good directions in her Block magazine, but I press a triangle into the beginning of the binding, and don't need a tool to end it. Betty Cotton is the one who taught me to do that. No matter what width binding you use, it always works.

For me it is the piecing , putting the pattern together and seeing the finished quilt top. I put off the quilting as long as I can . Right now , I have 9 quilt tops to be quilted.

My favorite part is actually sitting down at my machine and begin the assembly. All the choices for color/design are made...that's most stressful part for me. But the sewing is my favorite as I pick a time when I can just sew for hours and not be disturbed. Usually it's summer evenings...dinner is done, good light coming in my studio windows from the west....ah, life is good!

You're not strange...I enjoy the cutting part too! I think it's the accountant in me that likes the precision!

I guess I'm a "starter"... I like starting each step of the process, but get a little weary of it as I get closer to finishing that step...motivating me to get on with it so I can "start" the next step. Maybe I should quit making big quilts and just do tiny ones that only last as long as that feeling of "starting". Seeing the finished product is also a great reward.

Me too, even though I have a ping pong table in the basement with good lighting and spray adhesive. I have it down to a quick method with never a wrinkle, but still hate the time it takes and the stiffness in my back from bending over the table. I would rather be sewing or quilting. I even like the binding, though do both sides by machine almost 100 % of the time.

I like doing binding, and FMQ if the quilt isn't too large. The cutting is the worst part.

Washing the finished quilt!