I did the blocks as a Stack/Whack/Shuffle class in August. It was meant to be a Christmas present for my Mother. It ended up being a late Christmas/Birthday present for her. I had the top finished in the fall as well as the quilting done very close to Christmas. I was not motivated to do the handstiching on the binding. I hate this finishing task. I just sat down today and finshed the last side an a half! My Mom received this today and already seeing it she was happy with it as its her colors!

Beautiful quilt.

That is very nice...glad she liked it...Binding is no ones favourite but has to be done unfortunately. :-(

Very pretty. I can understand how she would love it.

really nice colors.she will treasure it for sure!

Very nice and it is always better late than never.

It is lovely. I must admit hand stitching the binding to the back of a quilt is not one of my favourite tasks either. I still do it, if it is to be exhibited but if not....I used the tip from this board on machine binding. It is the one where you make a flange, sew it to the back of the quilt, flip it to the front and stitch in the ditch. It is the nicest machine stitched binding I have done.

I love it. My first quilt was a stack, whack and shuffle. Aren't they fun?

Yes they are fun. This was my 2nd completed quilt top. I have advanced a bit since then as I enjoy trying everything I see. Next up is one of the borella (spelling ?) quilts I see lots of people posting.

I'm with Tartan on machine binding or birthing a quilt (also called envelope style). Binding just takes too dang long. Of course your mom has the good taste to like this sweet quilt.