I received the new handprints and got all of the top layer stitched together yesterday.
The next step is to make a quilt sandwich. The first layer down is the back, then the batting, and finally the top. With another mom's help we got the quilt sandwich pinned together quickly.
I planned to use my big quilting sewing machine to do free motion quilting. I often need to re-familiarize myself with it as I don't use it regularly. After changing the needle and cleaning and oiling the bobbin compartment, it was ready to go. Fortunately, the machine worked great! Here's a little video of me doing the free motion quilting. It's like doodling on fabric.
Here's a close up of one of the hand prints quilted. As I worked, I read each name and and was thinking of each child and also of course of their teacher.After quilting the layers together, I sewed on the binding. I used a narrower 2.25" binding.
The final step is to hand sew the other side of the binding to the back side of the quilt. It's almost done!
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