Allietare-by-Moonlight, Quilted!

Pushed through and got the quilting 100% finished last night. Hurrah! I did a queen bed sized quilt in four days! I'm feeling pretty chuffed about that, even if the quilting, like the piecing, is "good enough" rather than "award winning." The lines did keep getting smoother as I went on, muscle memory building or kicking back in, whichever. Which probably means I should get the next quilt layered and basted and on the machine sooner rather than later. But first I need to clear off the ironing board, press my fabrics, and cut out the binding for this quilt, as well as its two matching pillowcases.

And the sample blocks for guild! Argh.

But before all that, I have a doctor's appointment this afternoon.

Land War in Asia, Going Up Against A Sicilian, And...

Have the binding all cut and sewn and pressed, ready to go on the quilt. But I've also spent part of this evening falling prey to one of the classic blunders: how to make two matching pillowcases out of three fabrics, none of which I have enough of?

Answer: piece the contrast bands.

(For those who wish to know, this is the pillowcase pattern I use.)