This post is part of the River Pond Quilt Along. You can find more info and the schedule HERE. While this content is directed toward the River Pond QAL, the same concepts can be applied to any quilt that you are making. You can purchase the River Pond pattern HERE. Let’s Talk Binding I’m going to get right to the point and let you know that this is hands down my favorite way to bind a quilt! Am I allowed to add someone else’s video on my blog?! I don’t know. But I’m a huge advocate for glue basting and this video changed my quilting. This video is by Sharon Schamber – Perfect Straight Binding. I LOVE glue basting, and even glue baste in my paper piecing – you can find my tutorials HERE on my blog and on YouTube. You can also check out Cristy Fincher (Sharon’s daughter) and learn all the tricks of glue basting. She is a quilting genius and I love her! I will say that I have never starched my fabric, so I don’t do everything in the video, but the glue basting is the absolute best!! If this isn’t you’re thing, then I there are a lot of other tutorials out there too, and especially with quilting, a lot of the process is finding what techniques work best for you! And that’s totally ok! So if you don’t like glue basting, that’s cool! (but you should at least give it a try. heehee.) Adding

This post is part of the River Pond Quilt Along. You can find more info and the schedule HERE. While this content is directed toward the River Pond QAL, the same concepts can be applied to any quilt that you are making. You can purchase the River Pond pattern HERE. Getting Back on Track I don’t know that there is much to explain about life being out of sorts and getting off track with all the recent life changes… so I won’t. However, I am very sorry that I dropped the ball for everyone who is following along and have been waiting on me. I’m sorry! Love you! and at the same time, thank you for your patience with me to also be human. Love ya! Quilting Ideas As I’ve sat and tried to write this post, I’ve struggled to put it in words, so I decided to make a little video instead. But first… there is an assignment! Yep, we are going to be in school for just a moment, too, along with our children. haha. Homework We are going to do a repeat of the very first assignment, found in this post. Create a Pinterest Board You probably already have a quilt inspiration board, but now I want you to create a board (if you don’t have one already) that is ONLY for quilting ideas! You can include free motion quilting, walking foot quilting, hand quilting… everything! ENJOY some time browsing for beautiful quilting and remember to also