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And now on to the final part of the quilt journey… the long goodbye of hand stitching the binding.

My cabin nights quilt is about as pastel as I can get! I think if it was a low volume or a light it ended up in this quilt. Love love loved making this one - with lots of teeny tiny 2" HSTs - and wanted to get it finished as soon as. Super happy with the contrast of the occasional bright florals with the muted greens, soft pinks & light backgrounds.

I'm not really a fan of square quilts, so I added an extra strip of the background fabrics to the top and bottom and ended up with a rectangular quilt.
 
For a backing, I added a few improv borders to my scrappy light/dark HSTs diamond quilt to get it a little bigger than my quilt top, #partyinthequiltback.

I dropped my quilt off with Marita at Quilters Anonymous for a spot of quilting magic. 

My finished quilts constantly surprise me, the pink binding chose itself! It's a small pink & white retro daisy print by RRS Sugar Maple.

My 1st completed quilt for 2026!