I am having trouble getting a good picture of the back of the quilt I pieced. I was trying to be very careful with the measuring, but I was still surprised that all the pieces fit. I am proud of myself for that result. I am going to cut the black and grey stripe fabric that was used in the chevron border to bind the quilt. I have 27 inches left of that fabric and if my calculations are correct I should have enough. 76+76+64+64=280 linear inches are needed plus some extra for the overlap. (The front of the quilt is about 72 by 60 so it is actually 264 inches. 27 X 2.25= 60.75 square inches per strip. 280\27 = 10.37 strips rounded up to 11. 11 X 60.75= 668.25 square inches. 27 X 42=1134 square inches so I have enough. am happy because I so like to used striped fabric cut on the bias for binding. It looks like a barber pole. I think it will work well with both sides so that is my next venture. On to cut the binding. I will use the Fons and Porter triangle trimmer for this. I love this tool. BFN M
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