Tidy Up Tuesday - {A Very 2020} UFO Club Finish

Welcome to the final edition of Tidy Up Tuesday for 2020!!    I've been busy.  What else is new?  As the end of the year drew near, I had the overwhelming urge to complete the DARK Neutral UFO that has been on my list for the better part of two years.

It started innocently enough...

My Blooming 9-Patch quilt top needed corners attached - before I misplaced them again:

I didn't complete the quilt in time for the final LINK PARTY of the year, but there are still a couple more days in December.

SEW...

Goal met!!!  It's quilted and bound.  :o))

As with any quilt, there's a story to got along with the making, but I'm too tired to tell it tonight.

I'll give you the shortened version of the tale...

Well, as short as you get, here at The Joyful Quilter!  LOL!!

Three days ago...

I decided to cut the borders and binding:

Two days ago...

The borders were applied...

I'd like to draw your attention to the near-perfect match on the back seam:

It's time to get this thing layered:

Line up for the thread selection:

... And the backing, batting and the top were loaded on the frame:

It was too late to determine the best choice, but these are the top contenders:

Yesterday the quilting commenced...

By the time I got to the halfway point many hours later, I had already used EIGHT bobbins.  I was beyond frustrated...

It didn't get any better today..

With just this corner remaining, I ran out of bobbin:

Wound a new one and shredded the thread....

 All before finishing even half of the final stitches:

Whew!!  NINETEEN bobbins later... It's quilted:

Eventually the quilting was done and I moved on to the trimming...

And a photo shoot before the binding went on...

This was just AFTER burying the FORTY thread tales left after the quilting was done.  Remind me not to load a 90" quilt sideways along the rails next time, please!  It's a recipe for LOTS of empty bobbins:

Before tonight's Zoom-y Evening Quilt Bee, I prepared the binding:

Once the meeting was over, I applied the binding...

Or most of it!!  In order to finish, I had to dig out the fabric, cut another strip, attach that to the existing binding, and sew it on...

Before I could begin sewing the binding down on the front of the quilt:

And just because that couldn't POSSIBLY be the end of the aggravation...

I ran out of bobbin with about 45" of binding to be sewn down:

Done!!!

Including the label and four bound corners:

Some people like to see the back of a quilt.  Here's a (washed out) snippet:

And one very happy (and tired) quilter:

Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got to go update my 2020 Rainbow Scrap Challenge - Year in Review post to reflect this latest finish.  My two-year-old UFO has been completed!

Whooping It Up with Sarah

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Sharing with Kelly

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Needle and Thread Thursday

Until next time...

Mission accomplished!!