Minor adjustments to border width

  My packages (3 quilts) finally arrived at destination, safe and sound, but very much later than expected.  One less thing to cause stress.

 I always disliked the width of the border on this string quilt.

Me and my trusty Clover Seam Ripper made it better by cutting off about 2 1/2 inches all 'round.  Much better.    Yes, it's got a slight curve to it.  

Where is my package?

 Mailed USPS 1/08/25 to a niece in Wisconsin.   Expected delivery was supposed to be 1/13.  Today is 1/18.    Sometimes the tracking number indicates the package made it and has stopped moving within a    warehouse in Wisconsin, other times the  message says the (same) tracking number is incorrect.  Other times the recording indicates fires in Califorrnia have caused delivery issues.    What gives?   The surprise has become an anticlimatic gift after hearing  confusing or erroneous delays.   

In honor of niece's "Guard Rooster".  This  one started at my hands, I gave it away unfinished to a friend who has chickens, but it came back to me as a gift, and I'm sending it to a niece who owns a Guard Rooster who protects his territory.  

A good floor mat for visiting babies.

One stitch off

 

Faux flange binding -  "ya gotta sew either all ON the binding or all OFF the binding" not wiggle/waggle back and forth.  This one worked well, first time around.   Every time I use this technique I have to fiddle with measurements, they seem to vary each project.   That tag is my small label, folded inward.  

Here's the back fabric, too cute to pass up.  This goes to a niece.