My First Quilt Finish....... in a long time!

(This post linked to FreeMotion By The River and Crazy Mom Quilts)

I finally finished the Road Trip Quilt, after 5 1/2 years! Of course I went for long periods of time without even touching the quilt, but I was determined to finish it and so here it is:

Road Trip Quilt ..... almost finished!

I have almost completed my first finish of 2018! There's no need to brag, however, since Its been 5 1/2 years in the making.  Some rare snow here in N.C. and a day off work, gave me some time to work on it.

I had a few hours of quilting to finish.  You can see the snow through the window.

Then on Saturday I made the binding and sewed it on the quilt.

Now I am in the process of sewing the binding down on the back by hand.  I recently bought these little clips and love them!

The temperature outside has been very cold this whole weekend..... well, its been extremely cold for about 2 weeks.  So it has been nice to be under the quilt while working on it!

My goal is to finish this quilt by this weekend and move on to other projects.  Knowing this quilt was sitting there waiting for me to finish was a mental block for my creativity.  I'm ready to work on some new projects that I am already planning, such as Christmas gifts for next Christmas,  crocheting baby hats for a new grand baby that is on the way, and lots of quilts!