Hours of hand sewing...........

First I sewed the purple facing strip on the bottom edge of the banner and flipped it out and edge stitched it.  Then I sewed the sleeve for the rod to the facing strip by machine.  Next I pressed the facing to the back of the quilt and hand stitched the facing to the backing.  Then I flipped the sleeve up and started hand stitching it to the backing.   I have 16" left to do today.  I just couldn't sit there one more minute.  The banner is a few inches less than 6 feet wide so it takes awhile to stitch.

 After my 2 friends left yesterday I mowed the grass for the first time since July 30.  The weeds were taller than the grass and it looks a lot better now.