The undercut wadding helped a lot on the side seams, but the fin join was so. much. bulk. One needle break and at least four thread breaks – two of which I didn’t notice until the end of the seam I didn’t actually sew. Always charming.
With any luck, this is the last time the beast is inside-out, so I’m the only one that will ever look at it this closely. While handstitching was warranted to bind the edges of the tail fin, definitely overkill for the interior bindings. Zig-zagged the back side with reinforcement at the tail join. Tacked the A-side lining down with a straight stitch and made some double fold bias out of scraps to cover the B-side seam. Probably could have left it be, but no one wants dried anti-fray glue scratching their little piggies.
I tacked down the bias tape the best I could, but by that point Jinx was struggling with the bulk of three quilted layers. In the end I had to wrestle it through and tack the remaining edge by hand. Might take a look at industrial machines next time Jinx goes in for a tune up. And dig out the walking foot to minimize shift.
Meant to leave a bit more of the final edge binding visible, but got distracted by album covers during the hand stitching. Worth it.
