When the Studio Art Quilt Associates announced their 2017 Member Trunk Show, I had a pretty good idea of what I might send. After all, the portrait orientation letter sized quilt could easily grow from a nuno felting day inspired by the greens and blues of warm weather swimming toward shore.
The big question: How to bind this tiny quilt? I love the flowing color that comes with nuno felted pieces. A traditional fabric binding can be so stiff and angular. A facing would have worked, but I should have considered that before I cut my final size. What to do?
Somehow, the answer came to me as I babbled at our NOBO SAQA break out group… a felted binding! This time, I tried needle felting. Maintaining uneven edges, I needle felted the binding to the finished quilt top and sewed it to the quilt back. It took much longer than expected.
![Alanna Nelson Turtle Grass II SAQA Trunk Show Quilt](https://alannanelson.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Nelson_TurtleGrassII-1-907x1024.jpg)
Turtle Grass II
Now it’s time to send this piece out for its traveling adventures. Fair winds, oh little quilt.