another great quilt

I brought home the wedding quilt and it's really big- spread it out on our bed...and it sure came out nice! This gal enjoys doing sid around each block...she likes the look- funny how currently that is not my favorite look at all. I tried to tell her not to do it...but, you can not go against a longarm quilter's comfort zone I have found. It doesn't look bad, do NOT misunderstand me, she does beautiful work...it's strictly a personal preference thing. I am giving this quilt away-so it's not a big deal in the long run. I know you have to work with la quirks..just like I live with my own. At any rate, I took last night off from binding to allow my finger some recovery time. I know I am going to have to use my stick on thimble however, as I seem ingrained on hitting the exact same spot on that finger to push the needle through- maybe you have noticed you do that too? I am enjoying the hand work and look forward to doing the next large quilt binding as well.
I do need to cut that binding however and get it ready to apply.
No photos still- Darcie asked for an update on the backyard- so...I will take a photo later today of the current look. We are ready for the next hardscape project- concrete patio/a planter box corner we added to the design element, and steps up to a long, long walkway past the new pad out to the front. They can not do any of that until it's 90 or below. Nor would I want them to!
Zoe can not understand why we don't want her zooming around in the backyard-kicking up all that lovely dirt. About once each evening we allow her one romp...but as she literally kicks up a heck of a dust storm...I think we are going to put the stop on that. I do understand, after all, it's her backyard don't you know? and she needs to inspect it up close. I have to go into work today-so once it "cools" off this evening, (it never did last night however) I need to dig the lilac plant up and dig the hole deeper....at least the new soil is loamy and easy to do that... the poor thing is about six inches up too high...and listing...so I need to fix that.
I am so looking forward to tomorrow- sleep in and quilt. It's my big plan for the day!