Putting the finishing touches on my first lap quilt....and pretty darn happy :)

Back in June I posted about my very first lap quilt that I had started.  Yup that's right....I said June.  Well obviously I put it aside and completely forgot about it.  I quess I was too busy with the kids during the summer, our three week-long family visits, vacation and then the holiday season.  Yeah that's it, lol.  So I really think I should thank Leslie from My Country Home for posting about the quilt she is making for her daughter.  She motivated me to pull mine out and finally finish it.

So this weekend I put the two borders around it and tied it off at every other square (like a checker board).  Today I "stitched in the ditch" around the two borders and made my very first binding strip (thanks youtube.com).  Here it is all trimmed up and ready for the binding.

Wish me luck, I'm kind of nervous about making the mitered corners.