.....since I last chatted about the cathedral quilt that I have been stitching. Alas, there is no finished quilt, enriched with lovely patterned and coloured window panes resting on our guest bed....BUT.....there has been some progress, albeit only a little.
Another panel of windows folded and stitched...........
......then pinned and stitched to the completed panel; seen in all it's glory, in my previous post.
Scraps of fabric squares added to the windows of the joined folded squares and pinned in readiness for stitching by machine.
I am finding the machine stitching of this cathedral beauty to be a tad laborious as it grows, window by window. It is a tad problematic wrestling with the bulkiness of the quilt, whilst carefully stitching the curve of each window and getting those darn corners to look perfect heavenly!!
There we go......two panels finished. Only four or five.....or perhaps six to go!! I am still having issues regarding the uniformed look of the corners, but I must admit that I am loving the overall look of this quilt. I love all the colourful, gazillion of patterns which give a wonderful scrappy look, culminating in a very pretty and adventitious kinda quilt. I love, love, lurve pretty!!
A scrappy quilt with not too much thought and worriment of the exact placement of every fabric which can result in a constant furrowed brow; is my very favourite type of quilt.....as I am a 'go with the flow' kinda gal.
I hope you have a lovely week filled with sunshine and stitching. I am off to stitch some more wonderful, heavenly cathedral windows......onward and upward !!
Well I have a case of the wanties! Its beautiful and such a lot of work..bah to your corners they look perfect to me. It will be fabulous when finished.
ReplyDeleteIt beautiful. I love the fabrics. Keep going !
ReplyDeleteIt's going to be a real beauty when all your hard work pays off!
ReplyDeleteWow! This is stunning! SO beautiful! I don't think I've seen a whole quilt like this before and it sounds like hard work but it looks amazing :)
ReplyDeleteIt's just so pretty! Can you imagine that thrown across a bed? Stunning
ReplyDeleteOK Kim...this is totally amazing! I'm not sure how these are made, but you are making it look easy. I can't wait to see a picture of your guest room all made up with this stunner front and center!
ReplyDeleteOh no, no, no! It's so pretty. When you first posted about this quilt I convinced myself that it was way too much work for me (and that I'd never get it finished!). But now I don't care how long it takes. It's so beautiful that I will have to make at least one in my lifetime. I might have to start putting aside some pretty fabrics.
ReplyDeleteOh. My. Lions and tigers and bears...oh my! This is simply stunning! I love, love, love it! Beautiful work and I'm seriously having lust issues over your scraps!
ReplyDeleteWell done!
Thank you, Dee!! Though I am a li'l uneasy that I have made you 'fall into temptation' over my beautiful scraps!! ;)
DeleteThis quilt is going to be absolutely stunningly amazing and so so pretty. Keep persevering. You will have such a feeling of achievement at the end. Well done. Philippa xx
ReplyDeleteThank you, Philippa!! Though I'm thinking that it will be a li'l while till I receive an 'achievement award' with the completion of my cathedral window!!
DeleteYou did a fantastic job. The only time I ever tried a cathedral window quilt I ended up making it into a doll bed quilt. It is a lot of work. You did it beautifully.
ReplyDeleteIt's looking great Kim - but so much work. I've not yet tried cathedral windows, I'd likely be too fussy about corners and curves and not really enjoy it as much as I should. You have a beautiful collection of fabric scraps to create your rows of windows - gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteShe is a beauty! And a labour of love. Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteHow absolutely perfectly beautiful... I love every piece of fabric chosen and the amazing putting together of all that beauty... you are amazing!
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