One project that was in progress when I arrived was a familiar sight...a cathedral window quilt. Yikes!
As I posted about earlier here I was in the middle of my own cathedral window quilt and I knew how labor intensive they were. But I didn't run and I joined right in...and over time....with the help of many hands we finished the quilt which hangs in the sanctuary during "Ordinary Time."Since I explained the basic process in the earlier post so I won't repeat it...but we approached this one a little differently. I started with 6 inch white squares...and they were starting with 8 inch colored squares.
I am working diagonally on my quilt starting in a corner. For this one we worked in straight up rows.
It took a some planning but we wanted to get packets of nine background squares to send home for people to work on...many hands!
There are the folded and stitched background squares and smaller insert squares...we were constantly laying it out to plan.
Once we got the blocks of nine back....we started attaching those blocks together. Every time you attach two squares or blocks of squares you add another insert square(s) where the two meet. It's endless hours of hand stitching.
Ta Da!
Next time it's up I am going to take another picture with my better camera.
This picture does not do the colors justice.
I found a tutorial on line that had some good pictures for those who are interested.
I know how to do it and I think it sounds confusing.
The insert is just a bit smaller and you fold back and stitch the edges around the insert.
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