This year Anne was inspired to do a cathedral window quilt project making one square a day and the inserts to go with it.....and I helped her get started.
There are 31 days in January....which is an odd number to work with. My recommendation was to make a wall hanging that was three 3 by 10 squares...with an extra at the bottom. I did this mock up to help with the planning. I used my quilt I'm working on folded so Anne could see how big it would be using 6 inch (they get folded down to a smaller size) background squares. She decided to start with 8 inch background squares making the whole piece a little bigger.
This mock up has 31 background squares giving her places for 48 inserts. In the end she's probably going to add a 32nd square at the top and use it as a table runner.
A couple of days ago I gave her a tutorial....and she cut a swatch from over 50 of my batiks for the insert squares. I love being not only a teacher...but a resource!
Anne is back home in Deer Isle now and sent me this photo of all her batiks laid out, her dark green background choice, and her first square. I had to chuckle when I zoomed in and realized she folded the green square with the seams facing out....so I quickly called her and got her back on track. Watching out for each other is especially important about our age! Anne is going to keep me posted on her progress....and I can't wait to see how it turns out.
I had forgotten that I had made a cathedral window ornament for Margie and Dave's tree years ago. Her living room in Colorado at the time was decorated with lots of teals....hence the color choice.....but it's a nice contrast to the Christmas reds and was fun to see hanging on her little tiny tree. All of her ornaments have a story!
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