This beautiful quilt pattern is made with traditional blocks that are sewn together making folds and forming three dimensional designs as if they were windows.
Cathedral window quilt pattern by machine.
I love cathedral window quilts but have always been intimidated by the sheer effort it takes to make one.
If you ve ever wanted to make one of these but don t want to spend all that time like me hand sewing all those squares then you have to watch this video.
It was too much.
I ve started working on a cathedral window cw quilt and was asked to do a tutorial on making it.
Our cathedral windows technique is a traditional design adapted for those who would rather use the sewing machine from start to finish.
So i wrote the pattern off as something i would always admire from afar but never actually be able to create.
But the method she uses involves a great deal of sewing and requires backing batting and binding to finish her quilts.
Definitely inspiration for moving away from the classic white background with pastel jewels.
Basically she is showing you how to make an elaborate quilt top that looks like a cathedral window.
You can free your imagination and make different types with various sizes and colors you can do it by hand sewing or using a sewing machine.
All that pressing and sewing and pressing and pre pressing finally sewing then hand stitching and.
Previously i had done a cw pillow in 1930s reproduction prints.