Re: cathedral windows variations

That's usually how I teach too. Everyone gets a big folder full of empty
clear plastic envelope pages on day one, and starts collecting.

One day I will give this a try.

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"Butterfly" <butterfly_dash_wings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Haven't done the variation.
> When it comes to quilting it's like learning to walk.one STITCH instead of
> step at a time.
> Just go slow at first.
> Sometimes I will do each step until I have the finished blocks in front of
> me like this:
> Do step one , set that aside
> Do step one AND two, set that aside
> Do step one and two AND three, and set that aside, etc
>
> When you are finished, you will have each step done and ONE finished
block.
>
> As you go: you can either number each step with a permanent pen
> or mark a ziploc bag with the number (I didn't have either one at the time
> so I used baggies--they were not ziploc at the time either) Refer back to
> these as you make each segment.....then all you have to do is sew them
> together ; )
> HTH
>
> Butterfly
>
> "Cheryl" <cawaites@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > On the general issue of Cathedral Window quilts - has anyone tried any
of
> > the variations in Shelley Swanland's books -
> >
> > Machine Stitched Cathedral Windows http://tinyurl.com/7b4pr
> > and
> > Machine Stitched Cathedral Stars. http://tinyurl.com/83m9w
> >
> > I have looked longingly at them for some time, but given the disaster of
> > "Ignorance is Bliss" haven't been game to launch into one. I was
curious
> > to
> > know if they were as difficult as they look.
> >
> > --
> > Cheryl >^;;^< >^;;^< >^;;^<
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> > "Polly Esther" <misterclean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >> I don't think that will work. Why don't you prove me wrong? Give it a
> >> test. (Entredeaux plus wing needle is a lovely effect on fine starched
> >> batiste, sometimes even needing a tearaway.) I see some headaches
ahead,
> >> and possibly something magnificient. I dunno, I just don't know. Go
for
> >> it. And, please . . . do report back. Polly
> >>
> >> "Cheryl" <cawaites@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >> > Only problem I can forsee would be where the blocks meet. RB in my
> > class
> >> > used normal feather stitch to join Japanese Folded blocks recently
and
> >> > found
> >> > the joins a bit "untidy". I imagine that - as with most - precision
> >> > and
> >> > patience (big time!) will achieve desired results.
> >> >
> >> > Good luck - would love to see the finished result.
> >> >
> >> > I have my very first quilt - a cathedral window with padded inserts -
> >> > still
> >> > here unfinished after too many years to count. I have named it
> > "Ignorance
> >> > is Bliss" because when I started I didn't know what I was getting in
> >> > to.
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Cheryl >^;;^< >^;;^< >^;;^<
> >> >
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> >> > cawaites@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > catsatararat (YAHOO msgr)
> >> >
> >> > A large number of electrons were
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> >> >
> >> > "rsqpug" <rsqpug@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> > news:kixMe.414$kb4.3157@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >> I am going to play with Cathedral Windows, just want to make the
> > initial
> >> >> four squares so I can STOP dreaming about it at night!
> >> >>
> >> >> Anyway, I have this idea to join the four squares using an
entre-deux
> >> > stitch
> >> >> using the edge joining foot on my Viking. This would be with a
colored
> >> >> bobbin thread, which should give the back of the quilt a little
> > different
> >> >> [and I think attractive] detail.
> >> >>
> >> >> The entre-deux stitch will slightly separate the four squares and I
> >> >> can
> >> >> regulate the amount of the separation to make it as small as
possible.
> > I
> >> > do
> >> >> plant to use the wing needle for added effect.
> >> >>
> >> >> Question: I wonder if using the entre-deux stitching might cause a
> >> > problem
> >> >> with assembly of the front? Opinions please
> >> >> Thank you
> >> >> Janet in [finally] cooler New Hampshire
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>


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