[Nfb-krafters-korner] quilt blocks

[Dixie]

The Cathedral Window is such a pretty quilt.  I had always wanted to do one,
but couldn't quite get the idea of how it was created.




 Dixie
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Quilt blocks or quilt tops you can sew by hand.  I new this friend of  my 
Mom's that sewed quilts by hand.  One of them that I did try was the  
Cathedral  window.  You start off with a large square of muslin and  sew a
couple 
of short edges by hand or machine and then it comes out to be a  smaller 
square.with seams working out in 4 directions on the back from  center.  You

then place in the center of this square a smaller square of  colorful
fabric.[I 
purchased 10 inch squares from a quilt shop[Keepsake Quilting  online].  I 
would cut the 10 inch square into 4 equal squares.[2 1/2 inche  square]  I 
think I used 9 inch muslin squares, but don't hold me to it.]  Then by hand 
you take the outer edges of the muslin square [which are folded  edges] and 
by hand sew these rounded edges to the colorful edges or like 1/4  inch in 
and whip stitch it down.  OH I forgot once the colorful square is  pinned in

the center of the square you bring the 4 corners of the muslin block  and 
tack it down in the center.
 
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com 
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