[Nfb-krafters-korner] quilt blocks

[Blindhands at aol.com]

What is nice about this, is that you make one square at a time and then you 
 can sew blokcs into strips and build from there.  So it can be as small as 
 one block, I don't remember how big each block turned out, but like 4 
inches or  maybe larger if you use bigger squares   I did it this way as the 10  
inch square calico fabric you would get around 40 squares with coordinating 
the  colors and patterns together and I would cut them into 4 and that 
would give me  100 colorful 2 1/2 inch squares.
 
Now I need to correct something that I said.  You did not pin the  colorful 
squares into the center of each block.  You sewed 4 muslin blocks  together 
after you folded in each corner and tacked to center of block and then  you 
pinned the color square to the square on point that you created between 2 
of  the muslin squares.  You then rolled the edge of the muslin over the edge 
 of the colorful square and whip stitched the muslin to the square.
 
Google it and you can find directions.
 
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

 
In a message dated 3/4/2011 9:22:34 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
blueherons at sbcglobal.net writes:

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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