A Cathedral windows quilt is not your "traditional" quilt. An "old fashioned quilt" is one with a pieced top (either hand pieced or machine pieced) and the batting in the middle and a fabric for the backing - then all is quilted together, either by hand or machine. A Cathedral Windows quilt is not made that way - an unorthodox way of putting a quilt together. Both are very time consuming ways of making a quilt. I have a CW quilt that my grandmother made - in the late 50's or early 60's - it was unfinished and I finished it. Every single time it was washed I had to spend hours "mending it" as it was hand sewn. I finally cut it up and made it into wall hangings and gave them to the relatives. HTH (Hope This Helps)