gaigai

Now you can decide which one you like best!!!

eparys

Oh WAY too cute - I love the fabric. Did you use the faux method?

gaigai

Yeah, those are "faux" windows. Although, since they look just like the others, I prefer to think of them as "Alternate Method Window". :D

eparys

They are also less bulky and less ironing/prep. My biggest problem,with what I did, was the ironing. I am a bit ocd when it comes to points and squares and keep re-ironing stuff. Then I realized after have done a bunch of them that the "color" covers up most of the faults. Oh well

I think Pillow #2 will be done the faux method. Thanks again for all your help.

k3n

Betty - it will be interesting to see if there's a difference in the finished pieces, done two different ways.

eparys

I am curious as well - I will let you know :) I am sure that the second one will be done quicker than the first without all the prep work. AND you can stitch each window before you sew them tog (which you could not do with the old method).

k3n

OK so I can expect pics of the second one later today then?! LOL

gaigai

Well, actually there is a difference in how they look. The "real" window makes a kind of echo in the oval, and they nestle together. The "faux" ones don't make that echo. You can nestle them together if you sew them the right way (I just tried that layout to see how it would work), but I think you'll waste a lot of fabric. Of course the real windows use an awful lot of fabric too!

eparys

Echo?? do you mean that oval between the colors?

Yes - when you do the old method you use 4 times the fabric for one square. I cut 9 1/2 inch squares for each one.

The only downside I see to arranging them to nestle, is the visible seam which you do not have in the old style.

gaigai

Yeah, if you look at the ovals between the colors in a "true" window, it has kind of a double shape, like an echo. But like you said, there is an awful waste of fabric!