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Stunning is what comes to my mind. I would never have thought of using black for a background for a CW, but it makes it look sort of like a stained glass window. CW is on my bucket list. Maybe when I retire.
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Gorgeous! I hope it wins a quilt show!
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This is the bbbeeeaaauuutttiiifffuuulll. I love it, but really hate that you had the painful experience of needle art. I am sitting here grossing out on it. Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful quilt.
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Originally Posted by Lisa_wanna_b_quilter
(Post 6031878)
I second this! What a beautiful quilt. I'm so glad you kept at it so we could all enjoying seeing it.
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This is the bbbeeeaaauuutttiiifffuuulll. I love it, but really hate that you had the painful experience of needle art. I am sitting here grossing out on it. Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful quilt.
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love your colors great job. I started a Cathedral Window 33 years ago it is a ufo
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Wow - I sure admire your perseverance... I would have never finished the quilt if faced with those difficulties. Your end result though is totally awesome - great work!
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Originally Posted by gabeway
(Post 6031430)
I wound up with a photographer's backdrop that was 100% cotton black muslin and measured 3yds by 9 yds. I thought I could make a cathedral window with it and hope it turned out as I envisioned. I noticed there was a slickness to it and seemed a little heavier than I thought but I started cutting 9" squares. Because of the size I had more wastage then I hoped.
I was determined to hand quilt it all from start to finish which is where I found the painful part. After washing, the slick coating was still there which is when I found out it had a flame retardent on it. That made it tough for the needle to get thru and I hate to use a thimble. So forcing the needle thru on the thicker parts I managed to run it under my fingernail, into the quick of the nail and into the finger. Ouch! But I prsevered and finally finished it after six months. I bent a half dozen needles as one picture shows but continued to use them when I could. This is it. I call it Pot O Gold. I picture a Lepruchan standing in the center on his pot of gold and looking up seeing the rainbow flow out in all four directions and down to another pot of gold on the other end. It's sort of hard to see the difference between the green and blue in the photo but it does show up on the quilt. Hope you like it. It finished up at 65"x78" I have made two Cathedral Window quilts and wonder how on earth you were able to make the colours coordinate into the wonderful total design. Was the quilt made using the traditional method of piecing the squares??? |
Going back to machine quilting for awhile. Have a new grandson due in September.
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striking!!!
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