Beautiful quilt , it is gorgeous !

Wow!! Simply amazing! !

What a beautiful quilt!

Beautiful, and it is reminiscent of stained glass.

That is awesome! Beautiful work!

Your quilt is just stunning, great job with all the bias, I couldn't manage those.

Outstanding job.

That is an amazing quilt.

What a beautiful quilt! You did a wonderful job on it and it's a great representation of the Lakota ~ I hope it raises a lot of money! You should be very proud of it and I am sure you are!

Super job on this gorgeous quilt! Should make lots of $$$

Your quilt is wonderful! Very artistic!

Lovely colors and designs.

Awesome !!!!! and now we can put a face to the name .

That's beautiful and it should raise a lot of money!

Wow. It is great.

Thanks for posting the pic. Glad to 'meet' you. Great job on the quilt!

BTW, which machine did you use for this quilt?

That's stunning!! You are very talented

This is an exceptionally beautiful quilt. And you are so much younger than I thought !

TGood - I do most of my piecing on my 1980 Viking 990. The quilting was done on the HandiQuilter Fusion. I'm really looking forward to when I can move the Quilting frame to it's new home. I plan on setting up a few machines out there for things like FMQ and binding. I'm going to see how it will work using the Davis Vertical feed as a designated binding machine. The goal will be to take a quilt top out to the Long arm, and come back in with a completed quilt.

I gave my sewing room a good cleaning before doing the binding on this quilt - didn't want to pick up all kinds of dust/lint on the black. It was washed when complete and then immediately folded and put where the cats couldn't get to it. I think going forward I will try to avoid solid black binding - even with extra lighting - it was very hard to see to make sure the stitching stayed straight, as this is machine bound.

Wonderful work. I hope the bidding for it goes through the roof.

One of my coworkers stopped in and told me they admired the quilt - I asked where they saw it and found out it was on display at the resgistration table at the Museum - so I ran down and got a few pictures.

The silent auction is part of the Friday evening Donor Banquet (Powwow is Saturday). We also have tours and other events going on this afternoon and tomorrow. We usually have 250-300 spectators for this event, and most will be attending the banquet. We have donors coming from all over the US, and often a few international visitors.


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After taking that picture- I looked for the label and realized it was hung upside down. The two side designs have a top and bottom, the rest are symmetrical - symbolizing the 4 directions.

Anyway, I tried getting a picture of the label, but didn't' realize it was out of focus until I got back to my office.

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The label reads

Seven Sacred Rites of the Lakota
Our Lady of the Sioux Chapel Windows
St. Joseph's Indian School
39th Annual Powwow
September 2015

Made by Cathy Dale,
employee

Absolutely stunning Cathy!! Great job!!

You did a great job. I like it.

Well it is so neat to see you I love reading all of your posts and you are so knowledgeable. Wish we were closer, oh well I will enjoy the miracles of the net and be glad that we have met this way. Your quilt is stunning and I hope it gets a good price.

What a monumental amount of work went into that quilt. I'm guessing it brought in a handsome sum.

I got a text message around 9 pm last night. They were very excited to tell me the quilt sold for $1,500. So it did very well to raise money for the school.

Wonderful quilt! Great job! I, too, really enjoy reading your threads on the vintage machines as well as all the pictures of the machines. Wish I lived closer--would enjoy seeing the machines in person!

Bravo! a very good news. and it was worth it

It's beautiful! Other than it's design (which is fabulous) what is it's connection to a powwow?

Congratulations!!

lue - the connection to the Powwow is more timing than anything else. I've wanted to make a quilt using the design of the windows for some time, and it just worked out that I got it done in time for the Powwow. I did make it planning it would be donated to the school to use as they saw fit, so when it was half way done I showed them and they said they'd love to have it to sell at the Powwow, I made sure to get it done.

The actual event is called American Indian Days - and there are a lot of other activities going on around campus on Friday and Saturday for visitors to attend (all Native American themed) including in depth tours of the campus which includes the Chapel that has the actual windows. The Powwow is the highlight of the gathering, held on Saturday.

Oh, well done Cathy! Great to "meet" you (now that I've got a picture)! I watched a demonstration at this year's quilt show in Blue Earth on how to do a stained glass quilt. That gal said she used her twin needle to secure the bias tape (her's was store bought with adhesive on one side). That way both sides were firmly secured at one time. I have never used my twin needle but found the whole "stained glass" technique quite intriguing. My "to do" list is quite long...I might have to start sewing a little faster. I would have had a hard time parting with that quilt; you are very generous to have donated it for their auction.

Good job...Looks awesome...