Cathedral Window
This year I have
resolved to do a bit more hand sewing and also to try out more stitches on my
new Brother machine, which I bought to take to workshops. Yesterday I achieved a
little of both, with varying degrees of success.
We had our first Studio
Quilters Saturday meeting of the year and, as I had finished piecing Bonnie’s Mystery quilt, I was ‘in between
projects’ and very happy that Susan had
planned a demo on ‘Cathedral Windows’. She went over the basics of the traditional
hand piecing method first. (I have already resurrected a project that I half
started several years ago- making 2 ½” squares – which I will keep strictly for
hand piecing in ‘at home’ meetings).
Then Susan showed us
a quicker way of doing it all by machine, using the blind hemming stitch to
neatly catch the edges on the ‘windows’. After much fiddling with the setting
on my Brother I eventually abandoned that stitch. It seemed illogical – I could
shorten the stitch length but not the width and it wouldn’t do it in mirror
image to go round the other way where it might have been easier. I tried a few other
decorative stitches but nothing seemed to follow a neat curve easily.
When I got home I
replaced the window insert, now ragged from so much unpicking, and got it right
first time with the equivalent stitch on the Bernina which seemed to do everything
that the Brother couldn’t! As I had to join the two panels into a little pin
cushion, I found I couldn’t do the back window under the machine, so had to do
that one by hand.
Long story short – cute
little cushion with tiny buttons – too pretty to stick pins in!!!!
This weekend I have
picked up 3 tops to be quilted so I’d better get up in the loft now. The ‘En
Provence’ quilt has already slipped down the list.
Happy Quilting Everyone!
Janet
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