LovinMySoldier

As I have been searching the board and the internet I have found that about 98% of cathedral windows background are all made with some sort of shade of white. While I do love the white I was thinking that I wanted to go with a different color. I would like to make this for my bed.

I do have 2 dogs. No they are not allowed on the bed. But ya never know what might happen. I also have a four year old little boy. And while he does NOT sleep with us he is in our room quite a bit and under foot. And we would like to add to our family one day. I would hate to spend all the money and time on this only to end up with stains or anything else on it.

So I just don't think that white would be the best choice for us lol. I am toying with the idea of a brown batik. I am also thinking about using several different shades of brown. Or maybe another color all together. So has anyone done a cathedral window with more than one color for the background colors? You think it would look ok or should I stick with just one color. And if I did more than one color should I have the shades just randomly placed or should there be a pattern to it all. Maybe fading from dark to light or something. Any suggestions would be appreciated!
Thanks! Kaci:)

luckylindy333

I think a brown batik would be very pretty. I would keep all the backgrounds the same and "windows" would be a variety.

AnnieH

Two cats and a dog, no white fabric in my house either!
Good luck with your project. Brown batiks sound great.

gale

I did mine with green. Well it's not mine. I made it for my mom. But it's green w/ colored windows.

dakotamaid

Here is Eddie's tutorial, shows his colors, lovely.

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-35742-1.htm

Newby0709

Here's what I did:

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-54434-3.htm

go to page 3 for it actually on a bed.

Midwestmary

Thanks for sharing this link.

mollymct

I think the brown batik sounds interesting!! I was JUST looking at cathedral windows myself...dare I try it??? I saw one with a charcoal gray fabric for the background and it looked great, too!

kateyb

I'm thinking of doing mine in gold. Our bedroom has a autumn theme.

dakotamaid

Along about page 10-14 or so on Eddie's tutorial there was one posted with a black background and jewel windows. Absolutely lovely.

I've also seen them in red.

Check out the CW images on google.

http://www.google.com/images?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&q=cathedral+window+quilt+images&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=nPRXTa_xC4-btwfF8ojSDA&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQsAQwAA&biw=911&bih=384