Fascinated by this vintage quilt!
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as others have said this is a cathederal windows--they were made by hand and were VERY popular in the late 60s and early 70s--I have always wanted to makeone but never have--I did do a small sample in a Church Womens class many years ago. The joy is that it is all finished when you sew the blocks together
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I was also curious about the cathedral windows pattern. I found this tutorial for a cathedral windows pincushion and made one just to see how the pattern works. It's a great low-commitment project if you want to try one.
Tutorial is here:
http://gogokim.blogspot.com/2011/12/...-tutorial.html
Tutorial is here:
http://gogokim.blogspot.com/2011/12/...-tutorial.html
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Oh I love making the Cathedral Window Quilt. I have made 2, gifted the queen size to my daughter for Christmas. She loved it. I also made a pillow, Christmas ornament, and several yard stick holders for gifts.
I assembled mine into blocks of 4 squares and set the squares together into rows. My goal was to make 1 block each evening after work, it was relaxing and finished in less time than you think. The beautiful part is when you stitch the last block, your quilt is finished, ready to use!!
I assembled mine into blocks of 4 squares and set the squares together into rows. My goal was to make 1 block each evening after work, it was relaxing and finished in less time than you think. The beautiful part is when you stitch the last block, your quilt is finished, ready to use!!
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It is a cathedral window and being made in the 60s does not qualify for vintage. I'm 73 and grew up in the sixties so to me vintage is the 20s and 30s. We had a young man install the connection for our new flat panel TV that our son bought for us and he said "Suppose you want to watch an old movie, like one from the 70s?" MY DH and I broke out laughing at that one.
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