Florence, love love your catheral windows. I really like how you arranged the colors. There is nothing like the satisfaction of finishing a quilt.

Florence

Terrific quilt. I love it.

Margarita in Auburn, CA

thanks for all your kind words... I'll get some more pics up at some point but relatively new camera wasn't cooperating 100% so I'm leaving that frustration for a while!

Rachel I went thru 3 complete rolls of lint-removers on this thing! First it was fuzz from the carpet, then once I had the batting in it I'd get cotton all over it every time it moved! Lucky thing tho', I finished one just as I was getting ready for binding-- hey! Blue painter's tape on one end of the binding, and roll the rest around the now-empty roll

My first job after is tonight I'm going to sit back and catch up here on the forum! I've missed you guys! That and sleep were the sacrifices for the marathon finish. Next job is to refold my fabric a la Margo and clean up the mess that's accumulated thru this project!

But it was all worth it last night as she opened it up
Florence

Florence,
I am so happy that you got that done and posted it. Now I can't wait to get mine done. I just have to kill our cat first. She slept in my tote for this quilt. The black fabric is full of hair . Oh well I will just have to wash it again.I have most of my squares cut for a twin size. Although I plan on doing a queen or king size. I just figured I would do so many then cut some more. This way I would not have squares all over the place. I did go and get some really vibrant colors for it though I am using this as my travel project for now. That and the couch project. I have way too many going on the machine at this time my DH is going to kill me. He thinks I only have 3 quilts going I have 8! Yep 8 ! What can I say my stash is almost non existant now because I have used so much of it up. I have been very good about using what I have. Now to get back to business Rachel

WOW is right!!! That is stunning, Florence!! I don't know how you keep up that pace. DO take some time for yourself....
Jan

Florence - The quilt is beautiful. I always start out with no deadline and most of the time it takes a deadline to make me finish. We definitely want more pictures. I would love to have had a 10 pound quilt to snuggle under when I was a little girl sleeping in a room with no heat. To this day I love sleeping in a cold room but hate getting up in a cold room. Sandy

Florence, WOW! Your Cathedral Windows is beautiful. Reading your post was just exhausting! I don't know how you accomplished it and everything else. I hope your niece appreciates all your work. 10 pounds! My arms would be putty after working a quilt that heavy!

Florence, your Cathedral Window quilt is BEAUTIFUL!!! So happy for you that it's finished! Judy in Torrance

Florence, it is absolutely beautiful! You worked so hard, and it shows! I know she'll treasure it. I am impressed at how fast you finished it!

Florence that is awesome. I love how the red gradually changes intensity. I'm sure she will love it.

Karen

ok I really didn't think it would happen this soon, but it's
DONE

I had a really crappy/stressful day Tuesday, and early Wednesday learned that my neice would be down for a quick visit this weekend... it's her graduation present, and she doesn't graduate until next Friday, plus I didn't think I'd see her until July sometime, so I hadn't really pushed myself... but it was all the incentive I needed, plus I was basically worthless at work worrying about all the family medical issues, so I gave myself permission to just go home & sew! Beneficial in SO MANY ways!!
So I got the quilting finished by Thursday afternoon (as of Wed. I had done about 1/4 of it). I pulled it off the machine and took it with me to George's riding class, along w/ an old sheet to cover a big picnic table by the ring, so I could spread out the quilt and trim any/all loose strings... not wasting a moment!! At home that night, I got one side of binding attached so I could do some hand-sewing at a therapy appointment I knew I'd be in for a few hours on Friday. Pulled a pretty late night Friday getting the rest of the binding on, then took it with me to George's Soap Box Derby on Saturday-- I'm pretty sure I was the only person there in the 90-degree heat w/ a quilt on my lap! HA! (but it was in a bag w/ just the edges at the top so I didn't have to take it out or spread it out to do the hand-work! (didn't win the derby, boo hoo, but also thank goodness, so I was home by mid-day!) Finished the binding in the afternoon, made the lable, got that finished Sunday am. Then off to the laundromat to wash/dry it in their large-capacity machines (took all the home laundry too, to knock it out at once instead of the all-day affair it would have been here!) Got home in time to shoot the pics, find a box, wrap it, take a shower, & get to my other sister's for dinner & presentation!
So the pic of the quilt is on my profile, and in the gallery, I'm afraid I may have to start a blog to share more pics! I'll see what I can pull together this week...
and the answer to the weight question is... a full TEN pounds! Um, yes that's how much it weighs, not how much I've lost

Florence

now ready to start something easier!!!

I love sleeping under a heavy quilt but my husband does not have the 'hot flashes' that I do so I now sleep under a light weight quilt to same on air conditioning.

the traditional hand-work way creates the front and back of each "square" simultaneously, thus no batting (unless you add it as Lin described) but the machine way doesn't give you that benefit, you still need to back the quilt. I don't recall what the book said about batting, but I decided to use it b/c all the seaming made it very lumpy, so i figured batting would help even that out a bit. I chose something VERY light, but still the whole thing weighs a ton... which is ok, I LOVE a heavy blanket, and I do anticipate that my quilts will be slept under. This topic is giving me the encouragement I need to get the danged thing finished.
Rachel I think you're hearing this right... and by doing it a bit at a time, you can quit whenever you want, make it as big or small as you'd like! Florence

I've done a CW for a decorative pillow top. I think the weight comes from the base fabric that is folded many times over. We used just a small square of batting to plump out the center color square. The border is folded over that square and we used our machine to stitch it down, with whatever decorative stitch we desired; but I think I prefer the look of handwork. I thought it resembled crazy-quilt, that way. By the way, the border folds over and curves easily because it's on the bias. We zig-zagged the resulting squares together, then sewed yo-yo's over the points where the squares met. It's attractive but not the traditional method.