You might recall that Buzz and I are off to the British Juggling Convention in Nottingham this weekend. I have some Phillipa Turnbull Crewel Embroidery to take with me. (BTW, I went to a 2 day workshop of Phillipa’s, and it was AWESOME!! And her kits are THE BEST you can buy on this planet.)
But I am afraid I will get bored doing one embroidery all weekend, so yesterday I thought: ‘Why not do a Cathedral Windows pillow, and then I can switch back and forth?’
I used Angela’s Cathedral Windows tutorial from Moda Bake Shop and got to town making 9 white squares.
Then I made an egregious choice in ‘window’ fabric, and spend the evening ripping all the stitches out. Sigh.
But today I went to Green Hill Quilt Shop in Romsey (Did you know David Cameron is in Romsey today? I waited for 10 minutes to see him but got bored. He sucks.) and picked up these:
So now all I have to do before we go is put the marbled blue windows in and cut the prints into smaller squares to add them as I go.
Since I’ll be opening the windows by hand and not machine, I looked around for other Cathedral Windows tutorials. Here are some really good ones:
- Hyena In Petticoats
- Warm In The North
- Making Ends Meet – this one shows how to make the squares by machine too
© J C Excell, 2011
Thanks for these links – I've never attempted cathedral windows before, so they're bookmarked for a 'rainy' day! 🙂
I just checked the links out as I didn't know what cathedral windows were. They look fantastic! Looking forward to seeing the end result. And the embroidery too of course! Have fun at the juggling convention! 🙂 x
Just checked out the Moda link. Thanks for sharing. Looks scary….think I can do it??
how adventurous you are! and I love the white and blues together, so crisp. Good luck and can't to see the progress on this one.
I love the fabric choices! Beautiful! Cathedral windows are gorgeous but WAY OVER my skill level… I can't wait to see what you create! 🙂