10 would make a lovely wee shoulder bag
Final part of this tutorial on making these wee blocks that look like Cathedral Window blocks.
Those fun wee blocks. I’m making mine in soft loose woven wool fabrics from Japan most are hand woven kasuri fabrics. Because they are a loose weave they are easy to stitch through when it comes to the quilting.
Remember these blocks are double thickness so we have 7 layers of fabric and one of wadding to quilt through; you need to use the push through and poke back up quilting stitch not a running quilting stitch you will just break your needles and the stitches will be to wide apart. I make around 7 or 8 stitches to the inch you can make them less but the more stitches you make the more 3D effect you get. I’m using a size 8 quilting needle and Americana 100% glazed cotton USA quilting thread, it is heavy but strong and after each stitch you can pull the thread tight to give you a deep stitch which gives you the 3D look of these blocks.
We are now ready to finish our wee blocks This was where we left off yesterday.
Last stage of making the wee blocks for my Cathedral Windows
Close up of the cross stitiches in centre to lock those points in to the centre
Close up of the first window just pined at this stage
You can pin the windows you are not quilting closed with some pins to help keep the block square. Now I have quilted the window opposite the first one by doing the opposite one it helps to keep the block square.
Finished block now to make another 50 !!!!!!
These are the blocks I have been making since last Wednesday and showing you how I make them, 4 completed and 4 in different stages of quilting. I have another 4 14 1/2 ” square sitting beside the sewing machine to make in to pockets then after making those up and quilting them I think I will have had a week of them and may be I will feel like doing some thing else????? I have so many WIP’s I can have a change in what I’m doing every week for a year LOL
These were a couple of quilts I made I for my son and his wife when they lived in Japan around 9 years ago using calico and cotton fabrics a double and single quilt hanging from the eve of their home way back then and these quilts have been washed and washed since then and still look as good. These are quilt as you go also but another constructed block. This is were it all started from.
Then there are Hexagon quilt as you go I wonder what happened to these? I have forgotten all about them!!!!!!
Back view ?????
Thanks for dropping in and I hope you could follow what I was trying to share with you.
Cheers Glenda
glenda_jean@bigpond.com
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