Cathedral Windows

I've been obsessed with cathedral windows quilts since I started quilting.  The texture, the beautiful curved diamond windows...I just can't get enough!

So, when I learned that my friend Jen wanted a cathedral window quilt, I offered to make her one.  I can't remember exactly how it all went, but I know we talked about what it would look like, the background color (Kona ash, I think?), and she cut and sent all the squares to go into the "windows".

This is a king size quilt and it's MASSIVE!  I didn't even wash it before sending it to her because it wouldn't fit into our washing machine.

I made this quilt the traditional way, which included sewing lots of huge fabric squares into pockets, turning them right-side out, ironing, folding, sewing again, adding the window fabric and sewing down the curves.  

It was a huge undertaking and I'm SO proud of this quilt!  Usually I start and stop a quilt a bunch of times over a few years before rallying and finishing it all in a frenzy.  But this quilt, once I started, I knew that I'd never finish it if I took a break.  I'm so grateful that I got the chance to make this quilt, I feel it's one of my highest quilting achievements!