Cathedral Pillow Present

By Judy -
 
I finally tried my hand at making a Cathedral Window Pillow. I've wanted to make my mom something for a long time and with Christmas right around the corner it was the best time to do it. I followed along with this tutorial from Moda Bake Shop by Angela Nash of My Three Sons. The only thing I didn't do was the binding. To be honest I've never done binding before and I didn't want to add to my stress level of getting this pillow done. (The first two pictures are from my phone.)


As you can see from the picture above I went with the "Lake View" pillow.

 
The hardest part and most time consuming is all the folding of the fabric. Since this was my first try at making such a time consuming project on such short notice my corners certainly are not as precise as they should be.

 
I looked all over Flickr to see what I could do about all the corners of the blocks. Some corners looked pretty good (not perfect) and some I could see right through to the other side of the piece which wasn't good. I thought of making yo-yo's, using regular buttons, folding fabric (again) to cover all those points but making fabric covered buttons won out.
 
 
There are nine fabric covered buttons (another craft I have never done) and half way through making them I changed colors. I was going to make them dark blue but that just took away from all the work that I had done. I didn't want anyone to look at the pillow and only see the buttons so white won out. Since I only bought what I needed taking the ones apart that I had already done was quite a challenge. 
 
 
I love this pillow! I should have taken a picture with my mom and the pillow but of course I didn't think of it then. I will definitely be making this pillow again and conquering my fear of binding!
 
In other exciting news our Christmas was fantastic. I was surprised with a Silhouette Cameo from my husband and I can't wait to start being creative with it.
 
Hope everyone has the healthiest of New Year's! We're celebrating with neighbors and I'm looking forward to saying good-by to 2012!
 
 
Have a Great Day!

 
 

Comments

  1. Needled MomDecember 27, 2012 at 9:37 AM

    I think it looks wonderful and I love the buttons. The colors are gorgeous. I did a pillow a few years ago in a QAL and it is still one of my favorites. Someday I would like to make a whole quilt in Cathedral Windows.

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  2. BillieBee (billiemick)December 27, 2012 at 10:46 PM

    Just love this pillow. It would look wonderful in my house......grin.

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  3. Celtic ThistleDecember 28, 2012 at 9:05 AM

    Your pillow is just lovely Judy! Your mum must have been thrilled with it.

    I treated myself to a Big Shot die-cutter so shall be watching what you do with the Cameo with interest :)

    Have a great New Year.

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  4. Mama PeaJanuary 26, 2013 at 8:42 AM

    I have not yet done a cathedral window, but I did do secret garden, which is a variation on it. I LOVE this pillow! I think your buttons are fantastic and add such a nice design element. Wow. I would love to receive this!

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