Cathedral Window, my first quilt

Today I sew my log cabin blocks. I chose the barn raising (the left one) by the way. Thanks for your comments on that! It's nice to do some patchwork again. I don't do it very often, but the result is always nice. I never was much of a crafter, until I got pregnant with our first son. Suddenly I felt the need to keep my hands busy. My mother is pro when it comes to quilting so I guess it's all about the chip and the old block. This was my first quilt. It's called a 'cathedral window', and on the picture right on the top, you can tell why. This is what it looks like when the light comes through. Origanally there were little bells on the bottom, but they didn't survive Casper's toddlerhood.

Cathedral window is a technique which combines origami and sewing. It's done all by hand, that is why I chose it for my first quilt; I didn't have a sewing machine back then. You can find a good tutorial over here (and way more beautiful examples of this technique. I used to be scared of color, apparently.)

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