Cathedral Window

Kate/Life in Pieces recently blogged about her first experience with the Cathedral Window block.  And that got me thinking about the Cathedral Window quilt my mother (a/k/a The Momma) made for me in 1975.

If I remember correctly, the last bits of it were completed in South Africa while my folks were visiting a brother who was living there at the time.  It must have taken most of the year to make as it is queen size (80" x 104") with 475 "windows."  I don't have any place to photograph the entire quilt; here's a bit of it:

The miscellaneous scraps are all from garments she made for me throughout the years  This little pink print is from an early baby dress.

There are several other small prints that were probably baby dresses and one that was an Easter dress.  Some of my favorites are these crazy characters that I think were probably shorts outfits.

I found a good U-tube video tutorial for making the block(s).  I don't know if the dimensions are the same that The Momma used, but the technique seems to be the same with one exception.  She let her stitches go all the way through the back which is essentially the "quilting."

I recently came across this photograph from the local paper of The Momma showing my niece how it's done.