PART ONE ~ EASY Cathedral WIndows Pillow/Cushion Tutorial ~ PART ONE

5:20 ~ Tutorial
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[@donnawilliams7478]

I love the bright colors in this version

[@merrilynblackmore6962]

I love the 2 ruler method since I learned from you. Comes out so much better.

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

May seem a bit fiddly, but really assures a nice measurement!:) How are you Merrilyn?! Things a bit better up in your neck of the woods?!?!

[@suzyroy3360]

this is by far the most beautifull quilt i saw!! and i am going to try this pillow right now even if im a newbie :D!!!!!! thank you for sharing this!!!!! xxxxxx

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

You can do it Suzy! Slow and steady win the race! You will be thrilled:) THank you:)

[@williemaepearson4011]

Jean I love this. I'm mainline this year. I've been shopping 4 colorful materials in different designs I love bright colors thanks 4 sharing YOU'RE THE BEST

[@chrissyoldfield8566]

Thank you for this great tutorial! Your quilt is just stunning! 👏👏👏👏👍🏻

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

So pleased you liked it Chrissy:) Thank you:)

[@MyCraftingChannel1]

Taking a break today from sewing and binge-watching some of your videos I haven't watch. Love this quilt. Another one to add to my To-Do List! Have a great day, Nicole

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Aw thanks Nicole! :) This was a fun project:)

[@momgrandma5496]

Enjoying the simplified-construction tutorial, your quilt looked so beautiful at the quilt show, making a quilt with love is more important than perfection...at least in my book. Rule-breaking, fine by me.

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Certain rules are meant to be broken! And most certainly the ones that stress us out in JUST making a little quilt!! :) Thank you so much:)

[@mog-gyveroneill2500]

..why the heck aren't you in the movies? Your tutorials are informative, but so, so enjoyable, funny and adorable!! I bet there isn't a dull day in your house!!😍😀

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

LOL! I've missed my calling!! LOL! Glad you think so! :) Thank you! And yes, what exactly is a 'DULL DAY"? LOL!

[@jonathanjars]

You are so talented and make such beautiful things. Thank you for the wonderful tutorials.

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Thank you so much:)

[@DenisePoole-Closet-Crafts]

This is my first time on your channel. This cushion cover caught my eye and I thought wow that looks amazing. I clicked on to view your tutorial, it was great. Very good instructions and friendly. I'm off to find tutorial number two. Thank you very much for sharing this.😀

[@kathyreed4488]

I use a lot of muslin..in different projects...I like to work w it...thanks for tutorial. ..I want to make a quilt this winter like yrs dear!! You're awesome and I appreciate all you do Jean...don't change a thing...love ya girl!

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

I too like muslin...a good quality one, not the nubbly stuff! Thank you Kathy ~ you are very kind:)

[@kathyreed4488]

@@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory I just tell it like it is Jean...I like yr style...close to mine...keep up the great work!!

[@lucy7b]

Thank you for your step by step instructions.

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

You are most welcome:)

[@ATAW3RA]

You are inspiring ♥️ I love your creations

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Thank you:)

[@jacquieumberger3620]

My nephew got married in April and I am going to make this into a picnic quilt , using green print batiks for background, and jewels tones batiks for center and of course the muslin. Love this tutorial

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

What a lovely gift they will receive ~ and such pretty colors! All the best ~ twisting and turning to get those little circles correct! Thank you so much~

[@southerncaliforniastitchn1725]

Loved your video!

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Aw thank you:)

[@janetdiesnis456]

Excellent Jean. Very interesting.

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

THank you Janet:)

[@rosettagadson1762]

Thanks Jean. I'll have to wait til I can get some muslin, then I'm going to try to make a pillow sham

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Nice inexpensive muslin is the trick here!! :) THanks Rosetta:)

[@lesleygilbert1945]

So happy to see this video - I shall watch the other 2 after some sleep as it's almost 3am now! I made a cathedral window pin cushion a couple of years ago so I know I'm capable of sewing the 'turns'. Catch you again later :)

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Well then, you could make this pillow in a heartbeat!! LOL! It's those 'turns' that scare some people off:) Thanks Lesley:)

[@lesleygilbert1945]

@@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory Haha - couldn't remember the word 'curves' at the time, being so tired at 3am :) :)

[@claudettemonty4077]

Wow!! Very nice!

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Thank you very much Claudette:)

[@lindagunter8339]

It is very pretty.

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Thanks Linda;)

[@jacquieumberger3620]

Great Job.

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Thank you Jacquie:)

[@DorisO2106]

Beautiful, great tutorial, thanks.

[@emds698]

Hello Jean, very well explained, this part looks easy now let’s see how the other part is. Would love to do this now but thanks to you I’m doing a Halloween quilt from Villa Rosa Designs, thank for telling us about her patterns their great and easy to do.

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Hi Marisol! So pleased you love Villa Rosa...they have such pretty EASY patterns!

[@kimreed3088]

Love your music

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

THanks Kim:)

[@kimreed3088]

I like the way you did this better the the girls you recommended

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Thank you Kim! I appreciate that;)

[@sunseekerrs3087]

Jean, I appreciate so much that you take the time to do such a thorough step by step tutorial. Thank you! But really, all of your quilting videos are like that….very thorough and I always learn so many new tips from you! ❤ I really liked that you cut away the intersecting seam under the window to reduce the bulk. What a great idea! I am thinking of making this into a lap quilt for my niece. Since this pillow is 20” roughly, I thought of increasing the size to 40”-60” across and 60” down. So would I just keep adding squares across and then add the rows down? I think I remember you saying that’s how you did your big queen sized quilt (which is beautiful, by the way). Oh, and I meant to ask how long did it take you to make your queen sized quilt?

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Thanks so much! Yes, just keep adding squares! My quilt measures about 72 x 80 not quite a queen but I got tired and stopped!! LOL! But it is a good 'topper' on our queen guest bed:)

[@lorieblumeyer8895]

Vet (I love it

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Thank you Lorie:)

[@sagarikak9315]

Very nicely done,can we use cotton fabric completely

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Yes, all cotton would work the best:)

[@debrabentcliff9009]

Hello Jean, looking for a beginner hexagon table runner or easy pillow for beginners. Enjoy watching you and seeing your videos. Do you also have beginner tutorials?

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Thanks for watching my videos Debbie! Most of my tutorial I gear towards beginners however this pillow (my cathedral windows one), I made a video on how I actually put it together after I constructed the top. You don't need to have a complicated top or back to make a pretty pillow. If you follow the directions on that video, you will see how you can make an easy pillow just using two pretty fabrics for the front and back with the envelope style closure on the back. I have never made a hexagon runner...to my mind hexis' are NOT easy!! :)

[@cherten1]

Trying to get patterns from Angela Walters Midnight Quilter is impossible. Links are dead. It is also not on her website. Very disappointing.

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

I'm sorry about that ~ bummer, but I have no control over that. I know it WAS on her website ages ago. I don't know what happened.

[@brendabiffibaldovino8306]

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@holder8632]

Lovely as always....what if you just used the charm squares??? 5"

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

You could absolutely use the whole charm square ~ you would just have fewer blocks, the 'circle/turnings' on the front would be much larger and you would have to adjust the size of the 'picture' to fit the 'folded/on/diagonal/squares'. Thank you Donna:)

[@holder8632]

@@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory Thank you. I have enough charm squares to cover the state of North Carolina lol

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

That may JUST be enough!!!! :) LOL!

[@yvonnehardaway257]

Wow I cut my material the exact same way

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Two ruler method....seriously....The Best!! :) Great minds think alike!:)

[@lindagunter8339]

I wonder how those ladies in 1930's made quilts without rulers and rotary cutters.

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Makes you wonder, huh?!?! Wonderful inventions these:)

[@eholmes2011]

Hi Jean I know you're busy right now I just watched your October 29 video lol, I have a question for you if you don't mind. I absolutely love the mat you're using much better than my fiskars gray mat, what brand is it and where can I find one? Whenever you get a chance to answer me I don't expect it to be today. Thank you for your time.

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

It is a Martelli mat. They are a family based company out of Florida and have WONDERFUL things! Mats, cutters, templates, tables, etc. You won't be disappointed:)

[@eholmes2011]

Thank you so much!

[@leslieh1234]

Hi Jean. Love your tutorials. On the quilt you appear to have a unique binding. Do you have a tutorial for that?

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Thanks Leslie! The binding on my quilt is just my regular old binding! LOL! I do a 2 1/4" binding, stitched to the back, turned over to the front, machined down. If you look at my "Playlist" under 'Jean's Block Party 2018", you will see, towards the end, my binding of my finished quilt, and I show how I did it!

[@leslieh1234]

Binding sort of looks like a pillow binding. Guess it’s just the angle.

[@booomanchu]

Hi Jean! I think I'm going to try this with my enormous stash. Do you have the fabric requirements for the larger quilt you made?

[@jeantruelovetruelovequiltsfory]

Fabric requirements.....hmmmmmmm.......can we just say TONS AND TONS AND TONS!! LOL! Seriously...I bought 15 yards of white muslin (90 inches wide) for my white squares on my quilt....used it ALL!! And countless charm packs and scraps for the 'pictures'. I purchased about 15 ~ 2/3 yard pieces of the polka dot...used almost all (and added more dots from my stash). If you look up the TRADITIONAL muslin way of hand piecing a Cathedral Windows, you will see a full size quilt calls for 30 yards of muslin........not for the faint of heart!! :) But SOOOO effective when done:)