Sewing - Mini Quilt

I took part in a mini-quilt swap recently. I've had to wait to post until the recipient confirmed receipt of the quilt, but now she has it, here it is!

I used the cathedral windows ironing method.

What that means is that I made 25 large squares, fold the corners in to the centre, press, fold the corners again, press again, then sew together in strips.

I ordered a set of pre-cut squares to fill the windows with, in a rainbow pack. I then planned out the squares to progress in a pattern from red to violet, approximately.

Once this was ready, I hand sewed the windows themselves, including the edge windows which do not have anything in them. I also sewed the points together. Had I thought about it, I would have sewn the windows in such a way that I could have used the ends to sew the points together, but I didn't always do that, which meant more ends to weave in.

I'm pleased with the effect though, and my recipient likes it too, which is the most important part!