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| The Double Wedding Ring Quilt I made for my cousin Christa and her now husband, James. |
Seems like I haven't been making a lot of stuff lately and that's because my creative life was completely dominated for the last two months by one single project:
the Double Wedding Ring Quilt. I started this months ago, but even so, I brought it right down to the wire. It had a due date of the Saturday before July 3rd (aka, the wedding date). I took the last stitch late in the day on that Friday.
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| A close-up so you can see some of the detail. |
This quilt was machine pieced and machine quilted. My friend Denise offered to let me quilt it using her big quilting frame and, boy, am I glad that I took her up on that! It made my life so much easier! The quilting turned out to be beautiful.
There are thousands of pieces in a double wedding ring quilt. I helped to work in an organized, planned fashion. I honestly don't know how you could do it any other way.
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| The "A" pieces ready to be sewn into arcs |
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| Piles of arcs ready to be pressed. |
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| The "melon" pieces piled on top of the centers. |
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| This old enamel pan is what I used to keep all the little pieces and the templates organized while I worked. |
I'm pleased to report that the bride and groom loved their quilt. I hope it is with them over many, many years of wedded happiness! Congratulations Christa and James!
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3 comments:
What a beautiful gift! A quilt is a wonderful wedding gift. It's something that will last a long time, the thing we hope for their marriage. It has darks and lights, just like life with another person. It has a wide range of different prints, just like the challenges they will meet. I think there is lots of symbolismm in a quilt. I always think of Double Wedding Ring as the absolute wedding gift. I've never made one... but I am still alive, so there might be time yet. Thanks for sharing yours. It is gorgeous!
Sarah - this is beautiful. Such amazing work; I'm stressed out just thinking about all those pieces and all the TIME it must've taken! :)
-Sara
Exquisite work, my dear. If I may ask, how many hours did you have in the making of this masterpiece?
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