Thursday, May 21, 2015

A Wedding Quilt

It has been quite some time since I blogged -- months & months, actually. So many life changes have happened, I'm actually unsure as to where to start. Let's start with the big stuff first, I'M GETTING MARRIED. This past Christmas Eve, Brandon proposed in my parent's backyard under our favorite apple tree. The entire thing was perfection! My dad, mom, and sister all helped with the decorations and I couldn't be more grateful for the pictures my sister snapped while the actual proposal happened. They will be treasured for years to come!

We will be getting married this fall in our hometown in Northeast Iowa -- just a little less than five months away. With the big day fast approaching, there's been all sorts of fun wedding plans in the works and a wedding quilt, of course! I've wanted to make a traditional double wedding ring quilt for quite sometime. It seems like a "right of passage" quilt -- if I can take on the Double Wedding Ring (and live to talk about it!), I can take on any quilt. Right?!

All of the fabrics I chose were pulled from my stash (which is officially out of control, but that's for another post & another day). About 95% of the fabrics I'm using come from previous Denyse Schmidt collections, I'd call it a happy accident -- although it seems that our wedding colors are fitting in perfectly with Chicopee. Which also happens to be my favorite Denyse Schmidt collection. A girl likes what a girl likes, I suppose!








I'm using the FREE Double Wedding Ring pattern & paper piece templates from Free Spirit and so far, so good! I really like using the paper piece method to create the arches used in each of the double wedding ring blocks, it makes for perfect piecing every time. So far I'm about half way through sewing the arches and loving every minute of it. I have learned a few little tricks along they way, but that'll have to wait for another day. 

Have any of you made the double wedding ring pattern? I'd love any tips & tricks you'd be willing to pass along. Leave a comment below or feel free to send a note via e-mail (megan AT canoeridgecreations DOT com). 

Happy Sewing!
xo, Megan
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13 comments:

  1. TracyMay 21, 2015 at 11:08 AM

    Congratulations and the very very best to you! Your quilt will be beautiful!

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  2. MarianneMay 21, 2015 at 11:16 AM

    NO WAY!! I was just bringing up Pinterest to do a search for paper piecing a double wedding ring quilt and looked in my blog reader and POOF....there is your post for EXACTLY what I needed!! Awesome! Congratulations on your engagement and wedding. I don't have any tips or tricks for the quilt but I will say.....ENJOY EVERY MINUTE OF WEDDING PREPARATION, do the best you can and then on that day, just let it all go and have a fabulous day!! You cannot begin to control things on that beautiful day so roll with it and have a blast!! I still relish the joys and pleasures of the whole day and even with glitches it is a blessed day forever in my mind!! Oh, and thanks for the quilt pattern!!

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  3. Lorna McMahonMay 21, 2015 at 11:52 AM

    Congratulations Megan and Brandon! May your marriage, your new life together, and your Double Wedding Ring be blessed!

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  4. Sew Stitching CuteMay 21, 2015 at 12:52 PM

    Super huge congratulations again to you and Brandon! Exciting times! The quilt is also looking gorgeous and coming along smoothly it appears! Can't wait to see it finished!

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  5. Scarlett BurroughsMay 21, 2015 at 1:13 PM

    So happy for you Megan. I've followed your blog for a long time, and often share your posts with readers at Craft Gossip. I did today,
    http://quilting.craftgossip.com/wedding-plans-include-a-quilt/2015/05/21/

    Thanks so much for sharing the paper pieced pattern.
    Warmly,
    Scarlett Burroughs
    Quilting Editor, Craft Gossip
    http://quilting.craftgossip.com/

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  6. beth May 21, 2015 at 1:54 PM

    congratulations!!! what a gift to have those images of the proposal!! and this quilt is KILLER!!! i love it!!

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  7. magistraMay 21, 2015 at 2:51 PM

    Congratulations!!! Woot, woot!! I love your engagement story and I love that you have pictures! Your wedding quilt looks like pure perfection :) of course, I'm a Denyse Schmidt fan, too, so I can't imagine anything more perfect than your beautiful quilt. I'm so glad you decided to blog a bit about it! Just blog when you want to so that it's a fun embellishment to your life, not a dragging duty :)

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  8. Lucy | Charm About YouMay 21, 2015 at 4:50 PM

    Congratulations!! The garden looks so beautifully decorated and what gorgeous pictures! Those fabrics are so well suited to the pattern, it'll be stunning :)

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  9. AnnaMay 21, 2015 at 6:50 PM

    Congrats to you guys! Happy wedding planning and quilt making!!!! :) Great to have your post pop up in my feed.

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  10. EmileeHopeMay 21, 2015 at 8:37 PM

    Congrats! Loving the quilt so far!

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  11. MarieMay 22, 2015 at 7:43 PM

    Congratulations! Love the proposal pix .... (and the quilt is pretty special too!)

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  12. Kathy@KayakQuiltingMay 31, 2015 at 7:33 PM

    Congratulations! Spectacular engagement pictures! So special! Your wedding ring quilt is going to be gorgeous. I am intrigued with paper piecing as an option.

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  13. SpicecatJune 15, 2015 at 8:11 PM

    Congratulations, that is a great picture!! Love the quilt.

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