Beginner Double Wedding Ring Quilt Pattern

This is an example of a true scrap quilt as scraps from other projects can be used in the wedding ring design.

Beginner double wedding ring quilt pattern.

The double wedding ring quilt has always been a popular. It was a queen size whole cloth quilt. By sewing the dark ended arcs to the top and bottom of the blocks and the light ended arcs to the two sides of the block each of the four patches created has two light and two dark squares opposite each other. The double wedding ring quilt pattern is one of the most timeless quilt patterns but you don t have to make a full size quilt to display this lovely motif in your home.

Quot its hard to believe i designed the original double ring wedding quilt almost 20 years ago for my brother and sister in laws 50th wedding anniversary. Wedding ring quilt patterns the circular shapes in this quilt look like a wedding ring making this quilt a very romantic quilt. A history of romance double wedding ring basics free spirit double wedding ring instructions historical information about double wedding ring quilts images for double wedding rings mountain mist advertisement vintage double wedding ring pattern. As you see by the picture i am using a slew of fabric s.

Here is a close up of the four patch block that is created when sewing together the double wedding ring blocks. This is not a quilt for a beginner or the faint of heart. Advanced finished quilt size. For years grandmothers mothers and friends have made double wedding ring quilts for wedding presents.

The photo at right shows an example of a double wedding ring quilt from the family collection of nancy ferguson shown in mccall s quilting vintage quilts annual 1999 2000 issue. Make the wedding ring motif wall hanging as a vintage inspired quilt wall display. When seams and scissors editor asked me for a wedding quilt i decreased the size down to 14 1 2 to be more usable for quilters. The first published double wedding ring quilt pattern was published in the 1920 s.

Now it is the double ring wedding quilt block that is versatile enough. This is a scrappy double wedding ring quilt. I laid mine out where no two same pattern colored fabric were together so it stays scrappy and random. Free double wedding ring quilt patterns.

I first lay out my fabrics that i want to use. One of the signature patterns of the great depression the double wedding ring quilt has been a traditional wedding gift for couples since it s creation. It makes a beautiful quilt for a multitude of uses. Of course this beautiful block is not only for weddings.

69 x 84 whether you make this beauty as a gift or for yourself once finished it will surely become a family heirloom.