I thought I was doing really good. Â I thought I had it almost finished. Â I thought I could check this quilt top off my list…but then as I was heading down the home stretch I discovered that I need to do a little “un”sewing. Â UGH.
I am on the last row and that’s where I am stuck. Â I was so close to being finished. Â I had spent an hour last night working on the blocks for the last row but in my hurry I sewed the melons onto the wrong side.
I am still excited and I’m not going to let that get me down. Â I am so close..I can do this.
When they asked for these colors, I wasn’t too sure. Â It’s so different from traditional double wedding ring quilts. Â I love it now.
I showed it to Hubby and asked what he thought. Â He said, “I’ve always liked that pattern. Â I’ve always wondered why you didn’t make one before.” Â Oh boy, that sounds like I might be making another of these. Â Honestly it’s not that hard and the hype about them being hard is way overdone. Â I can say that the pinning is what drives me crazy. Â It’s pinning, pinning and more pinning. Â There is nothing fast about making it either…again, it’s the pinning.
I am getting so close…this quilt top is getting finished!!
The colors on this quit are beautiful and so is your work. I have never tackled one because of the difficulty. I was going to make one for my dd’s wedding but with time constraints, wasn’t able to. Maybe I will later, seeing that yours is turning out beautifully! And so quickly too!
Cheering you on to victory!
Lovely! I love the color combination that you chose. What pattern did you use? I tried one a few years ago but the melons would not line up with the other stuff, so I trashed it.
Kristie
Oh my goodness! I love your quilt Jo. I’ve always been afraid to do that one but I might be willing to give it a shot.
I loved the color combination from the beginning and couldn’t wait to see some rows pieced. It’s so striking, sort of contemporary country in a way. I’ve admired the wedding rings for years but didn’t think about piecing one but seeing yours and reading your progress has made me rethink that.
I always have to rip if I rush. The quilt will be beautiful, though, and I think you will finish it in time to submit it to the double wedding ring challenge.
http://bumblebeansinc.blogspot.com/2013/07/double-wedding-ring-challenge.html
You are an amazing soon-to-be mother-in-law! This is a beautiful quilt and only quilters can understand the pains you took to make it so!
Tricia
i know what you mean about thinking you were almost done…i made blocks for a pinwheel quilt and miscalculated how many i would need. i thought it was too good to be true that i had them all done, and it was… i only had half of the blocks done! oh well, not a big deal.
someday i’ll get brave enough to make a wedding ring quilt. i’m going to have to go back through old blog posts and see what method and tools you used to cut your pieces.
You inspire me Jo. I bought templates for a double wedding ring quilt years ago and haven’t mustered up the courage to try it. Your quilt is beautiful and you are getting it done so quickly, I might just give it a try.
Whenever I’ve watched marathons, it’s always those last few miles that the runners seem to have to PUSH to get through to the finish. I find quilts to be the same way. You’re almost there, just keep going you’ll be looking back at a finish in no time!
I just finished one of these in black and white in December. It belongs to my son now. I used some white tiny dots on black and some a little larger and some small black and white plaids. I used a pattern that strip pieced the arcs and cut them in one piece. The centers of the melons and rings is a white on white. I hand quilted it and bound it with a black and white stripe. A friend has just finished one in beautiful greens and golds in very modern fabrics. I love yours and love seeing the pattern with different fabrics.