Tag: Batiks

The Salty Quilter - Modern Wedding Ring - Presenting the finished quilt

Modern Wedding Ring

General Info

Start Date  Aug 11, 2013
Finish Date  Mar 23, 2014
Status  Finished
Size  92″ square
Pattern Modern Wedding Ring from McCalls Quick Quilts Magazine 2010 December issue
What it’s for  Gift for my sister’s wedding
Batting  Cotton

Quilt Top Notes/Techniques

Used a mix of batiks from Hancock’s fabrics.

Grandma Mary Jean pieced the blocks, I added the borders and quilted it.

Quilting Notes/Techniques

Used Harriet Hargrave’s clover heart template for the blocks. Continuous curves in the rings. Feather spiral in the border.

Progress Pictures

The Salty Quilter - Modern Wedding Ring - Presenting the finished quilt

Presenting the finished quilt at the wedding.

The Salty Quilter - Modern Wedding Ring - blocking The Salty Quilter - Modern Wedding Ring - Feather border The Salty Quilter - Modern Wedding Ring - quilting in the blocks

The Salty Quilter - Modern Wedding Ring - Marking the quilting

I used a plastic template and a net template for the different sized motifs.

The Salty Quilter - Modern Wedding Ring - Quilt top centre The Salty Quilter - Modern Wedding Ring - Label