What I for my wedding had planned on doing is to take this wall hanging wedding themed quilt my hubbys grandma made for our wedding with our names on it and on the back we planned on having people sign or write messages but it would have been too small for the size of wedding we had. it was a small wall hanging of probably 30" at most square. if we had a smaller wedding I definitely would have done this. I also second the idea of making the quilt up before hand and then having people write their messages or sign for the couple. this is the best way to do it. and the simplest. and I would just have a top made up and not have it quilted yet. especially if you are like me and love starch. I would also suggest getting the finest tipped sharpie marker you can get. those work the best. I have used them on fabric for my kids to color the picture in. my dd got a hold of a regular sharpie and it bled really bad in the fabric. this is just my two cents of course.