Originally Posted by havinfun

Hello Quilting Friends

Thank you all so very much for making me feel so welcome and all your help and suggestions so far. I look forward to taking on this task that I am about to attempt and learn from each one of you all.

Well I was asked do I have the book and template? As crazy as this is gonna sound...No I do not have either one of them. I am going on watching the video on Kay Woods site and all that I have learned just from reading. I am making my own arc...which I think I have almost figured out. I have watched the video over and over again and measured and cut and measured and cut some more. (smile) I realize just from what I have read so far that the double wedding ring quilt is one of the hardest quilts to make and I most certaintly have a big challenge ahead of me...but I am determind to figure it out. The double wedding ring quilt is the one my daughter has always loved, every time she sees one she will tell me how much she would love to have one. My daughter is not one to ask for anything so it means the world to me to be able to do this for her. I don't plan on actually starting the quilt until after Christmas. Christmas is when I will be getting my material for the fabric and hopefully a sewing machine as well. In the mean time I plan on learning and doing it all by hand, even the quilting part of it. I have recently just learned how to do the quilting stitch by hand and I may end up doing all the quilting by hand because by Christmas I plan on having that down as well. We may not have a sheet or pillow case left in the house by the time I actually get my fabric for the quilt, but I will have it figured out. (smile)

It was mentioned earlier that it takes alot of material to do the quilt with the Rings that bind method...I was able to see how much material it takes. On amazon they sell the book and you are able to take a peek inside and one of the pages they show is the amount of fabric needed for each size quilt...Which by the way, I plan on making a queen size quilt. It does take alot of fabric but I figure if I can get it on sale it will be do-able.

I know alot of you probably think I am crazy and that this will never happen for me...but I am determined and I do believe I can do this.

When I get my arc figured out and I complete the first circle I will post a picture of it. I've been working on the arc for a couple of weeks now and I think I almost got it figured out. I just cut out my pieces again and will try and piece them together in the next few days...hopefully all will go well.

You all take care and again I want to Thank you so much for your suggestions and help and most importantly for making me feel so Welcome even though I must sound like I have lost my mind for attempting such a quilt in the way that I am.

Have a wonderful day...