Originally Posted by MarthaT

I just finished a signature quilt from my daughter's wedding. I pieced the blocks from scraps of things I had made for her throughout her growing up years. We used muslin for the signing area. I prewashed it so it would take the ink well. We used micron pens with freezer paper ironed to the back of the muslin area. It worked great. We just scattered the pieced blocks over a table in the foyer of the reception area for guests to sign as they came to the reception. Since there were a variety of prints, the guests picked something they liked. I ironed all the signatures to set the ink. Later I pieced them into a quilt. Several things I would have done differently...1. I should have told my niece who was in charge of the table to have each person sign a block. (I think some husbands didn't want to sign, so the wife did theirs together.) Several had the whole family on one block. So I had lots of unsigned blocks that could have been signed if we would have pushed for one block per person. 2. I should have marked the signature area with a washout marker. There were a few signatures that got very close or into the seam area. Especially on one that wrote a sweet note to the bride and groom.