Originally Posted by Meetingtogo
Calling all romantics!
First of all I do not sew or quilt BUT I would like to make a wedding dress for my future daughter-in-law. I was thinking that I could cut up my wedding dress and my mother-in-law's dress to form a quilt design for the skirt.
I need a pattern between 12 to 16 inches for the square but simple. In my research, I found the double wedding ring, the dresden plate, and the winding path.
Anyone with ideas on other patterns that we might try? Since quilts are so colorful, I have to work with different materials to create this dress instead; that makes it harder to find a pattern.
All ideas welcome!
I hate to throw water on your vision but seriously if you don't even quilt why the quilt blocks? If you've never made a quilt block out of cotton that behaves how do you expect to make them out of satin that doesn't behave.
If you've never sewn do you really think you can start off making a wedding dress and have it turn out gorgeous? Satin is difficult to work with. All but the simplest of wedding dresses are pretty much expert projects. I know a couple of seamstresses and the projects they hate more than anything else are custom wedding dresses.
How are you going to feel after you cut up two vintage dresses and end up with something she may not want to wear at all?
Here's something else to seriously consider, she may resent you for years and years if she feels obligated to wear something she hates.
A wedding dress is more than "just a dress."