There are lots of signature quilt block designs on the net. Just do a browse. I like to keep mine simple. The most colorful one was in a coin quilt type format with signatures every other coin. I used bright batiks for the colored fabric, not the signatures, quilted it with different threads including metallic, and it was gorgeous.
Having made some I have the following recommendations from the easiest and best of them I have made:
- make sure your fabric is prewashed and ironed without anything like a spray or such
- have several templates available in which to put the prepared material so that guests sign only on the available space. I used file folders cut down to size and with a window opening for the signature. I also had marked with a sharpie a baseline that would show through to help guests keep their signatures on line. Trust me on this as many would otherwise have their signatures in the seam lines or beyond. It the floder and the fabric are the same size it seems to work best.
- have several pigma micron pens available.
- it also helps if you have a few volunteers to assist with the process to keep things flowing evenly and the pens from walking.
Make it fun and add the bridal colors for the rest of the quilt.