Originally Posted by
Lisa_wanna_b_quilter
As ckcowl said, make sure to mark the seam allowances prominently. There have been many posts on here about shower quilts that have gone awry due to people writing in the seam allowances.
Ugh! I agree! I mistakenly did this at a wedding once and made note of it in front of others signing squares of fabrics. They questioned why I was upset and muttering in whispers to myself (these are all non-sewing relatives). I told them being a quilter I should have thought of staying within a boundary BEFORE I started rambling my heartfelt message to the bride and groom on a small piece of fabric, knowing it was going into an heirloom memory. We used fine line Sharpies, but I believe it was going to be a wall-hanging, not a quilt.