I did a quilt for my brother and sister-in-laws wedding last year. She picked out the fabric front and I made the quilt. I had it quilted and used a light color fabric on the back. She wanted people to sign the back. Sounds like you want the signatures on the front. The quilter used a larger circle/swirly design so people could follow the swirls with well wishes. I did it for my daughters wedding asking all the guests to send me a 12x12 square with their own design and name on it. Don't do that! Mistake! Got the squares back, all different sizes and not squared. But, when you don't sew, you don't realize this. For my sons wedding quilt I gave the squares out and if they wanted I would do their designs for them. My brothers was the easiest to do. I used a pattern called Lickety Split.