Ideas for wedding quilts other than signing and double ring
#22
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I like to check their wedding registry for colors and then make a lap quilt based on those colors and the design on the interests they have. For one couple that choose several of the bright colors of FiestaWare for dishes representing Africa where they met in the Peace Corp, I choose an improv pieced lap quilt with those colors and a neutral. Made it large enough for lap quilt or large table topper or wallhanging--figured they could do what they wished. For another that lived on West Coast near beach and met at the beach, I made a landscape type quilt with batiks representing beach, water, skyline with gradually setting sun. Since the groom's Mom said they basically had no color in their house due to hand-me-down furniture, I went with colors true to beach.
#23
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I haven't made a quilt for a wedding myself but the lady that owns one of the quilt shops I usually go to was chatting about this one time when I went in. She says that she likes to make a Christmas quilt for the the couple getting married. This way, they don't get tired of it because it's only out for a short time each year.
#24
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I made the quilt "From this Moment On" for a dear couple in 2013. Their colors were shades of blue I love how it turned out and so did the bride and groom. I made the silhouette in black and embroidered their names and date.
#25
A Christmas quilt is a great idea.
I did a white work as a wedding gift that was very well-received. Their are some nice ones out there that are already stamped on the fabric now.
I think a log cabin is always popular because non-quilting people see it as an easily recognized pattern.
If you do their "colours" be sure you know what their colours really are. Their idea of "purple" might be totally different from your idea of "purple". (Ask me how I know.)
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I did a white work as a wedding gift that was very well-received. Their are some nice ones out there that are already stamped on the fabric now.
I think a log cabin is always popular because non-quilting people see it as an easily recognized pattern.
If you do their "colours" be sure you know what their colours really are. Their idea of "purple" might be totally different from your idea of "purple". (Ask me how I know.)
Watson
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My advice is any pattern you love to make. But don't ask what their "colors" are or themes. I made that mistake once and ended up with a really weird color combination that they quickly grew out of and wanted another quilt. The best advice I have heard after that was to make a neutral color quilt. Many couples start with a king size bed which is a huge quilt. Think about a throw size. You will be glad you did. Young couples change styles often.
#30
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My cousin indicated they'd much rather have a couple of lap size quilts (his and hers) for watching TV during the cold winters in Indiana, as a wedding gift. So I made each of them a generous sized lap quilt in their family room colors (gray and white). I used a simple triple rail pattern for each. They were a big hit. And I made their dog his own TV quilt with the scraps!
Now whether or not I can manage to complete two quilts … happy 10th anniversary kids!
Thanks to everyone who posted! I have no idea what I’m going to do, but now it’s because I have to sort through all the ideas, whereas before it was because I didn’t have any good ideas, putting me in a much better spot now. I’m leaning towards two quilts in the same colors either in different patterns or arranged differently, but until I find the fabrics, things tend to change as I go (because I can’t find that perfect green and then think maybe purple would work if I used yellow instead of brown, but then I’d have to change the gold to something else, and you’d think the black would look good, but it needs to be a brown black, not a blue black … and it goes on and on).
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