My daughter was married last September and she made all her bridesmaids, candle lighter etc dresses and had her dress made by a very close friend. It was awesome!! Anyway now we have a LOT of leftover burgandy, hunter green and white satin since they bought a bolt of each. I was thinking that these would make a beautiful quilt, but not sure which pattern to use. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

Wow! I am sure others on the board can give you some cool ideas!

Are the burgandy and green solids ? What type of fabric is the green and burgandy ? There are so many patterns to choose from. Have you checked quilterscache.com?

they are all solid and all satin, all the same weight so they should sew well together, although they will slide!

Sounds like the start of a crazy quilt!

Ditter

Would you be able to do a bergello? I know it takes a zillion colors but the ones you have mentioned are vivid and the bergello (to me) is all about 'vivid' colors.

I agree, they would make a lovely crazy quilt!

if you get maybe a yard of a couple of different colors of satin then you can make a lovely quilt of many different colors. You could probably make a baby quilt ;-) hint hint to your lovely daughter. hehe. I would suggest not too fancy to be a wall hanging but maybe a wedding type of quilt for their bed? or even a spare bed?

what flowers did she use? Maybe you could find a satin with a print of the flower to make a 4th and that would inspire you.

Possibly use a different fabric for the backing so it will stay on the bed? Those colors are going to make a beautiful quilt :D:D:D

Have you ever looked at the Love Letters pattern? Since it was from her wedding I thought it might be appropriate - may even as gifts

http://quiltwoman.com/Love-Letters-Quilt-Pattern.aspx

Did she have a theme or anything that might help pick out a pattern ? Like my sons was butterflies ? trying to think of something that would be a really neat pattern :lol:

this is going to sound really odd, but with her being a western Kansas farm girl it worked. Her dress had a 12 foot train trimed with the hunter green and lace and beads (which i made with my embroidery machine). The groomsmen wore western tux jackets with black wranglers and cowboy boots. Even the bride wore cowboy boots. Not sure what theme you would go with there! Royal Princess or cowgirl.

Sounds like a beautiful wedding!

I'd definitely go with a crazy quilt, but as amma posted a different fabric on the back so it doesn't slide off the bed!

I love those colors. I'd look at some Amish quilt patterns-the large diamond comes to mind when I picture those colors together; or the Roman stripe pattern. JMHO!

First, is it washable? You may need to iron it onto some stablizer too.

CRAZY QUILT BLOCKS!!!!

If you have a sewing machine with decorative stitches, the satins would make a beautiful crazy quilt. Use the decorative stitches and beautiful metallic threads.

Whatever you do, use stabelizer on these fabrics or you will go mad. Preferably, the iron on type. Good luck-sound like a wonderful project. Don't forget to share with pictures.

This love letters pattern is darling. It's very different.

Maybe a wedding ring quilt for their anniversy

How about using the Prairie Queen block. Fairly simple, could be made in any size.
http://www.quilterscache.com/P/PrairieQueenBlock.html
is one example with instructions.

Have fun,
Pati, in Phx

You could put a lightweight fusible stabilizer on the back of the satin before cutting the block pieces. I think that would make piecing it much easier.

1) What are the satins like? Washable? What weight?

2) How about pillowcaes?

3) Satins I've worked with tend to ravel a LOT. I'd be very worried about the seams fraying in a quilt.

Maybe a simple star pattern, a hunter's star? I think it would make a great anniversary present for them and oh yes, a different fabric for the backing. Satin slides all over. Good luck and be sure to post a pic when your done please!

A fan quilt, pinwheel, railfence, or crazy quilt. They would also make nice pillows with decorative stitching.

Satin? A beautiful crazy quilt with mmuch emboidery would be wonderful. Embroidery the guest manes, wedding date, wedding party etc. Make it a wedding gift.
Happy quilting!

I vote for a crazy quilt. YOu cold use decorative stitches in fancy thread on each seam and solve the raveling problem. A back of flannel etc. would solve the sliding off the bed problem. It is quite possible that the satin is washable. Good luck and be sure and post pictures.

What about a bed runner? These seem to be very popular right now as the last few hotels and condos I've stayed in have them at the foot of the bed. I've even seen books with patterns in them, but the ones I've seen are about 30 inches wide and hang down the sides about a foot so you could use your own ideas - squares, stripes, etc. to design one. The condo I'm in now has the silky fabric on both sides but you could use something else on the back to save on the nice fabric. This one has braid around the edges for a more tailored look, but again you could try something else. I've been attracted to bed runners as they really dress up a bed but are easier to fold and toss on a chair at night when you want to crawl in as compared to a throw and a million pillows!

Crazy quilt for sure :)

I think a crazy quilt would be perfect and call it "The Wedding Stash Quilt".

Good Luck!
Be sure a send photos!
sss

I would vote for a crazy quilt with fancy stitches but I also like the Prairie Queen pattern a lot. I have worked with satins and I don't envy you the job. good luck. I think a stabilizer is a good idea

A crazy quilt sounds great maybe you could swap with some of the others for different colors or you could make doll dress from the fabric for all of the women in the wedding like a wedding party of barbies. Something on that order it would also be great for a grandaughter some day :-D

Since it was a western theme and you have an embroidery machine, you should check out emblibrary.com. They have the nicest embroidered western boots and hats patterns.

Margie

What about the Latte Quilt. It is beautiful in satin. If you iron on the fusible batting to the silk it is very easy to sew and the satin won't fray. When you finish your quilt you only need to back it.

I was asked to make a DWR wall hanging for a lady who had all the leftover fabric from her daughter's wedding. The majority of the fabrics were slinky or wispy, AWFUL to sew! It took me 3 tries to finally hit on the idea to iron the pieces to freezer paper before sewing together. Then I got to pick out the paper with tweezers before appliqueing the rings to the backing, but it came out awesome!

those fabrics wouldn't be any trouble on a puff patch or biscuit quilt

http://www.quiltsbycindy.com/weddingdress.htm go to this site many ideas quilts made from wedding dresses

It sounds like you have the colors for a Christmas gift making extravaganza.