Thanks Jennifer23! It was a surprise for sure! One I should have thought of tho, as I have shopped a lot in the US for fabric!

So, I've spent the last week making arcs, and ovals and middle pieces. I haven't joined anything yet. I think I might wait until I have them all done before I sew anything together so I can move the middle pieces around.

I have five different "creams" and six different blacks for the middle, so I will be "mixing" those up throughout the quilt.

I also just realized that I need to do "opposite" ends of the arcs with blacks ... I can't do them all the same, so I have to keep that in mind when I make the next batch!

Am I ever glad that I've done the double wedding ring quilt before so I can understand what I am trying to do, since I am not using any of the colours from the pattern!

Here's what I have so far

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That is going to be gorgeous!

Cari

Love how you're keeping the darker fabrics mostly to one end of the arcs.
Will look fabulous when finished.

That is going to be one gorgeous quilt! Can't wait to see the finished project!

Looks like you are off to a great start. I'll be watching your progress too. Those are some beautiful fabric choices.

Your quilt so far, is stunning, and I to have subscribed to your thread to stay in touch with your progress. I have not made the quilted version of the Double wedding ring, but I did crochet it for my DIL. and believe me it was a ONE TIME Afghan. lol. But I have the acrylic templates to under take the DWR quilt. Good luck with your amazing quilt.

Update .... 97 "ovals" (or section M) completed!

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Absolutely GORGEOUS colors and fabrics!

I have one going in process now and it's going to take me forever to do. I put it aside to work on something else, but you have inspired me again to work on it and get it done.

Thanks for posting progress... I can't wait to see how yours progresses. Awesome!

Beautiful! I have been collecting batiks for this pattern for a while. Now that you are tackling it, I'm going to follow your progress. I might start mine too, now. :)
Marcia

Wow! That is going to be gorgeous! I can't wait to see your finished quilt!
I started a DWR a couple of weeks ago and haven't gotten very far yet, with family and life always on the go.

OK here are 100 of half of the middles. I still need to make another 100 of the "dark" blacks

And then finish my arcs LOL - that will take me forever!


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Great color choices! Love how they stand out

Love your fabrics,but be sure to check for color fastness.

Looking good!

I'm a subscriber, too. Your colors are great. I think your finished quilt will be outstanding. I bought a JN pattern recently. I will watch your project anxiously. Thanks for sharing with us.

All the other 'halfs' are done ... now I am off to finish all the arcs ... this is very boring LOL the repetitiveness of this pattern is mind boggling!!!! I now understand why people don't want to do it!

But I will persevere and get them all done by the end of next week - this is my promise to myself!

Then I just have to lay everything out and start sewing!

I am so enjoying your updates. I think in this case boring will equal beautiful!

OK 100 of the UNIT A arcs are done ...

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Now to go and do 100 of the UNIT B arcs and then I can start joining!

Always intrigued by this pattern - thanks for sharing. As a newcomer to the quilting board, I am enjoying the progress reports and look forward to seeing the completed project. Your colors are beautiful!

Looking great so far!

This is so fun, watching the progression.

I can't wait to see the finished quilt!

This is going to be just beautiful! The fabric is beautiful, and so is your piecing!

Dina

You're making great progress! Your quilt is going to be gorgeous. I look forward to more updates!

So all my paper piecing is done - I'm really not sure what I was thinking LOL ... I should have made this a 4-block hahahaha!

Here's one circle ... making more all day today and tomorrow, it is -30 today in Ottawa, with a windchill, so outside is not really an option for me!!

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That is so rich and sophisticated looking - I am so excited to see it finished.

I love the journey you are taking us on with you.

It is so pretty!

Fabulous!!!!

I'm new to the board but have been following for years, and I want to say that this is going to be a beautiful quilt and I have enjoyed following your progress. The fabric choices are outstanding.

So here are 6 blocks - once again, just like in the double wedding ring quilt, I'm having freaking problems with the middle - it will work out in the end ... but naturally, no matter how "perfectly" I line everything up ... it ALWAYS does this!

It's not crooked, it's on the floor, and I'm standing above it!

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BIG sigh, and lots of swear words LOL ... So I just realized that I was putting it together wrong. I took the middle parts apart because I was having problems with them lining up ... so then I looked at the instructions and realized I was supposed to make them into "squares" and sew in strips.

So I just spent the last hour taking lots of stitches out! Let's hope that solves my problem, and thankfully I figured it out now, instead of 49 squares later!

I was assembling it like I did the double wedding ring quilt ... guess I should have read through the instructions more carefully LOL

You are doing a great job, swear away!!

So glad you discovered what the problem was at the front end and not the finished end.

I will close my ears while you swear away - always good to vent!

Yes, it is a very good thing I figured it out now ... although completely my fault for not reading the instructions LOL

I have one I started, just need to finish it. It is one of my UFOs.

It's really beautiful. Glad you worked out your problem

I made this quilt years. It was call the wedding ring star. Nice work, keep it up, it's looking wonderful.

I am in love with your colors and color placement. I've always wanted to make this one. Now, I really want to make it! It's just beautiful and I thought the picture above was PERFECT.....

Jan - it was sewn together perfectly, except the middles weren't matching up! It was too bulky!

After investing in about 1000 safety pins I have bowed down to following the instructions - not something I am fond of doing, which is one of the main reasons I don't usually buy patterns LOL