I'm sure that's not what they are called, but that's how I remember them.

I want to start work on a wedding ring quilt for my friend. I plan on giving it to her on her and her dh's first wedding anniversary (August 13). I would have made it for their wedding, but they informed me about a month and a half prior to the date. They planned it that way... it was just one of those, hey, lets get married.

My friend has been begging me to make her a quilt and I figured I could one of these, if there is a simple enough pattern out there. I would be doing the fabric in the colors of the wedding, black, red and white. I also hope to find damascus print fabric.

Please help me find a pattern! And offer some guidance!!!

http://www.squidoo.com/DoubleWeddingRingQuilt

Perhaps you can start here. It is called Double Wedding Ring (smile).

ooh! ooh! ooh! I may have just the thing for you. I have to get the magazine out and I'll re post in a minute. It is a modern version of the wedding ring with no curved piecing!. I'll be right back!
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ooh! ooh! ooh! I may have just the thing for you.

Here it is! I have this cut and ready to sew in poppy colors!

From McCall's Quick Quilts Dec/jan 2011 ; Page 8
Modern Wedding Ring designed by Gerri Robinson

EDIT:
http://www.mccallsquilting.com/lp-we...thank-you.html

This may help you see what it looks like!
Download the wedding qiults E-book and scroll down to the Modern Wedding Ring. It uses snowball blocks and strip piecing around a center square. EASY!
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Do you mean a double wedding ring? Like these:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/user_page.jsp?upnum=2337

This is not the easiest pattern, tons of small pieces and curved piecing, but if you take your time, you should be able to do it. There are lots of patterns when you google it, also paper piecing.

Hopefully someone can recommend a pattern they've used.

Oh My. I do admire you for doing the double wedding ring. If you are doing the traditional then I would suggest you invest in a set of templates or better yet try to find someone who has one of the fabric cutters who will cut the pieces for you. Many get discouraged before all the pieces are cut.
Now, if you want to do something other than the traditional version, then thats another search.

they have precut DWR kits at http://www.hearthsidequilts.com/ if you don't feel like cutting, just a suggestion

Quiltsmart and Eleanor Burns makes a simple one- you make the rings and applique them to the background fabric :wink:

John Flynn sells laser cut kits and will also laser cut YOUR fabric. You can call them and make arrangements to get your fabric to them. Its actually quite reasonable considering the amount of stress that is reduced.

Would you please provide a little more instruction? I've joined the McCall's site, but I can't seem to access the Wedding Quilts e-book. I'm eager to see this pattern!

Thanks!

If you double click on the web site i listed in my post it should take you to one of the pages at Quick Quilts . The Left side of the page is an E-book you can download into your files as a pdf. the picture is on pg 14 of the E-book.

I'll try to figure out how to post a pic from there but I'm an old dog!

It will be well worth the time, energy and love you put into it.
I have only hand quilted one quilt and it was the double wedding ring. All my children have quilts I have made them, but not hand quilted. I guess they will fight over it when I am gone!

We did our Double Wedding Rings using the method in Rings That Bind. The templates came with the book. It is a style of quilt-as-you-go. So no need for quilting it later. You can probably find the book & templates online if not at a LQS.

While the cover of the book isn't appealing .... what a group of us did was.

Was easy and fast.

ali

If you double click on the web site i listed in my post it should take you to one of the pages at Quick Quilts . The Left side of the page is an E-book you can download into your files as a pdf. the picture is on pg 14 of the E-book.

I'll try to figure out how to post a pic from there but I'm an old dog![/quote]

It worked! Thank you for these additional instructions.

While I really like the simplicity of the pattern, I found the pictured quilt to be quite dull. The "snowballs" looked like solid beige. (I trust it looked much better in the magazine.)

I hope you'll post a picture of your quilt, even in the early stages, so we can all see a better example of this pattern.

Thanks again!

I posted another way into modern Wedding ring in the wrong place. It is a few post back up the page. sorry.

Lots of people have opinions and alternatives. I just finished a double wedding ring and while I am very happy to be done with it, I am most, most happiest that I will not be doing it again. My advice: go for an easy enjoyable project which will be so much more fun and just as appreciated by your friend. No one can appreciate a double wedding ring enough!

While I've never made a Double Wedding Ring quilt, I know you speak the truth, maryellen2u. It's the rare recipient who appreciates the work involved in any quilt!

Rather than singing the blues over this, I suggest that we feel liberated to make and give easily-made quilts without apology!

Someone brought one these into the LA shop I help out at just the other night. It was beautiful.

I got the book The Ring that Binds it makes a beautiful double wedding ring quilt. It also comes with the tool that you cut from of. I did have to watch to finish but at least I had the video. You can type in The Ring that Binds in Google and watch the video to see if you want to do this method.

Quilt smart has a double wedding ring that is easy
LC

Try the Rings That Bind by Cheryl Phillips of Phillips Arts she is in Colo. I used her book and the templates that come with the book and made one for my daughter several years ago. You make strips and sew them together then cut them out using the template with the book. A lot easier than cutting all of the small pieces. I most likely won't make another one, as that isn't my favorite pattern. The quilt turned out fine, but was time consuming, especially since I was working full time and trying to make the quilt for a Christmas gift as well.

True True, it took me 15 months to make my daughter's and I don't plan to make another one!! I must say I was working full time and trying to get her quilt done too.

There is a better picture of the Modern Wedding Ring here:
http://plantedseeddesigns.com/McCQuickQuilts.html
It is about four or five down on the page. Ann in TN

Judy Martin has a marvy wedding ring quilt pattern called "Monet's Wedding Ring". No curved piecing! I made it with stark white background and bright batiks in the rings. Black, white and red would be awesome!

I always wanted to make a double wedding ring quilt so when it was offered at the LQS, I jumped at the chance. The pieces were even pre-cut for me -- yay !!

A year and a half later, it's still sitting in the BOM project box. Not because I didn't have the time.....it's very tedious work. It will eventually get done but not on the top of my "to-do" list.

I wouldn't recommend this to anyone short of intermediate skills. But they are gorgeous quilts.

Good Luck !!

You might want to do the Elenore Burns method of making a double wedding ring quilt. It is fast and easy and not a single curve. I made one and my friend made a king size they came out beautiful and in a lot less time then the traditional way of trying to get the melons to fit correctly. Have fun.

I used Marty Mitchell temp plates and had no trouble, they are time consuming took me a year and a half to make a DWR for my DGD's wedding made a king size.

i did the Quiltsmart pattern it was time consuming but way easyer than the traditional method i did a large queen size thats a big project. but it was a fun quilt to make and much easyer than it looks

made mine with a single arc in very pretty print. It turned out great! If you don't mind curves, go for it. The new plastic template sets are worth the cost.........

this is a very pretty mock wedding ring from alex anderson's show.

http://www.hgtv.com/video/wedding-ri...deo/index.html

i'll check to see if there's a part 2

they've removed part 2. as usual.

essentially, they cut a circle the size they wanted. they cut the arches from the strata as shown. they batted the circle and backed it with co-ordinating fabric. they turned it rightside out. they turned under the seam allowance of the arches, on both edges. they pinned the arches to the circles, through all the layers. they then marked a square on the circles, with the points of the square touching the circle. then they pinned where the four points are. they attached two circles together back to back so that the pains matched up. the flaps of the circles were stitched down with plain or decorative stitches. onto the next one. it was sort of stitch and flip.

i hope i explained it so that you could understand it. if not i'll sketch (ha!) it.

Edit: Where could I find this one? (Sorry I clicked the wrong thing!)

http://www.amazon.com/Rings-That-Bin.../dp/0967789443

this is 'rings that bind'. no curved piecing. the price on amazon is crazy. the book is $24.95.

on the picture of the book, click on the choice for the back cover to see the possibilities. it's done like a flippy thing with the addition of machine applique.

google 'rings that bind' for other info.

edit: i just thought of a good comparison. it's done like a fake 'orange peel'. exactly the same with your choice of back and front. the back has the rings that turn over to the front.

quilt smart that's it not elenor burns like I had posted earlier. This method is super simple and there is not a single curve to it. I plan on making another one this same way but using nothing but scraps on the circle piece. Thanks for reminding me of the Quilt Smart method I always attribute it to Elenor Burns stuff cause of the bumpy stuff. Enjoy.

Thanks for sharing this info. I've always loved this pattern but thought it was difficult with the curved pieces. This modern version looks very simple

I just started the Double Wedding Ring using Marti Michell's templates and while it's challenging, it goes together real good if you just watch your accuracy when cutting and sewing. I hope that it's next year's August 13 or you're already behind the eight ball!!

Kay Woods has Cheryl Philips on one of her videos that takes you step by step on making the DWR quilt called rings that bind. It is very easy to follow & goes together fast. Very worth using this method.

I used these patterns for the Double Wedding Ring pictured in my avatar. Really the easiest pattern for this quilt, but can I say...it takes a looong time to hand quilt it. LOL!

I just had to check it out on Amazon, that really must be a misprint for the price. I bought my book from Cheryl about 4 years ago and paid $40.00. Someone needs to inform her of the price that Amazon is charging. That is just outrageous.

Alu_Rathbone-

Eleanor Burn's pattern for the wedding ring quilt is in her book:
"Egg Money Quilts"
there is also a video available-