How To Bind A Double Wedding Ring Quilt
Examples on the blog Todays examples all have simple rings arcs to keep the emphasis on the edges.
How to bind a double wedding ring quilt. Then comes the hard part. Start by leaving a 6 to 8 tail so that you can piece the binding together. Get the book and arc template here.
Well except for those inside miters. 662018 Any quilt that is meaningfulto the person quilting and the couple getting marriedcan be a wedding quilt but the quilt design with the longest traditional connection is the Double Wedding Ring quilt which has been a classic wedding quilt gift to newlyweds for generations. You will be using a 14 seam allowance to stitch the binding.
Now for attaching the binding to the quilt. You can add fabric to make the outer edges square or rectangular or keep the circular shapes.
Ive only done one other Double Wedding Ring and a few scalloped edge quilts and always used a bias binding that I ironed to look like bias tape- machine. It has 11 pieces in the arc. Download the free double wedding ring pattern below.
Flip it over right sides together and pin. Why not play around with a few scraps to do the first block. Piecing the melons to the centre curvy hourglass piece.
662018 I am working on a Double Wedding Ring quilt currently. Sew from edge to edge then press to center melon again. 5122016 The arcs are a little tricky to put together and there are several different techniques.