Seaside Wedding: Double Wedding Ring Quilt is Complete

A double wedding ring quilt has been on my lifetime bucket list of quilts I've wanted to make.  After 20+ years quilting, I must have enough experience because it wasn't that bad with Donna Jordan's tutorial and the right template set.  Will I make another one?  Maybe someday ... 

I put tulips in the borders -- 74 tulips to be exact!

 

Here's another look at the quilting in the "empty" spaces.

The Dream Wool batt puckered up nicely, giving it a nice antique look in an otherwise brand new quilt.

  

 Here are the other posts about this project:

Progress on Quilting the Double Wedding Ring Quilt

The Double Wedding Ring Quilt Top is Done!

Progress on The Double Wedding Ring Quilt

Missives from Quilt Camp - October 2025

So Many Possibilities for a Wedding Ring Quilt

 

 

 

 

 

 

Woven Towels - Waffle Weave and Twill Towels on 8-Shafts

 

  

8-Shaft Waffle Weave 

This was a kit I bought several years ago ...  The towel was wider than the loom I had at the time, but I set it up on the 8-shaft Mary Meigs loom last summer and got 'er done.  The original towel kit was for a waffle weave.  The kit was designed for 2 large bath towels, from Lunatic Fringe several years ago.

 

Washed and wet-finished but before hems.

  

 

 This was the first project on the Big Loom, where I used all 8 shafts.    

All that extra "horse power" no longer seems so over-whelming!

 

  

I got tired of this pattern after the first towel, and discovered how versatile this 8-shaft twill threading is!   I picked this pattern -- It's the same threading with a change-up in the treadles.   I liked it so much, I wove 4 towels in this pattern, without even trying any of the other options.

 

 

I think these are BEFORE wet-finishing,  The texture is still kind of "flat."

 

 

This one is AFTER wet-finishing where you can see the refeif in the texture.  

This may be my favorite part of weaving!  

 

I am amazed at the interplay of the colors between the warp and weft threads.  The green comes out as a darker green against the blue!

 

 

 

  

I do want to run another warp and tie it on to the ends of the last warp, so I can try out the other options some day ...  

 

Other Posts About this Project:

Running a Cotton Warp for an 8-Shaft Waffle Weave Bath Towel Project

Re-programming the Loom to Make a Different Pattern

Progress on Quilting the Double Wedding Ring Quilt

I stitched the rings with a matching multi-color thread.  I started using the 1/4-inch foot, but it was tohard to keep the rings straight ahead -- Too much turning of the fabric, so I switched to the free-motion foot instead.   I think that used up about 130 yards of thread just "tracing" the rings, according to the bobbins I burned through. 

 

Now it's time to figure out what to do for the "white" parts of the design.  I was trying to remember what I did the last time I quilted a wedding ring quilt ...  Did I use clear thread or a matching thread for the quilting on top?

I am using a matching creame/beige thread that blends in with the background.  I want the emphasis to be on the texture of the stitching, not the color.  The Dream Wool batting puffs so nicely for this application!

 

 

I re-sized the motif and copied it to tracing paper.  It's transparent enough to accurately pin the motif on the football shapes in the quilt.  Then I can free-motion stitch it down.  The tracing paper tears off easily afterwards.

Now for the stretched square blocks: 

 

I LOVE how the Dream Wool batt puffs up so nice to show the relief in the quilting. 

I'll admit: I'm a little stumped as to what to do with the border ...  I'll have to think about that for a while longer.