Mayfly

Hmm, that project sounds familiar...

Now that a good friend!

Mmmm. Pretty pictures. Lovely idea. I'm no way near disciplined enough to do a wedding ring quilt. I'll send her my good vibes, though!

so you are practicing, huh?

I like the traditional quilting patterns, too. And I love those piecing flags---in fact, I create them in my regular 'production-line' kinds of sewing. I guess it provides a sense of accomplishment in some weird way...

so the quilt travels around and people help put it together? A big collaborative? interesting...

I love these colors and patterns!

looks good from here...

That looks like a difficult pattern -- all those curves! Good luck to the person putting them all together. :)

Thanks for doing this, Alicia.

When we told my ex that there weren't enough pieces to make the second circle/square, she said that both pieces were to be 3/4 completed so they'd attach on the unfinished side. (?) Let me just say: I'm well aware that the instructions said nothing of the sort. The diagram with the note that said "finished pieces should look like this" showed two different pieces, one completed and one not. There's no way to know what to do based on what's been provided. So in fact, I'm amazed that you were able to bring any kind of order out of that particular chaos. Anyway, my ex also said that ours (which is to say, yours) is the first part of the quilt to come in, and that it works out great because she'll use the finished one as the very first starter piece.

The thing I worry about is that a lot of people are doing these and few are likely to do them in the way she's expecting. And since the quilt is supposed to be a gift for my daughter and her fiance (getting married in June), I have this terrible feeling that it's going to end up a big mess.

But Emily (darling daughter) has high hopes for it. Apparently some of the patches were cut from her old clothes and from Ned's. Ned, the ideal man marrying the perfect daughter. I mean really, they're the coolest kids ever. If the quilt project ends up a mess, they'll be fine. I hope it comes together.

A fine idea in the abstract, dubious in the details, and potentially disastrous, communication-wise. But who knows, maybe it'll be one of those miracles that somehow works in spite of it all. If so, you'll be one of the reasons. Thanks so much for helping.

I love this blog! I am a beginning quilter, I don't think I could take on such a task just yet, it looks wonderful though.