My Double Wedding Ring . . . .

This is a quilt I didn't think I would EVER make.

Wasn't ever a fan of the pattern, thought it was too

"Old-Fashioned"

Haha.  Boy was I wrong.

After Victoria's DWR  win at Quiltcon 2 years ago,

and then her DWR Challenge, I got the bug.

I made this single ring for the challenge.

I only did a single ring because I was a judge and couldn't win,

so I was a slacker. Haha.

And I still wasn't sold on this pattern.

Then I saw so many wonderful DWR quilts coming out of

Victoria's inspiration, I decided to give it a whirl

I had been hoarding Kaffe Fassett stripes and plaids for a while.

Couldn't cut them up.  Haha.

Then I found some rich peppered cotton solids 

and started a "Plan" so to speak.

Actually I just started cutting everything up.

No counting how many I need of this or that.

Sound familiar? 

Put it away for a while, dragged it back out and cut some more.

Then I started sewing the melons together.  Still no real plan.

I didn't even lay it all out first, 

just made each melon as I liked them.

I started with all the deep blues, purples and greens on one side,

and worked my way across the design wall.

More sewing and slapping up.

But I had all these bright yellows, pinks and greens too.

I put them on the end.

This pattern does take awhile to put together.

Patience is the word!

I sewed all the melons first.

It was coming together.

I liked it but . . . .  Didn't love it.

So off the wall it went for a while.

I had other quilts calling my name.

Then when Victoria's book came out.

It is such a great book!  You have to get it!

Inspiration re-fired!

I had most of the  pieces cut and put together,

so I played around with the layout.

I wanted it scrappy, and it surely is!

I added in a few other Kaffe prints 

where I had run out of what I was using.

I sewed the rings into rows,

and slowly put the rows together.

Because everything was overlapping on my design wall,

I had no idea how big this was going to be!

Below is on a third of it!

It was a slow sewing process 

and I tend to pin the hell out of everything

curvy!  But that's just me.  

It was definitely worth taking my time on.

See here, I sewed the it together wrong!

Jack the Ripper makes an appearance.

It's not perfect, there are some puckers and tucks.

I'm hoping the quilting will take that out.

I am so pleased with this top.

I am also pleased that I tried something

I didn't think I ever would.

Good lesson don't you think?

What are you afraid of?

Or not interested in?

Take a chance, you might be inspired.