Put your thinking hats on please? Pretty Please??
05-03-2013, 04:23 AM
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Another suggestion would be to buy some more plain fabric for the guests to sign on (with freezer paper backing) and incorporate the signatures into the back of the quilt. Then, on the front squares you could embroider the date, place, bride and groom's name - things like that. Or put some nice applique there. People just aren't used to signing their names on fabric, and someone is likely to make a mess of it. You wouldn't want them to mess up the lovely quilt top.
05-03-2013, 04:30 AM
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Why don't you let guests sign it just as a quilt top? You can hang the quilt top against a wall, or put it down on a table. Then, while they're on their honeymoon, you can quilt it and give it to them when they get back.
05-03-2013, 05:56 AM
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I like the suggestion to have everyone sign a block to be incorporated in the back. Someone is sure to make a mistake if you have them sign on the quilt. That quilt is very pretty and has a lot of work already. It would be a shame if someone makes a mistake.
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05-03-2013, 01:42 PM
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I like that idea also. We are off to the big city of Denver tomorrow. I bet I could find some fabric there to make squares for part of the back that they can sign on and I have the embroidery machine all set up so it wouldn't take much to add their names, date, etc. to those squares on the front. They are using the Browning dear head that looks like a heart as a part of their camo theme so I could even put that on 1 block like they have on their glasses. That would look really nice.
05-04-2013, 03:51 AM
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Whew - that is a lot of pressure for the MOB so close to the wedding. Dunster's suggestion of bringing squares for the guests to sign for a backing would appeal highly to me if i was in your shoes. It is very wise not to risk the quilt to a pen booboo. My daughter is getting married 2 weeks from today and I think I'd freak if I had to quilt a quilt at this point.
05-04-2013, 04:24 AM
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Amen to the freezer paper backing. I've done several quilts requiring autographs, and this works well. Also, at the recommendation of some friends here, I use PENTEL gel fabric pens (Hobby Lobby for sure) and heat set the signatures BEFORE any quilting is done. My advice is to iron the freezer paper only on the places you want signatures and present the quilt top for signatures just like it is. Deal with quilting later!
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