Caroline S

Another quilting temptation? I swore I would never make another DWR (AKA quilt from hell). But your design in intriguing.

mocha827

Or, according to your drawing, the black arcs look like they could be attached to the melon edge instead of the pieced arc. You could still use regular DWR templates for the arcs and corner pieces that way and get the two color effect in your drawing from EQ. Great idea but lots of work either way. Let us see your progress!

carolynjo

About 15 years ago, I took a class at the Appalachian Quilt Party at Boone, NC. The double wedding ring quilt class had us to piece strips of varying widths into a piece of fabric then lay a curved arc over it and cut it. The pieces turned out perfectly and the rings looked as they should have.

Flying_V_Goddess

I never would have thought about attaching the black strip to the melon! Thanks! I'll have to try that too

MargeD

You might be on to something there, I like your idea.

snicktrain

A few years back El Burns came up with a DWR using straight pieces. :wink:

Gings

Quilt in a day shows you how to do it with Eleanor Burns Egg Money Quilts.

You sew a certain number of 2 1/2 strips then lay her template over the top and cut round it then you have your arc.

I have not explained this very well but go and look on www.quiltinaday.com and look for the videos for Egg Money Quilts and in there they will show you videos of all the quilts in the book. The book of that name comes with the templates I have just bought the book so can confirm that the cardboard templates are there.
Good luck.
Jenny

Flying_V_Goddess

Just thought of something: if I sew two solid arcs together, cut 'em up, and re-piece them together then the arcs would end up smaller length wise because of all the seam allowances of the units. I'd have to create a new solid arc template that factors in the seam allowances of the separate units. I'm thinking that might be trickier to sew since the seam allowances would probably turn that arc into a half circle.

But this method would probably work if one were to make a non-pieced version (two solid fabrics, no indivual units).

wildyard

I am simply enthralled by following the way you all are working thru this complex pattern and am so thankful you are sharing it all with us!!
Thank you hugggggggs and smilesssss....

georgiat

For the black just a thought. What if you stitched a piece into the seam that was folded wrong sides together, then appliqued it down. Make sense? Think of it as a strip of binding set into the seam and then appliqued.