Wedding Dress Quilt done
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Wedding Dress Quilt done
I am crazy stupid proud of this one.
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The entire quilt except the back is made from her dress (satin). The blue was her back, train, and trim. The embroidery on the blue was a part of the dress. I used silk thread and wool batting.
The design was inspired by the dress and the wedding itself. The idea for embroidering the blocks was because her train was embroidered and I chose images that were reflective of the wedding.
What I did:
What I would do different:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]620069[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]620070[/ATTACH]
The entire quilt except the back is made from her dress (satin). The blue was her back, train, and trim. The embroidery on the blue was a part of the dress. I used silk thread and wool batting.
The design was inspired by the dress and the wedding itself. The idea for embroidering the blocks was because her train was embroidered and I chose images that were reflective of the wedding.
What I did:
- Cut the squares larger than I wanted and embroidered the white with the wool batting and polymesh stabilizer.
- Trimmed the squares to size.
- Basted the blue on the batting.
- Assembled the top and added strips of wool batting under the sashing.
- Sandwiched the quilt with a blue broadcloth and stitched in the ditch. I also "quilted" the blue squares by running a couple stitches through different beads (if you can't tell, the white embroidery is enhanced with beading) and also reattaching beads that fell off.
- Did the binding with the same dress material.
- Used a triangle method for creating the hanging points instead of a sleeve and I put them top and bottom.
- Painted wooden dowels blue and put one at the top for the hanging and one at the bottom to keep the shape.
- Used the laces from the back of the dress to hang it.
- I had leftover blue material so I made a tube bag (lined with extra white satin) for safe storage.
What I would do different:
- Add another layer of batting so the back would be smooth. Since its a hanging quilt you can't see it of course but it would have been nicer.
- Trimmed the blocks differently so I would not have had to put strips of batting underneath the sashing.
- Done a full sleeve for hanging. I don't like the stress on the triangle points. BTW I found followed this method: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB1PBQx6mgM
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What a wonderful project. I think you posted on what to use for the back and I offered a much too cute wedding theme fabric, the blue broadcloth used is different than what the bag is made of?
It's a lovely memento and you should be proud. Plus you learned something to share and for the future. Score for all involved.
It's a lovely memento and you should be proud. Plus you learned something to share and for the future. Score for all involved.
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Hi Iceblossom - yes, that was me and yes, that fabric you proffered was way adorable. In the end though, I decided just to go with a plain cotton dark blue broadcloth for the back. The bag was made out of strips of the dress's blue satin. I wanted to use as much of the dress as possible.
And thanks for the kudos.
And thanks for the kudos.
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