Double Wedding Ring Quilt finished!

I was working away sewing a new block for the Double Wedding Ring quilt thinking I had loads more to do and getting a bit put off by that idea. I had made 6 out of a possible 16 or 20 I'd originally planned to do. Then I saw someone (can't remember where I saw it!) had made a DWR quilt with only 6 blocks in the middle with borders around it to take it up to a bigger size. Well, my mind started thinking of that possibility and I started doing sums.

If I did the 6 blocks in the middle as a 3 x 2 arrangement, that would mean the centre of the quilt would be about 48" high by 32" wide. I thought I'd prefer it a bit wider than that so decided to make another 3 blocks so I could do a 3 x 3 arrangement which would make the centre about 48" square. If I then added a 4" border all around, that would be 56" square - plenty big enough.

So here are what turned out to be the last 3 blocks - each one bumpier than the last!:

I then joined all 9 blocks together to make the centre panel of the quilt. Oh my goodness, I love it already!

I had enough of the navy sheeting to make the borders and used up some of the pink and blue squares which were the accents of the DWR blocks in the corners. Goodness me, I love this even more!

I decided I was going to put a navy fleece on the back which, of course, I didn't have in my stash so I went to eBay and found a shop which sold fleece in 150cm squares - approx 60" - which was ideal. I duly ordered it - £12.99, free postage!! - and sat back to wait the 4 to 5 days it suggested it would take to get to me. It arrived 2 days later! Fab!

I immediately pinned the quilt top to the fleece trying to flatten out all the bumps which are a bit inevitable when sewing so many curves. It's not perfect but who cares about that? I don't! I am sooooooo pleased with it. Definitely worth all the effort!

I made a label on a piece of the navy sheeting and sewed it to the back. Love it!

As I said way back in July last year when I started this, I've always had a hankering to make this quilt and now I've done it. I don't know if I'll make another as it's a TON of work but I'm so glad I did it. Go me!!