Guys, guess what?! It’s Done!!!! My Double Wedding Ring Quilt is official quilted, bound, wrapped, and totally 100% complete.

Why a Double Wedding Ring Quilt?

About a year ago I finished my first crib size quilt with a super minimalist easy pattern that I cut and pieced in two days. I had it fully quilted in less than a week and I was feeling overly confident with my quilting abilities.

Not long after my sister-in-law got engaged and I quickly came across the classic double wedding ring pattern that immediately became my ideal wedding present to them.

Off I go to the quilt shop.

I walk in and tell them I just started quilting (like, only a week ago) and that I’m looking to make a double wedding ring.

They literally started laughing at me.

I wish I was kidding.

Instead I just brushed it off (Remember I was way over confident over here) I decided I was going to do it and that was that. It’s just sewing two pieces of fabric together over and over again, what’s the big deal?

Now that its done, I understand why they laughed.

The Quilt Reveal

Bam!

Here she is in all her wonderful cyclical glory. She came out way better than I was expecting.

It wasn’t hard, but man it was a lot of work.

Piecing the rings never seemed to end and every day I worked on it took more and more effort to push through.

But with perserverance and the determination I finally got it all done, with only days to spare before the wedding.

Is it technique executed perfectly?

No, of course not

Are there things I would change if I could redo it?

Sure are.

But for my second quilt ever, it came out pretty amazing, and I learned so much in the process that I know everything I make going forward will just get better and better.

This gem is 100% pieced and quilted by myself on my domestic sewing machine. It was certainly a lot of work for my little Singer, but she made it through like a champ.

I like custom quilting because I will only get better at free motion quilting by practicing it. Also because I love the look, but not the price to have someone else professionally do it.

So might as well hone my own skills and become a jack of all quilting trades.

Interested in reading more about how I made this quilt as a super newbie? Or what lessons and skills I learned by completing this quilt? Check out my double wedding ring resource page so you don’t make the same mistakes I did 🙂

So what do you think? How’d I do? Have you ever taken on a quilting project out of your comfort zone like this? Let me know I’m not alone in the comments below!

‘Til next time!