© 2000 by Quiltsmart LLC. All rights reserved. Double Wedding Ring Pillow Project This project is designed to quickly introduce quilters to Quiltsmart’s pieced-by-appliqué approach. Perhaps you’d like to try the method out on a small project before you take on a larger bed-sized quilt. This project combines traditional pieced arcs and simpler singlepiece arcs. Approximate finished size 23” x 23” For quilting instructors and shops, this project makes an ideal four-hour class. The majority of students can complete the top in that amount of time. Materials: Description Quiltsmart Double Wedding Ring printed interfacing Background fabric Quantity 1 Panel Cutting See step 1 e yd Arc A fabric Arc B fabrics (variety) ¼ yd Scraps - enough for (24) 3-½” squares c yd c yd ¾ yd ¼ yd 26” x 26” 1 yd (1) 12” x 12” square (4) 6” x 12” rectangles (4) 6” x 6” squares (1) 8” x 20” rectangle See step 4 Jewel A fabric Jewel B fabric Backing fabric Binding fabric Batting Pillow Back (4) 2-½” squares (8) 2-½” squares 26” x 26” square (2) 2-½ ” x 44” strips 26” x 26” square See step 14 In addition to standard cutting and sewing supplies, invisible thread and two small 4” squares of template plastic are recommended. 100% cotton fabrics and Warm & Natural™ needled cotton batting are recommended. The instructions that follow are intentionally less detailed than those presented in the book Double Wedding Ring by Mary Henderson and Anne Dease. The book includes yardage and cutting information for eight more quilt sizes from tablerunner to king size. Getting Ready 1. Cut materials as indicated in the cutting chart. Cut the Quiltsmart printed interfacing sheet as shown. Used for A arcs Used for B arcs (step 6) Save for your next project Preparing Single Fabric Arcs 2. Place the top portion of the Quiltsmart’s Double Wedding Ring printed interfacing sheet on the 8” x 20” piece of Arc A fabric both right sides up. (Fusible side of interfacing must be face down against the right side of the fabric.) Sew on the solid lines using a short stitch, about 15-20 stitches per inch. Do not stitch across the ends of the arcs. 3. Cut the S-shaped pieces as shown. Turn the piece right side out with a safety pin or other turning tool. Cut each S-shaped piece in half along the dashed line to form a total of four arcs. Finger press the seams flat (a pointer-creaser will help). Set these arcs aside until step 8. Page 2 Preparing The Pieced Arcs 4. Trace this pattern for arc pieces onto paper, template plastic, or use Quiltsmart’s Plexiglas template. 5. Cut 24 Arc B pieces from a variety of scraps. Hint: Cut scraps into 3” strips first. (Cut 24) 6. Arrange the (24) pieces into four arcs of 6 pieces like the one shown here. Sew the pieces side-by-side using a ¼” seam allowance. Press seams toward one side. (Make 4) 7. Select the (4) arcs of Quiltsmart printed interfacing that were cut in step 1. Place an arc of interfacing on each raw pieced arc - both right sides up. Stitch on the solid lines as in step 2. Trim excess fabric and interfacing by cutting on the dashed line (c” from the stitching). Turn the arc right side out and finger press seams flat. Page 3 Putting Arcs On Background Squares 8. Trace the block marking guide onto paper or template plastic. 9. Use the guide to draw a line in the corners of the background fabric as illustrated. Hint: The lines will be buried in seam allowances. Use a pencil, permanent marker, or wash-out marker, not one that will bleed. Mark 4 corners Mark 2 corners (Make 4) 10. Arrange four arcs (you may choose either A or B) on the 12” square. Arcs may overlap slightly, they should not touch the edges of the block, and the arcs should end on the marked line or even a bit toward the corner. Using a steam iron set to ‘cottons’, press to fuse the arcs in place. Hint: Heat to a count of 6, let the piece cool momentarily before moving. Repeat, placing the remaining arcs on the four half blocks. Page 4 Place ends of arcs on or over marked lines. Arcs shouldn’t touch edge of block. 11. Stitch the arcs to the background pieces by sewing a narrow zig-zag stitch along the edges of each arc. Invisible (nylon monofilament) top thread is recommended. Your stitch should look about so: Hint: Keep most of the stitch on the arc. Adding Jewels 12. Add the corner triangles by placing the twelve 2-½” square of Jewel A and B fabrics - right sides together - at each corner shown here. Hint: Stitching will be straighter if you first mark the diagonal of each square by drawing a line or pressing a crease. (Make 4) Jewel A squares on large block Jewel B squares on the half blocks (Make 4) Stitch corner-to-corner on the diagonal across each of the 2-½” squares. 13. Cut ¼” from the stitching. Flip the triangles and press flat with an iron. Assembling And Finishing 14. Lay out the pieces as shown. Sew together in rows being careful to match the points of the crossing triangles. Use a ¼” seam allowance. 15. Layer the top, batting, and backing. Quilt. Page 5 16. Measure your quilted block. It should be roughly 22-½” square but will vary depending on seam allowances and shrinkage due to quilting. Cut and piece the yard of pillow backing into two pieces measuring 28” x _____ (the size of your quilted block.) For example, if your block measures 22-¼ ” square, cut two 28” x 22-¼ ” pieces. 17. Fold the two pieces of pillow backing in half so they measure 14” from fold to raw edges. Place these on the back of the quilted block matching raw edges and overlapping the two folds. Pin. 18. Baste around the block, ¼” from the raw edges. Note: The overlapping folds form the opening for inserting the pillow form. Do not stitch the opening shut. 19. Bind. Page 6 Quiltsmart’s specialty is printed fusible interfacing. Precisely printed sewing and cutting lines eliminate the need for time consuming tracing. We print our patterns onto high quality interfacing right here on the farm in Minnesota. Interfacing Patterns: Anne’s Butterfly Ohio Rose Sweet Hearts Great Scott! (dog) Sunbonnet Sue / Sam (by Quilt in a Day) Double Wedding Ring Eight Point Star Mary’s Flower Garden Drunkard’s Path Quarter Circles Rob Pete Watercolor grids: 1-½”, 2”, 2” On Point, 2-½” Instruction Books: Double Wedding Ring Mary Henderson & Anne Dease Drunkard’s Path Mary Henderson Eight Point Star Judy Clay Mary’s Flower Garden Mary Henderson Medley Opus I Bette Runnels Rob Pete Kathleen Mullendore Snowball Arlene Koble Sunbonnet Sue Visits Quilt in a Day Eleanor Burns Watercolor: An Easy Approach Bonny Tinling Instruction books and booklets illustrate the Quiltsmart methods and the use of the interfacing products. We have abolished curved piecing and inset piecing, two otherwise difficult quilting skills. And, we’ve made child’s play of watercolor construction. The finished quilts are virtually indistinguishable from the classics, but the techniques used to make them are radically different. Our patterns are designed for all quilters, from novice to expert. If your local quilt shop does not carry our products, please write or call for a brochure and current price list of our interfacing patterns and instruction books: Quiltsmart Printed Interfacing P.O. Box 1008 Chanhassen, MN 55317 Visit us at quiltsmart.com Write us at email@quiltsmart.com 952-445-5737 888-446-5750 (Toll Free US & Canada) Fax to 952-445-2136