What a marvelous idea!  One of my readers let me know she’s getting married soon and has a great idea for the guest book.  I’ll let her tell your herself:
“I’m getting married in 1 1/2 weeks.  We are going to have our guests sign quilt squares, instead of the traditional “guest book”!  I am so excited – I think it will make a great heirloom!”
I agree.  I think this will make a lovely heirloom wedding quilt, and I’m pleased Jenny shared her idea with us.
Perhaps you’d like to see the post,  A Wedding Quilt in Australia, that inspired Jenny to …read more

 Here at the Arts and Design Channel, we invite you to browse through our wedding ideas for Artists’ Showcase Theme Day.  As I visited the various blogs, I realized we practically have a wedding planning guide!
 The theme of “weddings”  seems appropriate since summer generally is a popular time for weddings in the northern hemisphere.  Also, there are weddings in our channel family! 
One of our bloggers, Chloe, is getting married, and her mom, Noreen, has been in the midst of preprations for two weddings this year…Chloe’s in August and her brother’s in May. Cyndi also had a wedding in the …read more

                             Weddings are popular throughout the year, but June and the summer months (at least in the northern hemisphere) seen often selected.  Jim’s and mine was a summer wedding, 47 years ago in July, in my family’s farmhouse home with wedding reception outside on the large lawn.  (Fortunately it was a lovely weather day.)       
Also, wedding quilts have been popular throughout the ages.  They consist of many types:
*One of the most popular that comes to mind is the Wedding Ring and Double Wedding Ring, a pattern dating back to the 1800s.
This charming quilt, consisting of many pieces, depicts wedding rings entertwined.
*Ladies gathered at quilting bees to make wedding quilts for …read more

As I look at quilt blocks found among family memorabilia or pieces saved from a quilt made for my mother’s wedding, I realize these are quilts that span time and generations.  They were made more than 75 years ago, perhaps longer. 
What was the story behind them?  Who made them? 
I know that the quilt was made as a wedding gift for my parents.  If Mother ever mentioned who the quiltmaker was, I don’t recall.  When I found the quilt again, Mother was too much afflicted by Alzheimer’s to communicate.  Perhaps, some day, the story of the quilt will come to mind, …read more