Wedding Dress Blue Pattern Archives

How Many of the Same Quilt Can I Make?

Posted on January 24, 2026January 28, 2026

Back in 2017, Deanna at the Wedding Dress Blue Blog, started a quiltalong called the Irish Star Quiltalong As soon as I saw it I knew I had to make the quilt. What could be better than a quilt full of scrappy stars and 25 patch blocks made of 2″ squares? Yes I’m crazy, but…

Scrap Quilting makes me Happy

Posted on February 26, 2023February 26, 2023

Scrap quilting makes me happy! What is better on a dull and cold winter’s day than staying inside and playing with a box of scrappy squares? This quilt top was started during those short days of wintery gloom when was spring is just a distant dream. While I usually go for brights, this quilt called…

Learning Free Motion Quilting

Posted on June 28, 2020October 23, 2020

I’m trying to master a new skill – free motion quilting. Here are my first two attempts. This is a Hundred Hugs Quilt from the Wedding Dress Blue Blog. I think it’s the 5th time I’ve made this pattern. It’s one of my favourites. I was careful to match the thread colour with the area…

Hugs & haitches

Posted on April 23, 2020June 11, 2020

I had scheduled today and tomorrow off quite some time ago for a quilt retreat, that of course, given the current situation with COVID-19 has been cancelled, and rightly so. So instead of quilting with friends I’m taking today and the next three days to quilt. I’m not as focused today as I had hoped…

UFO List December 1st 2019

Posted on December 1, 2019June 11, 2020

Here are the UFO’s on my list that are still to be completed as at the beginning of December 2019. Since July I have made not too much progress, however, I must brag that I did finish 16 UFO’s in the first half of this year. UFOs do not include any projects started in 2019…

Cinema at Seven is Quilted!

Posted on November 3, 2019June 11, 2020

Marc and I spent a few hours at our local long arm quilting studio yesterday morning quilting Cinema at Seven. This was started in March 2016 and has been a top since April of that year. I’ve had the backing for a few years but it just never had been quilted. I was intimidated by…

Calico Rose Quilt – Finished

Posted on February 3, 2019June 11, 2020

I found this pattern on the Wedding Dress Blue blog under the Calico Rose quiltalong tab at the top of the page. The quilt done in whites and scrappy fabrics didn’t interest me but I could imagine bright scrappy fabrics twinkling on a black background. I’m glad to say the finished quilt exceeded my expectations….

More Baby Quilts

Posted on November 11, 2018June 11, 2020

Marc came home not long ago and told me that a friend of ours is in the family way once again. It’s a little too early to know if it’s a boy or a girl so I’m making sure I’m prepared. I’m undecided whether to keep this new quilt in the same theme as the…

Quilting as a Couple

Posted on October 13, 2018June 11, 2020

A few weeks ago Marc and I took a course at a local quilt studio, Whirls n Swirls Quilting Studio run by the lovely Tracey, teaching us how to use their APQS long arm quilting machines. Yes, I managed to convince my man to join me in learning to quilt on a a long arm. He has…

A Hundred Hugs

Posted on September 20, 2018June 11, 2020

I’m pleased to report another finish. This time it’s the Hundred Hugs Quilt. I made the top a few years ago and finally quilted and bound it in the last few weeks. I love that it’s scrappy yet has a controlled colourway of green and blue. The quilt is a bit crinkly but has been…