Two Wedding Dress Quilts for Glenda

Glenda had a beautiful heavy satin wedding dress, with a woven border and lace embellishments.  She wanted a quilt for each of her children, and we worked together to create two very different quilts!

For her daughter, I placed the border of the dress and train at the top and bottom of the quilt, and added machine embroidered butterflies in the daughter's wedding colors, hunter green and coral.  I quilted in an allover feather design.  The finished quilt is 50" x 60".

For her son, I made a very different quilt.  As you can see in the picture, it's a banner, with embroidered lamb, lion and crown.  The animals and crown were machine embroidered, and the banner was then appliqued onto the quilt. The ribbon at the bottom with "Thy Will Be Done" was also appliqued. Then the quilt was machine quilted in a feather design.  The banner is "hanging" from the satin flower that was on the back of Glenda's wedding dress.

Wedding dress (and tie) Quilt for Kelly

Kelly wanted to make her pretty lace wedding dress into a small quilted wall hanging.  She wanted to incorporate her husband's tie and her garter into the quilt.

I used a navy fabric under the lace to coordinate with the tie and garter.  The tie became the inner border, quilted along the grey lines in the tie.  The center of the quilt is the satin lining from her dress. I quilted a large wreath in the center. The quilt is 36" x 36".

Wedding Dress Quilt for Jenna

Jenna had a beautiful wedding dress, with a big tulle skirt.  She wanted a quilt with a ruffle, and a feather quilting design.  She also wanted some of the flowers from the bodice incorporated into the design.

The top of the quilt was made from the satin underneath all that tulle!  I used the sash and bow from the dress around the center, and the outer border of the quilt was also covered with the tulle.  Then I put a ruffle made from the skirt around the edge, with the beaded flower embellishments. 

  

(not the bride)

 The quilt was heavily quilted in a pretty feather design, with beaded flowers in the corners and center.

Mary

Wedding Dress Quilt and Pillow for Theresa

Haven't been blogging lately, been busy quilting!  

Theresa asked me to make a quilt and pillow from her wedding dress.   As you can see from the picture, it's a beautiful dress, but because it was short, I wasn't sure I could make both the quilt and pillow.  

She also sent me a picture of the historic building where they were married, and asked me to use it somehow. I drew out the picture, and machine embroidered it onto one side of the pillow, with circular lace and beading from the dress sleeves..  The other side of the pillow was covered with the beautiful lace and beading.

The quilt was 

The quilt was made with the satin from the dress, with portions covered in lace and individual embellishments, and a lace ruffle.  Then it was heavily machine quilted.  The finished quilt was 36" x 36".

Just enough left over to make a lace garter for her to pass down.

Mary