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Classic and Vintage Single Wedding Ring Block

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Have you seen this block before?  It is called Single Wedding Ring, and is really quite lovely.  Fat Quarter Shop does this very cool thing called Classic and Vintage every now and then, and they feature an old fashioned (classic) quilt block made up in modern fabrics.  It is actually quite fun to see the juxtaposition of modern colorful fabrics with classic old quilt blocks.  They really do work.

In the past, in their Classic and Vintage Series,  FQS has featured the Sister's Choice quilt block (yay), and the Bear Paw block.  Both awesome classic blocks that continue to rock today in our brighter modern fabrics.  You should really view their videos on construction and download their free block patterns if you so choose.  If you go to their Jolly Jabber site, you will see all the links to free patterns and others who are participating in the current sew along.  Their Bear Paw quilt done in red and white Minick and Simpson fabrics is something everyone would love to have.  Seriously, I am going to do both the Sister's Choice and Bear Paw projects.

I happened to see their most recent video on the Single Wedding Ring block and was entranced.  The block has 41 pieces, and 25 units.  Fairly complex in number of pieces, but simple in contstruction.  There are a lot of cool people participating in the sew along, and I really enjoyed checking out their links to their projects. Gorgeous blocks, wonderful inspiration.

I just had to try out making a block.  It is such an old fashioned quilt block and I heard the call to make it, not in bright modern fabrics, but in muted years ago vintage colors.  I have had in my stash a cherished bundle of Sono Kanae (Yuwa) Japanese fabrics that I just have not been able to cut into.  They are just the most beautiful fabrics I have ever had.  Made in Japan, silky soft to touch, soft muted colors, just too heavenly to use.  I probably would be hoarding these into eternity, but I think I finally found something worthy to use them in.  Pale lavenders, pastel pinks, minty greens, butter yellows…  I swear I have had them for five or six years.  There are not too many drool marks on them.  Honestly, I  have had them on display on a prominent shelf in the stash closet and would pass by regularly and say "Hello Beautiful".  These fabrics deserve respect.

So.  I decided to actually cut into them and make a test block.  I chose a dreamy lavender piece and had at it.  I am making my block to finish at 10 inches (smaller than the FQS pattern) to make better use of the fabric I have.  I do not want to waste a smidgen.  Instead of 3 inch units, I made mine 2 1/2.  I can get two ten and half inch blocks out of a 6 by 42 inch width of fabric.

Here are my first blocks. Aren't the colors dreamy?  Let's see where this goes!  I wonder how these would look in a diagonal set?

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33 responses to “Classic and Vintage Single Wedding Ring Block”

  1. I just love the fabrics you’ve chosen and can’t wait to see yours come together.
    I’ve always loved that block (as I love any block with triangles – the more triangles the better). My grands are getting old enough (#1 just turned 13) for me to start thinking about wedding quilts … 4 DWRs is a little more than I’d like to try to commit to, but 4 SWRs would be doable. So when I saw FQS feature them in their Classic and Vintage series, I knew I had to make their wedding quilts from the SWR block!

  2. I just love the fabrics you’ve chosen and can’t wait to see yours come together.
    I’ve always loved that block (as I love any block with triangles – the more triangles the better). My grands are getting old enough (#1 just turned 13) for me to start thinking about wedding quilts … 4 DWRs is a little more than I’d like to try to commit to, but 4 SWRs would be doable. So when I saw FQS feature them in their Classic and Vintage series, I knew I had to make their wedding quilts from the SWR block!

  3. I just love the fabrics you’ve chosen and can’t wait to see yours come together.
    I’ve always loved that block (as I love any block with triangles – the more triangles the better). My grands are getting old enough (#1 just turned 13) for me to start thinking about wedding quilts … 4 DWRs is a little more than I’d like to try to commit to, but 4 SWRs would be doable. So when I saw FQS feature them in their Classic and Vintage series, I knew I had to make their wedding quilts from the SWR block!

  4. I first saw this block in Quick Quilts from the Heart, a book by Fons and Porter. The quilt in the book is called Valley Junction by Marilyn Parks and features 20 blocks, each with a different red print. The blocks are set on point with some neutral squares in between that give lots of space for custom quilting. I can’t find an image of that red/white quilt online, but I did find one in a blue/white combo here: http://www.houseofhanson.com/images/MQS243.JPG That one is shown in the book Quilting Makes the Quilt by Lee Cleland. The quilt finishes at around 76 x 90 and may be a nice way to set those beautiful fabrics – perhaps with a scrappy inner border and/or binding using the leftover prints.

  5. I first saw this block in Quick Quilts from the Heart, a book by Fons and Porter. The quilt in the book is called Valley Junction by Marilyn Parks and features 20 blocks, each with a different red print. The blocks are set on point with some neutral squares in between that give lots of space for custom quilting. I can’t find an image of that red/white quilt online, but I did find one in a blue/white combo here: http://www.houseofhanson.com/images/MQS243.JPG That one is shown in the book Quilting Makes the Quilt by Lee Cleland. The quilt finishes at around 76 x 90 and may be a nice way to set those beautiful fabrics – perhaps with a scrappy inner border and/or binding using the leftover prints.

  6. I first saw this block in Quick Quilts from the Heart, a book by Fons and Porter. The quilt in the book is called Valley Junction by Marilyn Parks and features 20 blocks, each with a different red print. The blocks are set on point with some neutral squares in between that give lots of space for custom quilting. I can’t find an image of that red/white quilt online, but I did find one in a blue/white combo here: http://www.houseofhanson.com/images/MQS243.JPG That one is shown in the book Quilting Makes the Quilt by Lee Cleland. The quilt finishes at around 76 x 90 and may be a nice way to set those beautiful fabrics – perhaps with a scrappy inner border and/or binding using the leftover prints.

  10. I love the Single Wedding Ring block, too. Back in the 1990s, I made two single block wall quilts for two wedding couples I knew using this block. Perhaps I need to revisit this block.
    Your fabrics are just wonderful and I enjoyed them even more when I enlarged your photos. No wonder you’ve cherished them for years!
    Thank you for the link you posted and also thanks to Kristie for the link she posted.
    What fun!
    Hugs!

  11. I love the Single Wedding Ring block, too. Back in the 1990s, I made two single block wall quilts for two wedding couples I knew using this block. Perhaps I need to revisit this block.
    Your fabrics are just wonderful and I enjoyed them even more when I enlarged your photos. No wonder you’ve cherished them for years!
    Thank you for the link you posted and also thanks to Kristie for the link she posted.
    What fun!
    Hugs!

  12. I love the Single Wedding Ring block, too. Back in the 1990s, I made two single block wall quilts for two wedding couples I knew using this block. Perhaps I need to revisit this block.
    Your fabrics are just wonderful and I enjoyed them even more when I enlarged your photos. No wonder you’ve cherished them for years!
    Thank you for the link you posted and also thanks to Kristie for the link she posted.
    What fun!
    Hugs!

  16. um, you had me at diagonal!!! ;p
    i started the Moda Modern Building BLocks yesterday. using my own FQ bundle of solids i bought last year at FQS. ;p
    happy sewing and pray for rain….really, pray for rain.

  17. um, you had me at diagonal!!! ;p
    i started the Moda Modern Building BLocks yesterday. using my own FQ bundle of solids i bought last year at FQS. ;p
    happy sewing and pray for rain….really, pray for rain.

  18. um, you had me at diagonal!!! ;p
    i started the Moda Modern Building BLocks yesterday. using my own FQ bundle of solids i bought last year at FQS. ;p
    happy sewing and pray for rain….really, pray for rain.

  25. Every time you start a new project it looks so delicious that the rest of us want to join you. This SWR block is lovely, and your fabrics are exquisite. It’s amazing there’s not much drool on them!

  26. Every time you start a new project it looks so delicious that the rest of us want to join you. This SWR block is lovely, and your fabrics are exquisite. It’s amazing there’s not much drool on them!

  27. Every time you start a new project it looks so delicious that the rest of us want to join you. This SWR block is lovely, and your fabrics are exquisite. It’s amazing there’s not much drool on them!

  28. I am going to investigate this fabulous fabric that you describe. Being very tactile like many quiltmakers, I can’t wait to feel it.

  29. I am going to investigate this fabulous fabric that you describe. Being very tactile like many quiltmakers, I can’t wait to feel it.

  30. I am going to investigate this fabulous fabric that you describe. Being very tactile like many quiltmakers, I can’t wait to feel it.

  31. I made my daughter this quilt when she married. I made the blocks out of scraps from clothing I had sewn for her during her youth. Quilted it with a spider web pattern in the border. Did not know then, but found ou later, that spider web stitching means good luck! Serendipity!

  32. I made my daughter this quilt when she married. I made the blocks out of scraps from clothing I had sewn for her during her youth. Quilted it with a spider web pattern in the border. Did not know then, but found ou later, that spider web stitching means good luck! Serendipity!

  33. I made my daughter this quilt when she married. I made the blocks out of scraps from clothing I had sewn for her during her youth. Quilted it with a spider web pattern in the border. Did not know then, but found ou later, that spider web stitching means good luck! Serendipity!