Before I designed patterns, I created customised quilts and pillows to order so it was an absolute pleasure to make a wedding quilt for my niece when she had her ceremony last year. The bride was from Dublin and the groom from Cork so they settled for a county in between. They were married on a beautiful clear November day in Wexford.
The wedding quilt design was based around the bride’s beautiful bouquet. Her flowers were stunning, they had a lovely natural loose style with rich autumnal tones.
We decided on linen for the background, if you follow this blog regularly that won’t surprise you!
I used machine applique for the flowers, you can find out more about that technique here . The centres of the roses were hand stitched in with matching embroidery silks.
I enjoy hand sewing and really should do more of it. In my impatience to complete a project, I’m always too quick to reach for my machine!
Here are the happy couple, don’t they make a handsome pair?
This is the completed wedding quilt. I made it after the wedding so I could weave in details of their big day. The hand embroidered quote was taken from their order of service. I added the navy and burgundy ribbons that were tied around her actual flowers and I just hand to include all those plump little berries!
With all the different colours in the bouquet, I went for a choppy, scrappy binding. I didn’t want just one colour to dominate.
The night added dramatically for our family, when my son reacted to medication he was on and woke up projectile vomiting at 4 am! He was so deeply asleep he hardly even remembered it in the morning. On the other hand, I’m not sure my husband will ever forget it! It wasn’t funny then but we can laugh about it now and he is now completely fine!
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What a lovely gift, Sandra, and they are a handsome couple. Look at those smiles on their faces! What a joyful event for all of you. Oh goodness, I’m sorry for what your son (and husband) had to go through. Glad you can laugh about it now and that he is fine.
Thanks, Wendy! The incident has since been added to Healy family folklore. I’m only grateful it didn’t happen during the service. . .
What a wonderful wedding quilt and a lovely couple to receive it! That was a very thoughtful personal gift!
Thank you, Tierney! Quilts have always been such a great way of showing love.
They and your work are equally beautiful! 🙂
Thank you, Debra! They are such a sweet couple. I appreciate you stopping by!
Sandra, that is a beautiful quilt and gift. I so understand the projectile vommitting – my son has allergies and it happened once – and you never forget. Glad yours is fine, as is mine!
Glad to hear your son recovered quick also and yes, it’s definitely memorable! My husband described it as like something out of The Exorcist! Now he’s recovered I think my son is rather proud of the middle of the night carnage!!
That is such a beautiful gift! Very special indeed!
Thanks, Sherry! I have done many of these personalised wedding quilts and they are so fun to make.
I appreciate you popping over to comment!
Sandra, this quilt is amazing. I think I would cry tears of joy if someone made such a beautiful and personalized gift like this for me.
I recently thought of handsewing a project as an afterthought, I’m going to keep it in mind now, it is the perfect touch.
No big event can go off without a hitch as your son proved (and thankfully doesn’t remember!) 😋
Thanks so much for your lovely comments, Abbie! Our niece was a bit emotional when she received the quilt which was so rewarding! I was delighted she loved it so much. And yes, we are a family of five so there’s always some sort of drama, big or small at every occasion!