A Beautiful Romance: The Double Wedding Ring Quilt - Suzy Quilts (2024)

Ahhhh the Double Wedding Ring quilt...it's so romantical. Looking for the next great love story? Delete that Netflix tab, because you have come to the right blog post. We’re about to dive into one of the most romantic quilt patterns ever: the Double Wedding Ring Quilt.

Above photo byDaderot, via Wikimedia Commons

Allow me to set the scene:

We find ourselves in the midst of our country’s Civil War, searching for hope amidst all of the pain and sorrow. We happen upon, as we often do, an old woman in a well-worn rocking chair, diligently working on her latest project: a quilt for her niece’s wedding. But the movements of her hands and the lines of her face are laced with worry and grief, for the wedding had recently been delayed.

The woman’s niece had just received word that her beloved fiancé was wounded and in a far-away hospital recovering from his injuries. No one knew how long the young woman would have to wait before her soldier was well enough to return to her and exchange vows.

While the niece’s days were filled with restless anticipation, her old auntie had an idea. The day finally came for the soldier to return home, and he was met with a loving embrace and joyful tears. He planned to be wed that day to his patient beloved, but alas… he had no rings.

“My child, I’ll furnish the rings,” said the aunt, her voice shaking but strong. “You shall have this quilt, and we will call it the Double Wedding Ring.” The two were married, and slept beneath the quilt every night, the warmth reminding them of the promise made to each other, and the richness of their love.

(Insert collective love-filled sigh. Ahhhhhh)

Have you ever heard of anything more romantic? And this is why the Double Wedding Ring Quilt has become such a popular pattern, and has been used for special occasions FOREVER AFTER.

Over the years the Double Wedding Ring quilt haslost none of its charm. With new modern variations popping up everywhere it is continuously being made and remade anew. The Double Wedding Ring quilt block isn’t the quickest or easiest block, so prepare yourself for quite a project, but you can do anything in the name of love! You can even sew curves. Yes, you.

The traditional Double Wedding Ring quilt block has a variety of piecing options and methods, and you may even want to try a few out before getting started on your final quilt. Though the quilt block does require a higher quantity of one solid color for most patterns, the “ring” section leaves considerable opportunity to use up some scraps.

If you want to get totally scrappy (and totally inspired), take a look at the jaw-dropping work of Victoria Wolfe.

This girl. The things Victoria Wolfe has done with the double wedding ring quilt pattern are crazy cool, so it’s no wonder she’s won awards… and written a book.

Apart from being dazzlingly abstract and modern, Victoria employs a really gorgeous “made cloth” technique, in which she pieces together different scraps, then cuts them into totally unique quilting shapes. She shares this technique and more of her Double Wedding Ring Quilting ideas in her book:

Oh, what’s that? You want to get started on a Double Wedding Ring quilt immediately? Yeah, me too. Because I love quilting, and I love love.

(If you have any romantic stories about this quilt pattern, please, puh-lease share them in the comments. The sappier the better.)

Are you an amateur quilt historian like me? Check out some of my other quilt history posts:

• Rail Fence Quilt Pattern​
• Ohio Star Quilt Pattern
• Courthouse Steps QuiltPattern
• Churn Dash Quilt Pattern
• Log Cabin Quilt Pattern
• Irish Chain Quilt Pattern
• Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Pattern
• Bear Paw Quilt Pattern
• Flying Geese Quilt Pattern
• Sawtooth Star Quilt Pattern
• A Quick Quilt History

If curves are super scary to you, I have a couple YouTube videos on sewing curves for beginners. Each one accompanies a quilt pattern too!