Double wedding ring help needed

This is really quite a question Sue! I wish I could help. Try Googling for the pattern, or try on

There might be one there - and they have good instructions.

I would have to draw something out, if I were doing this. Can you back one arc with freezer paper, cut it out carefully when stuck and trace from that? Using carbon paper or something you could then transfer the tracing onto a large sheet of paper, take off the seam allowance all round and then play to see how you might put them together.

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DWR is one of my favorites Sue. I checked a couple of patterns I have here. It isn't mountain mist or McKim. I did a couple dwr's out of a McCall's book years ago but they had ends that were cut at a slightly different angle. Here's the photo of that one:

I think you are going to just have to draft out the rest of the pattern. Some dwr's are really round and others kind of have a sort of blown out of round shape. There are a lot of dwr's on this page: I bought a vintage dwr top on ebay years ago and the thing looks like it is all mountains and valleys. The arcs don't fit the melons and it all needs to be taken out and redone. I also have one that is all pieced except the end squares on the arcs. Maybe you have me inspired to get these things out and work on them! Hopefully somebody here has some more help. It always feels good to be able to take an old top and fix or finish it. There is some sort of connection I feel that is good. Taria

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Check first to make sure that all the arcs are the same. There could be quite a bit of variation, especially if hand-sewn, and that might be the reason this project didn't get finished! Once you have established what size your arcs are, you can photocopy one to use as a "finished size" template, and trace the pieces you need to replicate to a piece of paper, adding seam allowances. You can also use the photocopy to draft the missing ends.

It is entirely possible to avoid drafting melons and centers -once the arcs are done, you can applique the rest. Roberta in D

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I think it might be easiest to appliqué the arcs to a background square rather than to try to piece them. Appliquéd will give you a little more "fudge-ability" if the arcs aren't all the same. Lay two arcs together with the inside corners touching, so the look something like (). You should be able to tell what size and shape piece you need for the corners. The DWR that I made ages ago had all the little segments cut exactly the same; the corners were actually square, which resulted in rings that weren't perfect circles. Cut the end squares and piece them in. Then you should be able to tell what size square you need for the background. Cut those and appliqué your "hollow footballs" to the background. The edges of the points on the football-shapes should match the edges of the background square and do not get turned under when you appliqué. Good luck!

Julia in MN

Roberta Zollner wrote:

I was also going to suggest appliquéing the arcs instead of drafting melons and centers. Some of the DWR patterns I have seen have squares at the ends of the arcs. this forms a 4-patch where the arcs meet. It depends on the arc and the accuracy and so many things.

Sue B., with 10 arcs it sounds like you have either the beginning of a project or the leftovers. You would need more to make any size project really. If the arcs are not all the same, or you decide to use them in a special project I would suggest choosing 8 of them, the "best" 8, to make a single "ring" applique. this could be used as the center of a larger project, part of a sampler, or just finished on its own.

Pati, > Check first to make sure that all the arcs are the same. There could be

Howdy!

Hmmm..DWRs: crossing fingers in a "no evil here, please" gesture.

SueB, experiment; play with the pieces you have; appliqué them to a background and just enjoy.

Taria, the DWRs w/ the "mountains & valleys"-- I call that a "B Cup" or sometimes even a "D Cup." Have received too many of those for handquilting, will now only accept one after inspecting it. I find that, usually, I can make a seam or tuck in the middle of the melons and/or centers to even out the blocks, make them lie down & be flat. Handquilting will cover the extra seam; in older tops it just looks like more scrappy piecing. I won't take apart an old top to put it back together; other things happen, bad things, unravelly fabric things.

But the older pieces can be salvaged and used and enjoyed, just maybe > DWR is one of my favorites Sue. I checked a couple of patterns

I need to dig the darned thing out and take a look. I don't think it was a 'd' but more than a 'b' for sure. I suppose I could make patchwork bra's out of the thing and market them on Ebay to quilters? That top has some nice old fabrics that may begood for something. I suppose someone should design a quilt pattern using all those misfitting and/or left over dwr arc. There are a lot around when you get to looking. Taria

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