Victoria Findlay Wolfe Shares Double Wedding Ring Quilts

Double Wedding Ring Quilts/Victoria Findlay Wolfe/Sewing With Nancy

Victoria Findlay Wolfe Shares Double Wedding Ring Quilts

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Double Wedding Ring Quilts/Victoria Findlay Wolfe/Sewing With Nancy Victoria Findlay Wolfe, an improvisational quilter, is my most recent Sewing With Nancy guest who shares her modern, reinvented Double Wedding Ring designs. You might think of the Double Wedding Ring quilt pattern with the signature interlocking rings as a very traditional quilt design. Get ready to change your perspective!

Made Fabric

One of Victoria’s signature design elements included in her quilts is made fabric. Somewhere in her Double Wedding Ring quilts you’ll find randomly pieced fabrics that are cut into quilt shapes. Watch Victoria and me demonstrate this improvisational technique online.
Double Wedding Ring Quilts, is this week’s Sewing With Nancy streaming video feature, watch online with my guest, Victoria Findlay Wolfe.   

Iris by Night

Victoria’s quilt, Iris by Night, features made fabric in the concave squares. The quilt is a tribute to Victoria’s grandparents, Leo and Elda whose garden bloomed with yellow irises each spring. Memories and photos of that flower garden served as the inspiration and color palette for this charming quilt.

Double Wedding Ring Quilts/Victoria Findlay Wolfe/Sewing With NancyDouble Wedding Ring Quilts/Victoria Findlay Wolfe/Sewing With NancyPhoto courtesy of Victoria Findlay Wolfe

A Summer’s Day

Did you ever piece a quilt top that wasn’t perfect and then store it away in a closet? That’s what happened with the first version of Victoria’s quilt, A Summer’s Day. There’s no hint of a Double Wedding Ring quilt, just yet!
Double Wedding Ring Quilts/Victoria Findlay Wolfe/Sewing With Nancy
Later, she was inspired to cut it up, add to it, and give it new life. When you watch online, you’ll see how she turned a mistake into a thing of beauty!

Double Wedding Ring Quilts by Victoria Findlay Wolfe as seen on Sewing WIth NancyDouble-Edge Love

Risk taking is great for your creativity! That’s what Victoria’s quilt Double-Edge Love is all about. She took the risk of cutting apart an already pieced quilt top that wasn’t going anywhere. What visually appeared were some sections that reminded her of her roots in the farmland of Minnesota, and the other parts resemble streets of New York City—now her home. Here’s a quilt that visually connects Victoria’s past with her present.

Double Wedding Ring Quilts/Victoria Findlay Wolfe/Sewing With NancyVictoria’s Book is Visually Inspiring

If you need a boost of quilting adrenaline, a walk through Double Wedding Ring Quilts will provide the remedy. With full-size patterns for 10 quilts, the book will teach you the Double Wedding Ring basics plus Victoria’s unique fabric slashing and made fabric methods to create with personality.

Watch Double Wedding Ring Quilts (Part One and Part Two) on Sewing With Nancy online.


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69 Comments

  • Mary Roberts
    July 14, 2016

    Certainly are visually inspiring. Thank you for the opportunity to win.

  • Kathleen Yuhasz
    July 14, 2016

    Love these quilts! Very inspirational.

  • Sheila
    July 14, 2016

    I’m always interested in learning a new technique and Victoria’s book looks like a fun way to play with fabric.

  • Janetta Dobler
    July 14, 2016

    I have always felt intimidated by double wedding ring quilts – this makes it look like so much fun! Maybe I CAN do this??!! I would certainly be willing to give it a go, with this book!! Thank you Nancy and God Bless!! xo

  • Deb
    July 14, 2016

    The thought of tackling the double wedding ring always intimidated me until I saw Victoria’s quilts. I love the modern style and colors, and I’m now seriously working up the emerita to start one of my own. Thank you for the inspiration!

  • Randolph Case
    July 14, 2016

    Victoria’s work is inspiring and enabling! rmc

  • Stoney Monte
    July 14, 2016

    This is way out of my comfort zone but I would just love to run the risk of failure in the hopes of creating my own masterpiece. The book looks amazing…..

  • Jan
    July 14, 2016

    My favorite thing in the blog was the picture of Victoria’s grandparents. Thank you for sharing it.

  • Mitzi
    July 14, 2016

    WOW just looking at the pictures as inspired me. I have the center star finished. But never could figure out what to do with it. This is beautiful.

  • Cindy
    July 14, 2016

    I joined a modern quilt guild last yr and one of the first challenges was improvisational quilting. In my search of information on the topic, Victoria’s name popped up and I read of her “created” fabric and how she came about being a quilter – loved it. These quilts are beautiful and I especially like the garden inspired version – you can clearly see the inspiration (many times that is lost on me).

  • Debra
    July 14, 2016

    Gorgeous eye candy! I admire her fresh approach to timeless and traditional quilts. Thank you for a chance to win her book.

  • Debra
    July 14, 2016

    Gorgeous eye candy! I admire her fresh approach to traditional quilts. Thank you for a chance to win her book.

  • Erin Dumont
    July 14, 2016

    Improvisational quilting? Quilting has always been an activity that I’ve done with much thought, planning, and even though with much joy, always with a little anxiety. What a neat approach she has! I’d be thrilled to win the book!

  • Adelijne
    July 14, 2016

    Holy cow! I am officially gobsmacked! I am so intrigued to really see how this is done. Please, please pick me too!

  • Elaine Gates
    July 14, 2016

    Sometimes quilts are just learning experiences or therapy sessions for our tangled lives, and I love VFW and her creative fabric process. Would love to win this book and try my hand at her technique.

  • Adelijne
    July 14, 2016

    Holy cow! I am officially gob smacked! I am so intrigued to really see how this is done. Please, please pick me too!

  • Brenda Ackerman
    July 14, 2016

    I have watched these episodes quite a few times and enjoy it every time! I am putting together a traditional Double Wedding Ring quilt right now and would love to win a copy of her book! Thank you for the opportunity and for continuing to introduce us to the variety of methods that are very often an eye opener to a wonderful path of creativity!

  • CJ Hines
    July 14, 2016

    I love Victoria’s style! She has such a unique perspective and great eye for putting things together.

  • Pat pearl
    July 14, 2016

    This is certainly inspiring. We always think when we make a mistake that we have to do a lot of ripping. Maybe not!

  • Debra
    July 14, 2016

    I’ve always wanted to make a wedding ring quilt and the new options make it even more appealing. I can’t believe how different they look than the traditional pattern!

  • Bonnye
    July 14, 2016

    Thank you for the inspiring quilt. It is beautiful.

  • Susan Spiers
    July 14, 2016

    The bright colors are outstanding! What a great giveaway-thank you!

  • Denise Penn
    July 14, 2016

    I was thrilled to watch Victoria on Sewing With Nancy! I have a box of orphan/sample blocks that I was loathe to dispose of, thinking that surely they can be of use somewhere. Then…BAM! I was stunned at the beauty she created from such mismatched pieces!
    Thank you so much for making this offer!

  • Diane C
    July 14, 2016

    A Double Wedding quilt is on my list of quilts to make — this book just might bring it closer to the top of the list.

  • Shirley Sobieck
    July 14, 2016

    This is like a dream come true. I hope to make a double wedding ring quilt in my life time. I am always looking for the best and easiest way possible. I am a beginner quilter, so any instructions would be helpful.

  • BevM
    July 14, 2016

    My grandmother quilted a beautiful double wedding ring quilt for her bed. I do not know where it is now. I would love to try a modern version.

  • Helen L.
    July 14, 2016

    Beautiful! I have an “old fashioned” WR quilt in progress! Hope to complete by Oct.
    Love Victoria’s quilts. Saw one in Cedarburg, WI a couple years ago. And, she spoke at MN Quilters a few years ago. So inovative with her “made fabric”!

  • Kim H
    July 14, 2016

    So “Creative” I’m inspired to dig into my endless scrap supply and create some fabric myself!

  • Rena Pickering
    July 14, 2016

    Ah, I am hearing impaired and love the printed materials, and I dearly love your show it is always in close captions. Thank you for that!

  • Nancy
    July 14, 2016

    Stunning and inspirational quilts! Particularly love Iris by Night.

  • Debbie B
    July 14, 2016

    I really admire Victoria’s ability to “play” so beautifully with color. Her creativity is amazing. Thanks for sharing her lovely work.

  • Linda Gleason
    July 14, 2016

    Beautiful. Not sure that I am ready to tackle it as a beginner.

  • Pat
    July 14, 2016

    The quilts shown are amazing. Truly a leap of faith to cut up a quilt top and make it into something totally different. Thanks for the chance to win this intriguing book.

  • Starla
    July 14, 2016

    Beautiful ideas!

  • Becki Gilchrist
    July 14, 2016

    Really impressive! Have a box of finished 1/4 circles and I think I will try something very untraditional with them.

  • Mary Smith
    July 14, 2016

    What interesting concepts. I’m not fond of contemporary quilts but these photos have me intrigued. I’m ready to take another look!

  • Doris C.
    July 14, 2016

    Thank you for this inspirational program. Beautiful work that has inspired
    me to sew, sew, sew and quilt, quilt, quilt. Working with fabric is truly a joy for me. Sewing and stitching as mother and grandmother taught, in-
    spired and gifted me.

  • Maryjo
    July 14, 2016

    I had the privilege of meeting Victoria at QuiltCon 2016. What an amazing artist and lovely person. I so enjoyed this video.

  • Leigh
    July 14, 2016

    Oh my goodness! Just Beautiful. I have several wedding ring quilts that my grandmother sewed and then quilted by hand. I’m in the midst of creating a diamond wedding ring but I can’t wait to be inspired.

  • Leigh
    July 14, 2016

    Oh my goodness! Just Beautiful. I have several wedding ring quilts that my grandmother sewed and then quilted by hand. I’m in the midst of creating a diamond wedding ring. I can’t wait to be inspired.

  • Shirley Clark
    July 14, 2016

    Wow! These are gorgeous and so unique!

  • Jodi Bowlden
    July 14, 2016

    Amazing the transitions. I am working on giving myself permission to re-cut and alter things that no longer work for me.

  • Rand Case
    July 14, 2016

    Victoria’s work is both inspiring and enabling! Thanks!

  • Alice
    July 14, 2016

    I have a double wedding ring quilt project started. I have always loved the pattern and hope that I can finish mine.

  • mindi
    July 14, 2016

    First of all, Victoria’s quilts are FABULOUS! And….what she does is so inspiring. Now, I need to dig those half baked goodies out of the closet. (They weren’t goodies b4 seeing this video.) Thanks for the giveaway!
    Love your shows and blog Nancy!

  • E. Ann
    July 14, 2016

    Love double wedding ring. Love the inspiration even when things don’t turn out as planned. Thanks for chance at book!!

  • Anne Z.
    July 14, 2016

    I am inspired to use the improvisational technique to make my own fabric. I love how Victoria Wolfe has taken such a traditional pattern and made it Modern.

  • Edith Gorzo
    July 14, 2016

    Victoria’s quilts are fabulous. Thanks for the draw and the inspiration.

  • Betty Edwards
    July 14, 2016

    Amazing quilts, the Double Wedding Quilt is just an explosion of love!

  • Jan
    July 14, 2016

    Love the twist on the traditional.

  • Tina
    July 14, 2016

    These are great! I think I would like to try one of these. I’m a little skeptical of my abilities. Thank you.

  • Jade
    July 14, 2016

    I’ve always wanted to try a double wedding ring quilt and this book gives me the incentive to buy the Double Wedding Ring Accuquilt die to try one!

  • Naomi
    July 14, 2016

    Love the modern take on double wedding ring quilts

  • Ruth L
    July 14, 2016

    Dear Nancy,
    I have been a huge fan of Ms Wolfe’s quilts ever since seeing her on an episode of your television show several years ago. My bucket list includes a double wedding ring quilt, inspired by the red and white design on the cover of Victoria’s book! I be be so delighted to win a copy! Thank you for highlighting such incredible artists!
    Warm regards,
    Ruth L

  • Joanne P.
    July 14, 2016

    Made a wedding ring quilt from a kit years ago….would love to have a copy of the book and make a “modern” improvisational wedding ring!

  • Marty
    July 14, 2016

    I always thought I liked the traditional WR pattern but never made one… now I know why: the quilts were lovely but too “placid” for me to want to make all that effort. The mixture of hues and textures in this “updated” method truly excite my interest and have me wanting to “create fabric” to make one truly my own version!

  • Barbara Eylers
    July 14, 2016

    Love the quilts. Would love to get this book. The quilt group could make this quilt for a raffle.

  • Candice
    July 14, 2016

    WOW! Those are awe inspiring. I have a diamond wedding ring pattern waiting for me – I’m now a step closer! I may conquer my fear of choosing the right colors/fabrics.

  • Arline Bivins
    July 15, 2016

    I have always LOVED the Wedding Ring Quilt. I would love to win this book. It’s so inspiring and I’d like to make it for my Granddaughter for when she gets married which is in the near future. Thanks for such inspiration on so many sewing projects on your show.

  • Arline Bivins
    July 15, 2016

    I LOVE the Wedding Quilt Pattern and want to make it for my Granddaughter in the near future. I’d like to THANK YOU Nancy for all your inspiration and projects you provide the public to make us BETTER seamstresses, Quilters and Artists in our craft.

  • Cassy L.
    July 15, 2016

    Oh, my goodness…these are wonderful versions of a timeless classic!

  • wanda
    July 16, 2016

    The Double Wedding Ring pattern has long been a favorite of mine.

  • Rhonda D in KY
    July 16, 2016

    The Double Wedding Ring quilt is my all time favorite!!! I have one that my mother and grandmother made years ago. To me it is priceless! I haven’t made one yet so winning this book might push me to get started on one.

  • Thunder
    July 16, 2016

    I love Victoria’s quilts. It would be great to win one of her books. Thanks for the chance.

  • Martha Hood
    July 17, 2016

    Haven’t made any of the wedding ring quilts- looking at them, love them, would love to be the one to get this book- love your videos thanks for all the good ideas you show

  • Sharon Davis
    July 18, 2016

    I love the double wedding ring quilts – both the modern version and oh how I do love the original version. So beautiful. I aspire to someday become good enough a quilter to tackle such a challenge! Thank you for sharing these beautiful quilts with us!

  • Catherine Gregoire
    July 18, 2016

    Beautiful work. So much talent. Thank you for sharing.

  • Judy
    July 21, 2016

    Thanks for all the information you share, Double wedding ring quilts are so beautiful and someday, maybe I will make one..

  • Arden
    July 25, 2016

    I had a lot of fun making a small double wedding ring quilt which was lots of fun and easy. I have an ugly quilt top I would love to cut up and mix into another quilt. Great idea here! Thanks for the video….arden

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