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John Flynn's Double Wedding Ring Step-by-Step Workbook

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I made this quilt twice. It was very easy to make with the
directions given. The patterns were copied onto transparency
film and then cut out for ease.

I used the strip piecing as suggested in his book, although
tedious at times because of the double handling, it cut down
on the worry that they wouldn't be quite round enough or too
round.

I highly recommend this quilt book as fun, easy to use,
and very pleased with the finished product. This book is
on my stack of books to keep.

Happy quilting.

This book makes the classical double wedding ring quilt much easier. The details are easy to follow and everything comes together if you follow the steps one by one. The templates for different sized rings and the yardage for each is included. People will think you are a professional when you complete this traditionally not-so-easy quilt.

This is a very hard quilt to make. But with this book it takes all the guess work out of it and makes your quilts look like a pro had made them.

I just love this book. I should mention that while I'm neither a novice nor an expert quilter, I have managed to put together a king-sized Star of Bethlehem quilt with only 2 pages of directions. Comparatively, this book makes the Double Wedding ring a piece of cake (I had to buy fabric for the Star of Bethlehem twice because I ruined the cutting on the first batch).

The spiral bound design is very useful. While the book contains several full-color quilt examples, the instructions are black and white. It's a shame that you can't see the quilt on the back cover of this book - it's very contemporary with red and white fading spirals on a black background.

The book is very descriptive and contains detailed instructions on every step, including planning the final design. Flynn's strip-piecing system works well in this double wedding ring design. He also includes some worksheets for planning your own color sequences, and tips on selecting fabric.

Plan on 8 fabrics for every color circle (6 for the arc and 2 for joining the arcs), plus a background color. My quilt is king-sized with 18" rings and uses pink and cream rings with a burgundy background.

I ordered this book from Amazon and then ordered the templates mentioned in the book directly from Flynn, although I could have made templates from paper designs in the book. The templates are as thick as my plastic rotary guide, and very good quality, and they included ready-made seam allowance guides essential to his strip-piecing method (these little seam allowance tapes made a big difference in my making successful arcs & rings). While I could have saved money by ordering the two together from Flynn, I am glad I read the book before ordering the templates. There are several sizes of rings, from 6" to 24", and the book helps you choose the correct size for your project (larger sizes for larger quilts or wall hangings).

John Flynn's method of constructing the double wedding ring is great. I have wanted to make one for years, but put it off because of all the tedious cutting of all those little pieces. Now,with his method and a rotary cutter, the process is much easier!

I used John Flynn's Double Wedding Ring book as my "first" hand sewn, King size, quilt. It took me six months by hand but the result was so awesome. I am making another one for my second daughter in law. It makes an awesome wedding present and with his "step-by-step" method I had no problem with the finished product. I got instructions of the "hand quilting". But the piecing together was easy to follow.
I am recommending this book to my friends as well.
Thank you

The book is well detailed by John Flynn and is easy to understand. I've been wanting a streamlined pattern for the double wedding ring pattern using strip piecing and this is it. The instructions are easy to understand and follow. The photos of completed quilts indicates the color variables (nice to have.) The book is comprehensive as it gives patterns for several sized "rings" so that you can make a small item such as a table runner, table cloth or a throw up to a king sized bed quilt. The amount of material needed for each ring size is included. It is a very useful book for anyone who feels confident enough to try this pattern.

I ordered this book for my mom because she loves to quilt. It was the fastest shipping ever and it was bound like a notebook so it was easy to open the pages and they would stay open and not keep closing. My mom was thrilled with this book and she would recommend it to others. I would recommend the shipper because it was as fast as lightening.

This book was recommended to me by friends who have used it to make a double wedding ring quilt. I have read it and now need to make a sample block. However, the patterns in the book need to be copied and pasted to some material to make templates. I have seen a reference to purchasing his templates, but they are quite expensive and until I know what size I will use I do not want to purchase them. The book is easy to read and the steps are clear and well illustrated for this most complex of quilt patterns.

I have not made a quilt using this book yet. I have read through the directions and purchased the materials. Waiting until after the holidays to tackle the project. It seems fairly straight forward.