Signature Quilt with Free PDF Pattern!!!

 I am so excited to share this new Signature Quilt along with a Free PDF Pattern for it!!    This is the quilt I made for Jessi and Trey's wedding reception.  Rather than having people sign a book when they arrived, they signed a signature block in the quilt.  Everyone just loved it, and now Jessi and Trey have a special keepsake with everyone's well wishes!!   It would work for just about any occasion that you want to have well wishes from people . . .wedding, retirement, hospital stay, baby shower, golden anniversary, etc.. etc.. etc..    And it is so fun and fast to make . . . you are going to love it!!  Here is where you can download the FREE PDF Pattern  so you can make your own ;)    

What I love most about this quilt is it is Layer Cake Friendly.  And you use all 42 squares of your Layer Cake, so pick out one you like, grab a coordinating neutral fabric to use for the signature blocks, and you are set to go!!   Jessi picked out a Folktale Layer Cake by Lella Botique for Moda.  It matched their wedding colors perfectly and it has always been a favorite of mine, so I am so glad she loved it too!!   And isn't it so great that you get a full representation of the fabric line, it's just so pretty just and is just how it was designed to be used!!! 

You are literally just putting a border of print fabric around a signature rectangle, and then cutting some of those blocks in half to make the offset layout.  Truly, you can whip one of these up for a special occasion in no time at all.  It finishes at 49" x 90" so it is a great lap size ;)    

And I used Micron Pens with archival ink for people to sign with.  That way I know the signatures will stay after it is well loved  They come in pretty colors and that really added to the prints in the quilt ;)   isn't it just so fun to see all of those sweet words of congratulations and love shared! 

When it came time to quilt this keepsake, I decided I wanted to keep the signature blocks unquilted so they would be easier to write on and would pop!  So I did a stitch in the ditch around the signature blocks and then a cute curly q in the print fabrics.  I just love all the texture it adds, makes it so soft and snuggly!!  

And that is my new Signature Quilt!!!  I wish I would have remembered to take a picture of it on the reception table, it looked so pretty ;)  Ah well :)   I just hope you love this Signature Quilt as much as I do and that maybe you have a special event that a signature quilt would be just perfect for!!  And if you do and make up this quilt, I would love to see it! You can share your projects with me on social media with the hashtags  #happyquiltingwithmc  and tagging @happyquiltingmc or email me a picture at happyquiltingmelissa@gmail.com. I can't wait to see your Signature Quilts!!

I hope you all have a very Happy Quilting Day!!!