Ruffled Fabric Calligraphy Wedding Backdrop
While I love the grounds of our venue, I always pictured it a little dressed up for the occasion. A wedding backdrop is an easy way to achieve that, but there was no way I would be able to transport a triptych of distressed barn doors, 1,000 origami cranes, tangle-prone strips of crepe paper, or strung up coffee filters—no matter what Pinterest would have me believe.
In my browsing I had seen some simple but beautiful ceremony backdrops. Some pretty writing on a sheet of fabric would pack very easily into a suitcase and be relatively simple to set up as well. So I set out to emulate these backdrop inspirations, but with our own wedding aesthetic in mind.
Inspiration:

Amy Lynn via Twinkle and Toast / Calligraphy Wedding Vow Fabric Backdrop via Etsy / Erich McVey via Project Wedding
Supplies:

Fabric in the color of your choosing (100% cotton)
Brushes (I chose a thin square-edged taklon brush.)
Jacquard Lumiere Acrylic Fabric Paint
Sewing thread and needles
Chalk for drafting

Instructions:
Step 1: First, I wanted to make a smaller mock-up of the full calligraphy to be painted.  I used an OpenType font that had alternate characters with all kinds of different swashes and flourishes. This way I could customize everything using the Glyphs palette in Illustrator.

Above is the initial design. At first I thought I might want some poetry or our vows on the wedding backdrop, but then Mr. B-Cat suggested the text ?Hasta que la...