L is for...
"Give me an O!!"
"Give me a Veeee""
" And give me an Eeeeee!!"
"What do we get? We get - LOVE!!!" Rar Raa RAA
I finished The Love Quilt top. I've enjoyed using the Essex Linen/Cotton blend in natural for the background. It's such a great neutral colour with wonderful texture.
I couldn't leave it unpieced though, I felt it needed a few highlights.
Just a few pieces of lighter fabric here and there. They almost look like pieces of paper floating or falling.
I've made the top about 95 x 85 inches. I would love to hand quilt it in colourful perle cotton but I've accepted that I just don't have time. I'll take it to my longarm quilter and she'll make it extra special with her wonderful quilting. The backing will be this colourful Fruitti Tutti quilt I posted for New Years. I figure that way it can be a two sided quilt. A perfect wedding gift for some lovely friends of mine.
I hope you've been doing some lovely sewing lately..
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It's wonderful Rachael, and a perfectly precious wedding gift! Lucky couple!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful gift for the happy couple to have, to start their married life together. They will 'love' it!
ReplyDeleteWow this is lovely and wonderfull and I feel it in my fingers: I want do this too !!!! Great quilt!!!
ReplyDeleteHave you a special tutorial or have you done it how it comes? How long is one letter for example?
Perhaps I make 4 pillows ... :- ) !?
Hope you allowed me to "copy" your idea ;-) ? !
♥ Heike
awwwwww Love is in the air!! GRAND! can't wait to see that finished! the backing will look great on that! Rachael I would get re married again just for you to make me a quilt!! LOL
ReplyDeleteLOVE this quilt! It is perfect, Rachael! The background is so fun...it feels like confetti falling all around! LOVE IT!!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a clever a good idea for a wedding quilt! I love the little floaty bits going around. They are going to "love" it!
ReplyDeleteAt least YOU have been quilting something lovely ! What a great idea for a wedding gift! Your neutral background is very nice.It looks like my French so-called *metis fabric*, that is the warp is linen, the weft cotton, in this kind of natural color. The pieced highlights are a clever idea too!
ReplyDeleteYou are so clever and fun. Your pieced letters look great! The added pieced fabrics add just the right sparkle!
ReplyDeleteThey will love it and treasure it
Bellissimo regalo.....gli sposini di certo gradiranno!
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Fabulous!! I LOVE it!! Your letters are so fun, and your pieced background takes it to another level. Bravo!!!
ReplyDeleteIt's fabulous! What a great two-for-one quilt. And the little scraps throughout the linen/cotton...great addition!
ReplyDeleteCool, love the scrappiness of it
ReplyDeleteScrap pieced leters ,understated elegant background and amazingly playful backing. Awsume.
ReplyDeleteIt is a great combination and all the love you made it with shines through. Nothing better.
What a beautiful gift for the happy couple...as The Beatles said....Love Is All You Need...Happy sewing today Rachael...don't know how much I'll get done...we have a new fridge arriving today...have a great day xoxo
ReplyDeleteLove it Rachael, and love the pieced background. It's a wonderful gift for your friends. Love the Tutti Frutti quilt top too that you are using as the backing. A lovely idea to have such a vibrant back to use as an alternative.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great wedding quilt and how fun that it's reversable. The floaty bits are like confetti, I love it.
ReplyDeleteOooh so cool. The centre works all on its own but is a powerful statement surrounded by the neutrals.
ReplyDeleteFirst look at the whole top made me think of light refracting from crystal. Really excellent top.
It's perfect, Rachel! And two sided.....can't beat that! They will love it!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE your Love quilt!!! It turned out so beautiful!! That's so sweet that you are making it reversible! What a lucky couple!!!!
ReplyDeleteL is for me! :-D
ReplyDeleteCute quilt top. No sewing for me - my US sewing machine is still in transit, along with my stash.
It's fab Rachael!!! I love the bits you've included in the linen background. Great gift idea!
ReplyDeleteLOVE IT!! What a perfect wedding present, so beautiful! The background looks great and I can't wait to see how it's quilted
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful are the colours, what a lovely gift, it will last a lifetime.
ReplyDeleteoh Rachael, that quilt will be amazing. I am using linen in a quilt I am making and I just love the feel of it. I can't wait to see this all quilted and lovely, greatest gift ever!
ReplyDeleteLove it and that backing is just perfect. What a special gift.
ReplyDeleteHi, Rachael. I agree with everybody else--great idea for a wedding gift. The pieced letters have such cheerful colors, sending out a message of hope. I hate to say this, but I like the background best. It shows off the letters and yet holds its own--brilliant! Great place for some interesting quilting too.
ReplyDeletebest, nadia
Love your pieced linen background & of course I love the love. A wonderful gift!
ReplyDeleteThat is going to be an awesome backing for the quilt. Give me a 'G'. Give me a 'R'. Give me a 'E'. Give me a 'A'. Give me a 'T'. 'GREAT'. Yeahhhhhhhhhh
ReplyDeleteSo, in my mind I still have you dancing all over the room with your cheer leading chant! What fun that would be.
ReplyDeleteGreat quilt. Love the fabrics and the lettering and the background you have set them on. It looks so gorgeous.
What a great idea you have come up with for the backing. That would be a great quilt on its own, but this is a wonderful way to use it.
Fantastic gift!!!
fantastic!!!! love love love love love it. and love it some more. what a beautiful wedding present.
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! Love the background you chose! Lovely gift!
ReplyDeleteIt is absolutely beautiful Rachael, Your friends are so lucky to receive something so lovely! I love how you pieced the background, it really adds to it! Just gorgeous!
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Fabulous. You must have an amazing stash. Just love the fabrics.
ReplyDeleteThe Love is just so sensational..you are just the best at what you do!! xo Jennifer
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for leaving me a comment. Your kind words encourage me to keep sharing my work and stories.