Lots of love

I have finished my repetition quilt, and am delighted with it!

I really enjoyed making all the 'LOVE's and decided that I wanted the letters to be the focal point, so hand quilted just inside each letter to make them all stand out. I nearly didn't give it a border at all, but am very glad I did, as this plain pink border throws the attention back onto the letters, which is what I wanted.

I machine quilted the border in a toning thread with 'love' repeated over and over. It adds texture to the border without pulling attention away from the letters.

I have decided to call it, 'But the greatest of them all is love', a quote from I Corinthians 13 v13. I'm not religious myself, but the Bible is a rich source of wisdom, and that quote sums it all up for me. I have to do the label and sleeve, and then it will go off to a charity exhibition at The Bramble Patch in June.

Many thanks, Tonya for giving me this opportunity to do something different and so satisfying!

Making love!

Don't worry - there will be no details which will make you blush here! I have been busy making LOVE for my repetition quilt and finally decided that I have made enough.

Despite that fact that I now realise it is slightly narrower at the bottom than the top (I may do something about this, or probably not!) I am very pleased with it.

The question now is, do I put another border on it (lighter and wider) or just leave it like it is? Please give me your advice.

More love

I have been making more words which say LOVE for my pink quilt. I've only joined one set together so far, as I'm not sure how they will go. I'll have to make some more, and then decide whether they look good all horizontal, in 4s, sashed or whatever. Some of the words look a bit cramped because they need a bit of background as a spacer. I'll sort that out later. So far, so good!

Just started

I spent a while thinking about this, and have sketched out several ideas - and thrown them in the bin! Then I remembered some free fabric I had taken at my local shop, which was to be used to make a quilt to raise money for a breast cancer charity. It was lovely fabric, but very pink. Maybe I could combine both challenges? What would go with pink?


Well, there was only one answer. A bit sickly maybe, but very important. Love. The quilt is going to consist of repetitions of the word 'love'. Here are the first two. (They'll look better when they're joined together - I hope!)