WOW: LE Dewbies Prep

WOW = WIPs On Wednesday 

These are the 'triangles' from Part 8 of LE. I am making the pattern out of turn so I am working back and forth, pattern wise. Since I first drew these, I've always called them dewbies. This is a nonsense word and I have no idea what it means, except that its a triangular word for thingymajig. In the pattern, I had to be sensible and call them 'triangles' but to me they'll always be dewbies. I think Glenda (one of our moderators) calls them pixies. And that works too :) 

Today I'm doing preparation. Again, I'm using wash away fusible and cutting out my alternating lights and darks with enough seam all the way around to neatly needle turn the edge. Love Entwined is all about preparation, preparation, preparation. And today is another one of those days. 

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LE: This is What Just About Finished Looks Like

This magnificent quilt has been made by Narelle Birchall.

Narelle is an Australian  member of my Yahoo BOM Group and has been posting her progress pics over there for us to all enjoy. I do believe that Narelle is one of the first 'finished' LE quilt tops (and is the first as far as I am aware), so when I asked her if I could share this image below with you all - she very graciously agreed.

What can I say? I'm in love with it.

When I started Love Entwined: 1790 Marriage Coverlet, of course I knew that someone, somewhere would finish it. Eventually. And I knew that of those quilters, some would share their progress either through blogging it in steps here on this blog in the LE Archive Page (top of this page) or through messages and photos over in my Yahoo BOM Group.

But to actually see that someone has made it - and so soon- in line with the pattern, is remarkable.I mean, I should just point out that we aren't finished yet BOM wise - the pattern is still being released! She's obviously been working overtime on this wonderful, captivating and so so beautiful quilt.

 I am delighted. It's a real honour for me to see this quilt made. And many thanks to Narelle who has allowed it to be shown and shared.

I know there are many of you who read this blog and aren't making LE, and its always a curiosity to see how BOMs turn out so I know you'll be in awe of all this work! I am too. Never did I imagine that this quilt, in all its splendour, would be 'entering the world' so soon.

What more can I possibly say? Beautiful. 

LE: Finishing Vase 1

I've decided that the darker flower reds do work when all bunched together in the top first vase. So my reds and pinks are finally selected. Which leaves just the process of fussy cutting for my lily:

I love these tropical pink hues and this lily would have worked if I had stuck to the lighter pinks for my vase, but I thought the pinks were either too bright or there was just too much 'pinkness' when they were all put down together ...and I didn't want colour blind spots (or distracting areas of colour) in the center. My LE is more towards scrappy and antique-y looking and I have to theme with that. Sometimes, I have two or three quilts happening at the same time in my mind - a bright one, a pink one and a scrappy and I always seem to be choosing between these opposing colour teams. Its hard to choose between very different - but equally beautiful- options. 

Do you find the selection process of other quilters interesting? I do. I really love seeing what and how other quilters make their choices. I'm really spoilt for choice too, because over in my Yahoo BOM Group, there are so many varieties of Love Entwined and each one becomes my new favorite for a few minutes. It's really exciting to see the pattern expressed in so many different ways. And I love seeing how other quilters 'think' about the same pattern moments - we're all so different. 

I should have saved time and just 'listened' to the pattern, I went with white after all!

 But I did fussy cut the stamen!

I just think that the white lily balances the darker red and pink flowers well. Origially I wasn't going to, because the background is white and I didnt want the lily to be lost, but when I auditioned it in place, it wasn't lost at all, it was just right. 

 Here you can see my bloom fabrics: darker than I expected but working beautifully

 and the white lily has really found its home here too 

Looking forward to Vase 2 now...

WOW: LE Still Making Leaves

WOW = WIPs On Wednesday 

Today is all about more of Vase 1. Did you see my post on Saturday? I'm still deciding between Vase 1 fabric options. And when I'm not doing that, I'm making leaves and fussy cutting for my lily - there's plenty to do!

they look so lovely, I love the fabric colour graduations too

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