Hello everyone! Welcome to my blog, High Road Quilter. It is my day to post my progress on my Pinwheel Quilt as a part of a blog hop hosted by Carol Swift.
Thursday, March 21, 2024
Pinwheel Quilt Blog Hop
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15 Minutes to Stitch 2024
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Sunday, March 10, 2024
Quilt Reveal: Pajamas Doll Quilt
Your project must be wearable, or have been made from previously worn items, or have another connection to clothes, shoes and fashion accessories.
I gave myself two choices:
- Make a blouse that I have been planning to make for a very long time. I already have the pattern and the fabric chosen.
- Make a quilt out of all the pajamas I have been saving to make a quilt.
15 Minutes to Stitch 2024
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Quilt Reveal: Web of Life
It's time for the annual Dust Off An Old Quilt Book Blog Hop! I have been participating the last few years and have always enjoyed it.
I have been participating the last few years and have always enjoyed it.
For this hop, I dusted off my Red & White Quilts Infinite Variety book. The book features all the red and white quilts that had been in an exhibit at a museum. I had seen the quilt on the cover before the exhibit and the book and had already been fascinated by it.
This block may look familiar to you. I started it a long time ago, in 2010. I then added a backing to hide the raw edges. I added it to a gray background, but I didn't like the way it looked, so I abandoned it. I hadn't put it on my list of quilts because I was just playing and hadn't started the Optical Illusion quilt.
During the 15 Minutes to Quilt Challenge in December, I took off the gray background and made a quilt sandwich with a white background. I then had to leave the quilt alone and move on to my next UFO for the next day's video.
But since it was so close to completion, I didn't put it away, and worked on it in the spare bits of time I could find.
What word? Web of Intrigue? Web of Lies? Web of Deception? I looked it up, and the first word I found was Web of Life. Sounded good to me. It was late at night by that time and Life is a nice short word and therefore easy to applique, so I decided to choose that. I found a font I liked and traced out the letters.
Man did not weave the web of life; we are merely a strand in it. Whatever we do to the web, we also do to ourselves. Adapted from Chief Seattle
Karrin's Crazy World
Sunday, February 25, 2024
Quilt Reveal: Red and White Hourglass Quilt
I have finished the Red and White Hourglass quilt for the Project Quilting challenge for this week . The challenge is to make a quilt that is inspired by an hourglass. It must be started and finished in one week.
I've actually wanted to make a red and white hourglass quilt for a long time, years. I saw one in a museum and the docent would not allow me to take a photo of it, even though it is a simple traditional pattern. I drew it out and shaded in the red parts so I would remember what it looked like, but I must have been on a No New Quilts Until the Old Ones are Finished rule, so I did not start the quilt and it stayed on the To-Do List.
I thought about making a red and white hourglass quilt for this challenge, but I wasn't sure I would be able to make a good one in time. I wanted one with enough blocks that the secondary patterns would show through and I also had the blog hop quilt to finish.
So I thought I would make one with one long hourglass block, and a quote on the other side. I got the bright idea that I could print the quote on fabric and that would make the words easy to get on the fabric.
Then I got the bright idea that I could applique an hourglass. So I looked for a pretty picture, and while I was playing in Canva, I thought I could make the whole design, print it on fabric, and make a wholecloth quilt with minimal quilting, easy peasy.
The printer didn't cooperate. I don't think it is the printer's fault. I think that with new releases of Windows and printer drivers, the printer is becoming obsolete even though it works perfectly fine. Or maybe I don't use the ink fast enough and it dries up before I get a chance to use it. This problem has been happening, so I don't think it is just this ink cartridge. There was some faint picture but not enough to see what it is.
Thank you for this challenge again this year. I finally got my red and white hourglass quilt made!
I will post a Youtube video about this quilt and give you a link here next Sunday.
15 Minutes to Stitch 2024
Thursday, February 22, 2024
My Blog Hop Day: Pink Explosion
Back in October, I posted a video on my YouTube channel where I showed the African Ankara fabric I had just bought. When I folded them into bolts and got them ready to take upstairs, one of the bolts wound up sitting next to another fabric I wanted to take upstairs.
I really liked the combination of the Ankara fabric and the pink fabric and thought that the combination would look good in a quilt.
But I was about to start my daily videos with the 15 Minutes to Quilt challenge where I worked on existing UFOs, so I went ahead and put them away.
I resisted starting any new quilts in December, but the idea of combining that Ankara fabric with the pink fabric still stayed in my mind.
This challenge is to show us what you LOVE. Moose of course are optional!
Monday, February 19, 2024
It Moose Be Love Bloghop
The bloghop starts today. I'll be back on Thursday to show you my project! Mark your calendars and I'll see you Thursday!
Monday February 19
Tuesday February 20
A Quiltery-For the Love of Geese
Wednesday February 21
Thursday February 22
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