Washboard Road in Hoffman Batiks

We had another wonderful friend test our new Highway 10 Designs Washboard Road pattern and I'm excite to share hers with you.  This beauty was pieced by Reneta and she used a Hoffman Bali Pop called Mercury that she had lying around in her stash.   She used a solid back for the backing and wow does it allow the fabrics to shine!

Reneta chose the Bora Bora pantograph for this one as she sees 'flight' in this quilt top.  Geese in formation is a great image that it comes to mind when looking at this quilt.  I love how people see different things in a quilt design, inspiring the imagination.

 I had a lot of fun taking pictures as we just had a light snowfall adding to the scenery.  My husband was a good sport holding the quilts in the farmers fields around our place.

I used charcoal So Fine thread and used Quilters Dream Blend batting.

Just a reminder that we are having a 15% off sale on all our paper and PDF patterns in our Etsy Shop and on our Website.  Sale lasts until Nov 15, 2020.
 

I have two more versions of this pattern to share with you soon, both with a very different colour palette!   

Washboard Road - Highway 10 Designs Pattern #15

 

It has been almost a year since Lori and I published a new pattern for Highway 10 Designs.   Its been a crazy year but we finally found our design mojo again and are happy to present 'Washboard Road".  

To celebrate the release of our 15th pattern we are having a sale in our shops.  15% off all our patterns in both our Etsy shop and Website starting today and going until Nov 15, 2020.

This is a great pattern for using either a Jelly Roll, Fat Quarter Bundle or Fat Eighth Bundle! 

This sample was made with Fairy Dust Ombre by V & Co. for Moda.  Lori pieced and quilted this one and she sent it to me to bind and take pictures for the cover and social media. I thought that was a good deal!

This pattern has instructions for 4 sizes: Throw, Twin, Queen and King.

We had a few of our quilting friends test our new pattern and I am happy to share Amy's today too!  She used a solid navy background with an Ombre Confetti Metallic Jelly Roll by V & Co. for Moda. I love how this pattern looks with a dark background! She didn't add a border to give it a modern look. Our pattern has fabric requirements for with or without borders in all sizes.

Washboard Road is now available in our Etsy Shop and on our Website in both paper and PDF download formats. Don't forget all our pattern are 15% off from Nov 5 to 15!

There is nothing like sitting by a lake or taking a relaxing walk down a gravel road in the fall time!

Snowflake Quilt

 

My friend Shelly made this super fun Snowflake quilt and the pattern by Modern Handcraft.    When she brought me this quilt I knew I had to wait for the first snowfall to get some pictures and also had to take one under our local Snowmobile Club sign.  You see Shelly is originally from NW Ontario and once I moved here discovered she was from Atikokan to be exact!  She has told me a few funny stories about growing up there and how the snowmobile club is called the Sno-Ho Club.  And even better she was crowned Sno-Ho Princess in 1979 and was sponsored by a business in Emo!  I tried my best to get a photo for proof but no luck!  

Shelly asked for vertical quilting on this one so that is what I did.   I used black So Fine thread and Quilters Dream Blend batting.  The backing is a cozy Mammoth Flannel.

Family Treasure

 Marlene sent me a very special quilt top to custom quilt for her.  This beautiful hand appliqued quilt was made by her sister-in-law Anne and her mother-in-law as a joint project. They both since passed away and Marlene discovered the top while going through Anne's quilting supplies. What a treasure to discover amongst all the finished quilt tops Anne had made over the years.    We do not know the name of the pattern but if you are familiar with it can you please let me know!  ( Thank you to my blog reader Karen who commented the pattern is called The Blessings by Robyn Fallon of Bon Bon Designs!)

I quilted it with open feathers in the outer border, SID around the applique petals and added tall loops in each piece.  I SID around all the applique in each block, added curls in the sashing and feathers in the background of the blocks to match the outer border.

Marlene sent a lovely grey Fireside backing and it really added to the custom quilting giving it great texture.

I used 3 colours of Bottom Line 60 wt thread on the top and grey Bottom Line on the back.  Batting is a white poly.

I'm sure this quilt will be treasured by Marlene and her family and fill them with wonderful memories of Anne and her mom.  It was an honor to be have a small part in its completion.

Clover Quilt

Shelly made this pretty Clover quilt, the pattern is by Cluck Cluck Sew.  Love the fabrics she chose, the give it a retro feel so naturally I thought Bountiful Feathers would be the perfect pantograph design.

 

I quilted it with white So Fine thread and used Quilters Dream Blend batting.

We were suppose to get quite a few inches of snow this weekend but nothing. It all stayed 40km to the north of us so we still have a green landscape for now.

Winter Pines

Gay made the lovely Winter Pines batik quilt and the pattern is by Missouri Star Quilt Company.

I quilted it with the Snow Winds pantograph, light blue So Fine thread and Quilters Dream Blend batting.

The forecast is for snow flurries this week so my landscape might be changing soon.

 

Live to Ride Quilt

 

Lori made this great 'Live to Ride' quilt using a panel by David Textiles. I quilted it with the Ebb and Flow pantograph but loaded the quilt sideways so the design would run vertical and look like flames.

I used red So Fine thread and Quilters Dream Blend batting.

My little 'Autumn Blaze' Maple tree is looking brilliant in its fall colours.

Hope your enjoying a lovely fall weekend!