Katherine’s SAHRR
I want to share Katherine’s SAHRR with you today. If you’ve been following me throughout the Stay at Home Round Robin (SAHRR), you’ve likely seen previous posts where I’ve shown Katherine’s progress. Today I’m showing her finished quilt.
This is Katherine’s first time joining us for the SAHRR, and the first time she’s ever done anything like this. She loves earthy greens, so she wanted to keep it monochromatic. I like her blend of fabrics, and the addition of the light green and red really adds energy!
Here’s a close up of her center block:
You can also see her elongated spool border – I love that blue teal in there!
A close up photo of her little spinning star blocks, along with a peek at some of her quilting.
She even snuck in a pieced backing, and you can see more of her quilting in this photo, too!
Here are a few more highlights Katherine shared about her quilt:
- Fabrics chosen were all batiks from her scrap baskets, along with one yardage for the borders
- The added batik strip on the quilt back is also from her stash
- The leaves in the center block are Cherrywood fabric
- It was quilted on an older model Bernina with a walking foot and minimal free motion using Presencia thread
- If she could change anything, she would make the hourglass blocks a bit more prominent and the red orange a little less prominent (I love the red orange pop – don’t you?)
Katherine’s quilt finishes at 44 inches square. She said it “was a handful to quilt” since she usually makes smaller quilts. I think she did a fantastic job!
And with Katherine’s SAHRR, that is a wrap on the SAHRR quilts from Pieceful Thoughts! Thanks for stopping by!
Wendy
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18 Comments
Carol Andrews
Wendy I have to thank you for sharing Katherine’s lovely SAHRR. It’s a beauty and I enjoyed reading of her journey through her scraps to find the right ones! I loved her pretty red/orange pops of colour in her little quilt.
Sandi
I think Katherine’s quilt is wonderful! I love the pops of red too! Hugs,
Dorothy
Love it.
Stitchin at Home
I love the pop of red, it is a wonderful quilt.
Tracie
Thanks for sharing — it’s so fun to see each person’s interpretation and style!
Karen
very modern isn’t it. I recognize a couple fabrics in this that I have too
texasquiltgal
What a pretty piece. I particularly love the starting block, the spools, and love the red spinning stars and the way she quilted them! Nice job!
Katherine Duquette
Thank you Wendy and all for the encouragement. I did enjoy trying something new, using the fabrics from my leftover scraps, and seeing how other quilts were done.
Helen
I hope she is quite pleased.
Rochelle Summers
Congratulations to Katherine for completing this challenge. For a first time participant, I’d say she hit the mark.
Laura
I think Katherine has a good eye for piecing a monochromatic theme with only scraps! And I love the pop of red…without it, this quilt wouldn’t be so vibrant and interesting! Those elongated spools are pretty cool, too! Great job! 🙂
rl2b2017
Hi Wendy and Katherine! Great job on finishing your piece and using scraps!! I just adore the red spinning stars. An overall pleasing piece and a fabulous finish. {{Hugs}} ~smile~ Roseanne
Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
She did a fantastic job quilting her SAHRR. Thank you so much for sharing her work with us!
Eva
Hi Katherine, your quilt is so nice! You could be so proud!! Don’t be so critical with yourself, you did such a nice quilt. And the colours are just wonderful, the red friendship star and all the other quilt lines are so well. You did a perfect back and you jumped in like me… without knowing what will happen. And – we both can be so happy that Wendy posted our work on her blog. Enjoy your perfect (and finished) project. I love all comments as well – so you should take a long “bath” in all of this interesting comments and get a lot of energy out of them. Thanks to Wendy, thanks to all who comment, thanks to Katherine to share. Have a great week-end
The Joyful Quilter
Way to go, Katherine!!!
knitnkwilt
I love the visual impact of this quilt just the way it is!
Dawn
Katherine’s quilt is so artistic! Truly beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
quiltinggail
I LOVE Katherine’s improv SAHRR!! Thank you for sharing all her thoughts on the quilt! A job well done!
Thank you for linking to the SAHRR ’23 Parade!