I am very blessed to be one of
several quilters in my family. In addition to my mom, my husband’s grandmother
is also a quilter. A couple of years ago, she gave me a kit by Timeless Treasures. The pattern called for offsetting the rows and trimming off a
significant portion of some of the blocks. I didn’t want to make a bunch of
blocks and then discard part of them, so I decided to tweak the pattern. I made
the blocks as instructed, but rotated them instead of offsetting them. As I worked
on the blocks, I realized that with the addition of a few leftover fabrics from
other projects, I could stretch the kit and make a table runner in addition to
the small quilt. I knew that it would take me awhile to finish the quilt, so I
focused on whipping up a table runner for my husband’s grandmother, keeping in
mind that her favorite color is green. I especially enjoyed hand quilting it in
a cross-hatch pattern. Needless to say, she was happy to receive it. This
runner was finished in August of 2010.
