Curling Rocks
Quilted Runner Sarah Vanderburgh
Today I'm sharing the first part of a tutorial for a quick gift for
the season. I'm calling it Curling Rocks Quilted Runner. You
could put an exclamation point in there if you want to and
add some of that excitement and loud encouragement that
some curlers are known for: Curling Rocks! Quilted Runner :)
Then I had to make a decision. Did I really have time - and the
right fabrics - to try this out? My husband went out to the
garage to practice his guitar playing and I quickly decided to
give it a go.
Inspiration rocks! This runner was inspired by several things.
One morning at breakfast I showed my husband a new
block being shared by another designer and he said how it
kind of looked like a curling rock. It was for a small kitchen
appliance!
The block size is 81/2" x 8" unfinished. In the photo you can see
I built up the background to turn it into a 121/2" unfinished
block. (In the photo my curling stone is actually half an inch
shorter than the one I'm going to share with you. I decided
to make it look a little bigger!)
I took a second look and immediately started seeing how to
change the block to make it into one. What a neat idea!
It passed my husband's approval and now it was on to the
next phase.
The second part of the inspiration is a quilting friend of mine
who I met online. She just recently finished quilting one of
my quilts for me! This is the first time I've had someone quilt
one of my quilts and, being a friend, she's not charging me
normal quilting fees.
What would be a good gift to make with this block?
I have been racking my brain to figure out a way to show
my gratitude. And guess what? She LOVES curling!
I decided to try it out as a runner. You can adjust the length
of the runner by changing the length of the background
fabric between the two blocks. For this runner, I added 12"
between the two &