Just in time for the weekend I'd like to share a link for a free pattern for my quick and easy "Rosebud" table runner. The pattern is currently a "Web Extra" for Quilters Newsletter's December/January 2013 issue.
I originally designed this quilt with fat quarters in mind, but it can be made with standard 1/4 yard cuts of fabric or scraps you have on hand at home. If you'd like to make it with fat quarters, you'll need 5 -- 2 cream and 1 each of a rose, medium red, and dark red. Two yards of green fabric will be enough for the blocks, borders, backing, and binding.
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The "rosebud" blocks are a variation on a log cabin block. They are simple and so much fun to make. And with only 12 blocks and a quick strip-pieced checkerboard border, you can easily knock this table runner off in a weekend -- that is if your husband agrees to cook dinner and do the laundry and drive the kids to their activities and do the housework and... Ok, it might take a couple of weekends, but it is a piece of cake. Red not your thing? Try this quilt in different shades of plum or periwinkle or go crazy and make a garden of many colors of rosebud blocks. Whatever you decide, have fun and happy quilting!