I’ve had so many of the shop owners I work with—I like to call them “my” shop owners—get Cozy Modern Quilts in their stores, then rave about it, and use it for classes, that I decided to try it myself.

I adapted the Mint Chocolate Wall Quilt project in the book (pictured below) to a runner size of about 15” x 51”, including 1  1/2” borders, by doing a 2 block x 6 block setting.

Mint Chocolate Wall Quilt project from Cozy Modern Quilts

I never worry too much about yardage requirements because, like many quilters, I have a lot of fabric on my shelves. I chose a lovely Asian inspired backing, so it can be reversible.

Then I used the easy “water” quilting design on my Nolting^® longarm machine and was done. From the time I spread my batiks out on the table, to the moment I completed the table runner top—this project took only 5 hours!

my table runner variation

Any straight-line quilting or stitch-in-the-ditch quilting would work for this table runner as well.

detail of my table runner

back view of my table runner

You could use birthday fabrics or holiday-themed fabrics and make whatever size works best for your table. This really makes a great weekend project. Such fun!

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