Mary's Mini Quilt Project

After a lot of hard work, the project is now done. This mini quilt was adapted from a Mary Hershcleb design "On the Road".  The original pattern featured a "woody" station wagon pulling a yellow travel trailer. I first saw it on Pinterest and Rick found it mentioned on Airstream forums. But, we needed a mini quilt that fit our circumstances.

And now a little story about the process:

I found the pattern on line offered by Quiltbug.com, a neat site that has quilting patterns, fabric and offers some helpful free information about thread, needles and a french braid table topper pattern.

Having done paper or foundation piecing before, I was able to alter the pattern pieces to transform the station wagon into a red pickup and change the trailer into a silver bullet. I did have some difficulty getting the pickup wheels to line up properly,

but in the end, I prevailed. Persistence pays off! The body of the picture is machine quilted. I added a wavy inner border and chose not to bind the quilt as I ran out of matching fabric.