Table Runner for Queensland Quilters

I am a member of Queensland Quilters and go to the night meetings...and when the call went out to make something for the Silent Auction they run each year, of course I put my hand up...I need to learn to sit on them . . .anyway - we could make a bag or a table runner, so I opted for the runner . . .

I got this idea from a local Patchwork shop (they made one for the recent Tilda Tour) ...and figured I could sort out the pattern....there was a limited amount of the fabric that was handed out - so I came up with this...it probably should have been a bit narrower....and I could just get two matching coasters to add to it.

I quilted it every half inch (copied from the shop model again)...I don't think I've ever quilted like that before - it sure does take some thread!