Too Hip to Be Square

This quilt came about because of the most senior, coolest quilter—Ruth—I have ever had the privilege to meet at a quilting retreat.

Ruth sat beside me. At the end of the day, while my workstation looked like a disaster, Ruth’s was clean, her fabric folded and a glass of sherry in hand.

I was trying to square up the quilt top I was developing but was having difficulty because I had one arm in a sling. Ruth offered to square it up for me. The next morning, when I held it up, we saw it wasn’t square but crooked. Ruth asked what happened to my squared top. My response was that I wasn’t certain, but I guessed squaring up and sherry do not mix.

I loved it so much that I kept it that way and entitled it Too Hip to Be Square in honour of Ruth.