Today, another project from the stack… I finished piecing the picnic quilt I was working on (I think I blogged about this, gingham and kokka strawberries). I had two big pieces of vintage chenille bedspread that I sewed together and used as the backing and then I quilted it with little ties on the gingham. Oh, I love it so. It's an awesome heavy weight and the nubby backing is so great. Very satisfying! It's supposed to be for picnics and sit on the dirty ground or damp grass. I don't know if I can do it. I couldn't even take it outside for photos. But it does roll up to be perfect bike basket size so what the heck, it'll look cute with grass stains.
So cute! Perhaps you can use it for indoor picnics, and slowly graduate to the outdoors?
Adorable! Just invest in a huge tub of Oxyclean. 🙂
Oh my goodness I love this so much! Gingham and strawberries scream summer picnics – or, indoor living room floor picnics;)
Enjoy and thanks for sharing
xo
Lovely!
Once I get the baby quilts knocked off my list (it’s baby shower season around here!) I want to make a waterproof picnic blanket backed with laminated cotton…there’s so many cute ones coming out right now, and I think the ground here may be cold and damp for months to come with the record rainfall!
Take it out, and let others enjoy it too! It would look very pretty spread out on a patch of green grass.
Just lovely!
So cute! Something I really must get around to making.
I love it!! It is the perfect picnic blanket!! I might need to make something just like it!
Cuuuuute! It’s absolutely perfect!
i love it! come on picnic weather!!!
What is such a lovely item for if not to be taken outside and shown off to the world? 🙂
Oh I totally remember you showing those fabric choses. I love what you did with them. I think I would question taking it on a picnic but think how great you picnic would taste!
Wish it was spring here, it’s still winter. Ugh!
What a perfect project for that giant strawberry print! I have some of it in the stash and now you have me thinking about some different options. 🙂
Wow, that quilt is adorable! I don’t blame you one bit about not wanting it outside. But you must, it’s lovely!
Use it! Use it! I am sure when you take it on it’s first picnic, you will smile every time you look at it! 🙂
Perhaps you could put one of those waterproof picnic blankets underneath to protect your lovely quilt?
It’s beautiful. Maybe you could hang it up on the wall?
Cute! How big is it? I need to make one for our picnics. The old army blanket is getting a bit scratchy (not to mention ugly…). 🙂
Don’t think of them as grass stains, think of them as fun memories! Is there maybe a stain resistant thing you could spray it with to help?
I was a picnic one year for Halloween and now have leftover red gingham. I think I know what I’m going to do with it!
I love it! A picnic quilt is on my list as well although it is still just a stack of fabrics…
oooh I love it! I think I would have a hard time taking it outside as well.
oh i love it! I know what you mean, handmades are so precious when they come out just as you imagined and they are perfect and new. Its so hard to think of actually using them. But then once the first dirt gets on them the satisfaction comes from making memories with something so wonderful!
I love it! But I agree, you should use it. You can’t make memories with it if it’s just sitting un-used!
How cute! I thought of making a picnic quilt. Then I remembered how long it took me to make a doll quilt. Then I thought of my kids’ dirty shoes. Then I remembered that my grouch of a husband never wants to go on a picnic anyway. Still, all that doesn’t stop me from popping it on the to-do list.
If you find out how to get grass stains out, please let me know. I’m still wondering why they make baseball trousers in white…
so fresh and perfect for the picnic season! it makes me want to run outside with mine right now! I am in love with the tiny ties too. wonderful accent…with a purpose. happy picnicing!
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It does look really perfect for a picnic rug, I think you need to use it!
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Think of the green spots as memory spots. Each green spot can remind you of a fun picknick you had together with the ones you love and cherish
That is one cool quilt! Go on, take it outside and enjoy!