Hello color lovers! I’m Cherie from you & mie and I can’t tell you how excited I am to be guest posting on Delia’s blog and for Color Your Summer, no less! This has got to be one of the most fun series out there – I mean, you can’t go wrong with SUMMER and COLOR – they are two of my favorite things.
When I think of summer, I think of picnics. When the sun is out, I guarantee that my family will be out at the beach or park with some food and drink to soak up the beautiful weather. It’s one of my absolute favorite activities. So this summer I wanted to create a new picnic blanket to celebrate the start of picnic season.
In the past we’ve had a few store bought picnic blankets that we loved for their portability, but they weren’t well made and would start to rip or fall apart after a year. I wanted to create something that was sturdy and easy to carry around, but had the look and feel of a homemade quilt. So I made, what I call, the Sunburst Picnic Blanket.
It is a quilted blanket with a duck cloth bottom. It folds up nicely and is secured with velcro and has a handle for easy carrying.
This tutorial is now available on Cherie’s site: You & Mie. Go HERE to check it out!
Oh this is so cute! I love everything about it!!
very summery, I love it! I really like the star in teh center. Fun idea!
brilliant and beautiful! such a great design. cherie is amazing!! 🙂
cherie, you are just way too good at this! seriously. this quilt is awesome and of course i’m mighty partial to the sunburst design (thanks for linking, girl!!). happy picnicking!
this is amazing! what a beautiful blanket! couldn’t have been done any better, seriously want this for myself! 🙂 great job Cherie!
What a beautiful picnic blanket! I love how very summery it is and how it folds up all neat!
Love it Cherie! I want one (or several)!
a summer sunburst. so cheery- thank you!
I hove no words for how good every single part of this is!! SO good!!
I really love this quilt! I JUST made my first quilt ever–finished it last week, and I have a lot to learn, but this looks like I might be able to do it!
Thanks everyone for your comments! It really was a fun project and it's very practical – I used this one all weekend long and foresee much more picnic time in the coming months. I consider myself a beginning quilter, so you certainly can do it!
And thank you Delia, for all your kind words, encouragement and letting me share on your blog. You're the best!
i love this little blanket! the sunburst pattern in yellows is just perfect!
Gorgeous Blanket and ADORABLE wee gal.
That is beautiful! AND functional! I LOVE IT!
The fold up is great
The fold up is great
I love the fabric choices.. Do you shop online or in a store?
Cherie – do you ever make these to sell??
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@Jennelle – I shop in stores (I've yet to start shopping online and it's a good thing because once I did, I'd probably be addicted!!!). All of the fabrics for this quilt were from Joann's Fabrics except for the Oliver + S Modern Workshop Wave fabric I bought from a quilting boutique.
Sorry, Dixie Denise, I am not selling any of these right now! Wish I had more time so I could!
Please tell me you prewashed your duck fabric?? I discovered on accident that duck shrinks by a few inches once it gets wet. Even a exposure to a small amount of moisture made it wrinkle and distort all funny like.
That aside, it's adorable and just what I was looking for!
I did wash my duck cloth! I pre-wash/dry/iron everything (and generally don't work with fabrics that are not machine washable). I've heard that it's hard to iron and get all the wrinkles out, but I didn't have any trouble at all. I chose duck cloth because I thought it'd be durable, but would be easy to machine wash (compared to oil cloth or laminated cotton). But if you&#
I’m curious as to where you get your butcher paper? Love the pattern, can’t wait to get started on it!
Hi Kate! I work at a school, so I think I had taken a bit off of the roll and had it at home for projects (shhh . . . don’t tell!). I bet they sell some at large art supply stores. I recently bought a large pad of tracing paper at Michael’s (arts and crafts supply store), which you might have to tape two pieces together, but otherwise would work fine too. Good luck and I hope I get to see your finished quilt/blanket!
I think this is the cutest blanket. Do you have any suggestions on how to make it bigger (measurements for the pattern)? I wanted to make it about a full or queen size.
I made two of these for twin girls (http://parrishplatz.blogspot.de/2013/04/twin-quilts.html). Thank you for the tutorial!!!
Baby is so adorable. Looking so cute! UK caravan holidays
I cant find this pattern!omg can you please tell me where and how to get this? Thanks vonnie
nice post
absolutely great works
Thank you for sharing
Love this! The colors, the adorable little girl, and the fun patterns!! So great, you’ve inspired me to make one too 🙂 Where can you buy duck cloth??