Come on a Picnic with Us!

We're going on a picnic today as part of

The Perfect Picnic Blog Hop hosted by

Sew We Quilt.

 

 

Every great picnic begins with the food.

 

The mason jar salads were a hit,

easy to transport and

they ate

every bite.

 

 

 

We grabbed our picnic basket.

Played some games.

The boys brought

Apples to Apples and

teeny tiny Uno cards

 

Which card do you think best describes "Juicy".

Hmmm, grapes definitely the winner for me,

although beets are pretty juicy, ick.

 

It was a beautiful day at

Eagle Island State Park.

Played in the sand.

Even stumbled upon a Civil War reenactment.

 

And a picnic is all about

 the picnic blanket(s)!

 

I was so excited about this blog hop.

Because I have wanted to finish

 this picnic Swoon quilt

for ~THREE years. 

Nothing like a deadline to make it happen.

  

 

 

And of course,

2 picnic quilts are better than one.

We definitely need 2.

 

I have a thing for churn dashes and red.

So I worked this up out of

2.5" red and white squares. 

 

I used Riley Blake's

 laminated cotton for backing

 

 

This quilt is smaller - the perfect size to have in the car.

I love the laminate, because

 I don't worry about the wet grass or

bird droppings.

It wipes off. 

 

My picnic basket also got a laminate make-over,

but I'll save that for another day.

 

 

Let's finish with dessert. 

We had warm peach cobbler and ice cream. 

So yummy.

We had plenty and shared

with our fellow park people.

 It was a fantastic day.

Thank you Madame Samm for dreaming it up!

And to Mary for coordinating. 

Here is the full schedule.

And a big thanks to both Riley Blake Designs 

(you have changed my mind about laminates)

and to Peterboro Basket Company 

for sponsoring the hop! 

 

 

Here's the hop schedule for today!

Wednesday, June 4th

Quilt Taffy (that's me)

Pampered Pettit

Creatin' in the Sticks

Miss Priss Quilts

Life in the Scrapatch

That's Sew Julie

 

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