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July 10, 2015 by Jennifer

101 Handmade Days: DIY Picnic Quilt

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There are few ways I like to spend  a relaxing afternoon that a little picnic in my backyard. All I need is a snack, some water, a good book, my dog and a picnic quilt and I’ll be out there for hours! Of course if its been raining lately, the picnic quilt can end up getting damp… which is annoying. So I decided to make my own DIY Picnic Quilt and add a little water resistance to the bottom!

Easy DIY Picnic Quilt - BusyBeingJennifer.com #101handmadedays

Remember a few weeks ago when I shared about my Bandanna Quilt? This one is the same principle and uses a lot of the same steps, plus its super easy!

Easy DIY Picnic Quilt - BusyBeingJennifer.com #101handmadedays

You’ll need:

Water resistant table cloth
Quilt batting (at least 65 inches wide)
“cheater” quilt fabric ( this is fabric where the print looks like a quilt, but there is no sewing involved)
Thread
Sewing Machine
Iron
Scissors
Large Quilting Safety Pins

Base your fabric measurements/needs off of the size of your table cloth.

Easy DIY Picnic Quilt - BusyBeingJennifer.com #101handmadedays

Iron your top “Cheater” fabric. Clear a large space on the floor to layer and sandwich your quilt

Start  by laying your batting flat on the floor. Then spread your cheater quilt top on top of the batting. Smooth all the wrinkles out. Take your backing fabric and lay it right side down (if its patterned you want the right side of the fabric facing the right side of the “cheater” quilt top). Again, smooth all the wrinkles out and make sure that all the layers are flat. Pin all three layers of your quilt together. Don’t be afraid to use lots of pins to secure the layers.

Carefully trim any access batting and backing fabric.

Easy DIY Picnic Quilt - BusyBeingJennifer.com #101handmadedays

Sew a 1/2 seam through all 3 layers around the quilt. Leave a 10 to 12 inch gap between where you start and stop to turn your quilt right side out. Trim the corners.

**Make sure you have ALL your safety pins removed before turning. I missed one and it tore the table cloth a little.**

Turn your quilt and poke out the corners.

Iron your seams flat and carefully fold and iron the space where you turned the quilt

Top stitch 1/4 inch around the whole quilt. Bury in your threads.

Easy DIY Picnic Quilt - BusyBeingJennifer.com #101handmadedays

As you can see, we’ve already been putting out DIY picnic quilt to good use! You could even say Bitly was a fan… thus the puppy photo bombing 😉

Dreaming of perfect summer picnics?? You’ll Love this DIY Picnic Quilt tutorial! #101handmadedays

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Comments

  1. chroncont says

    July 10, 2015 at 4:23 pm

    Love this idea! Quilt with no ‘quilting’ 🙂

    Reply
  2. gakeman75 says

    July 24, 2015 at 2:22 pm

    Thank you for joining the Small victories Sunday Linkup. Please join again. Pinned to the group board.

    Reply
  3. DearCreatives (@DearCreatives) says

    August 2, 2015 at 1:01 pm

    Pinned & shared! Thanks for joining in the party @DearCreatives

    Reply
  4. FrugalHausfrau says

    May 18, 2016 at 10:23 pm

    I could use a bunch of these, actually!! Thanks for sharing with us at Throwback Thursday!

    Mollie

    Reply

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