My Perfect Picnic

 Welcome to the picnic in my hometown!

How about a game of quilty checkers?

The center of my quilt is a real checkerboard!

My hubby painted wooden disks for the checkers for me.

When I saw this blog hop in the works from

Sew We Quilt

I knew I wanted to join the fun!

Picnics in the parks  that line both banks of the river that runs through my city are a regular weekend event  for us and many others. There are always many families and single people picnicing, playing ball, biking, walking, jogging  and just enjoying the outdoors. 
When I found these
Riley Blake Flutter Fabrics @ Fabrics 'n' Quilts I knew these were my perfect picnic fabrics  and immediately started working on the design for my quilt.

So I have made this Picnic Quilt with the idea that it would be a 1st Anniversary Gift for my daughter. The fabrics in the quilt top or "Flutter" by Riley Blake. I love this fabric line. I love the colors.   Riley Blake fabrics are so color rich and nice to the touch.  

I was the very lucky recipient of this beautiful laminated chevron fabric from our generous sponsor,

 Riley Blake Designs

These new laminates are very soft and flexible. 

The  laminate is only on the top.  The back of the fabric is a soft weave.

I read all the helpful hints from Riley Blake on the sewing and care of these fabrics, like these 

 Design Tips from Riley Blake

I love the the back of this quilt!

I consider this a two-sided quilt.

The backing makes a great wipe clean tablecloth if I want to save the front of the quilt from spills.

Thanks, Riley Blake, for sponsoring our blog hop

 and generously sending me a little extra backing fabric

 to make my 60" quilt!

I had a small piece of the pretty chevron laminate fabric left

so I made a pouch for the checkers. 

My hubby likes this quilt so much we have decided to keep it.

(I shall be making another one soon to send to my daughter.)

We also decided that we need a new picnic basket for ourselves.

So we decided to take a drive ...

Destination:

Peterboro Basket Factory Outlet!

Peterborough, NH, is about an hour and a half drive down some 

very pretty back roads.

We used to live in this part of New Hampshire 

so I have actually visited their factory outlet showroom before.

They offer great discounts in their no frills factory outlet

 where your can see the basket making process, too.

There is even a section of "factory seconds" which look pretty perfect to me.

Thanks, Peterboro Baskets, for sponsoring our blog hop! 

We found some great outlet prices,  so we bought two baskets.

One large enough for a my hubby and I to go on picnics ...


all ready to put the top down and ride ...

<3 ... just the two of us ... <3

...and one personal size picnic basket just for me!


I do not carry a large pocketbook or tote bag, but I shall carry this small picnic basket



with me with a snack and a hand project and a book tucked in. 

What do we like to pack in our big beautiful basket?

Pie is a must for our picnic basket.

This one is Strawberry-Rhubarb,


which is a spring favorite in my house.


You can find my recipe by scrolling down to my previous post

or clicking HERE

We, also, pack fresh and easy to eat foods in our basket,

like fruit, cheese, veggies, the fixin's to make sandwiches.

Both my husband and I love to make homemade bread.

Charlie made this loaf which is why it looks so perfect.

Do we play checkers?

Yes, we do!

We also bring a deck of cards,

something to read.

There are free summer band concerts by the river and we will enjoy laying out our quilt.

We also like to sit out in the evening and picnic in our own backyard.

<3

"Just Me and Charlie Talking"

<3


We are looking forward to many picnics

with this bright and pretty quilt!

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Giveaway Time!


[This giveaway is now closed.]


I am thrilled to be offering my first sponsored giveaway!


The fabrics in my quilt top were purchased when 

I was the lucky winner of a giveaway from ... 

Now 

Shannon @ Fabric 'n' Quilts


is generously offering a  

$30.00 gift certificate to her webstore !

Thank you, Shannon!

To be eligible to win his giveaway:

please leave one lovely comment!

This offer is open to all, anywhere in the world.

You do not need to be a follower to win.

As a special thanks to my wonderfully supportive followers,

new and old,

I am offering a second chance to win.

If you are a follower, you may leave a 2nd comment 

telling me how you follow.

You do need to leave an email address where I can contact you 

to let you know if you are the lucky winner

I will be sending your email address to Shannon so that she may contact you directly 

as to how to redeem this certificate.

My blog does not allow anonymous comments to keep away the robots.

If you do not have an ID to leave a comment, you may email me

at the address under "Contact Me" at the the top of my blog 

and I will enter your comment for you.

This giveaway closes on 

Monday June 9th at Midnight EDT.

I will use a random number generator to choose the winner.

I will announce a winner on Tuesday, June 10th!

Best of luck!

Please be sure to stop by all these lovely picnics ... 

Wednesday June 4

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Thanks, Madame Samm, for creating this wonderful blog hop!


Thanks, Mary, for cheering us on!

Please come back and play again soon!

Click HERE for a free tutoarial of how I made my quilt.  



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