Summer Romance

~ Summer Romance ~

Fabrics for Summer Romance were purchased at JoAnne Fabrics in Janesville, WI and Loose Threads in Milton, WI.  The lace trim was purchased at a local thrift store.

Themed Blankets & a Pillow for a School Fundraiser...

My son goes to parochial school, and they host a Winter Festival every year around early to mid February.  The classrooms put together a themed gift basket to auction off at the Festival in order to help raise money for their school.  My son's classroom is putting together a Family Game Night theme, and another classroom is putting together a Camping theme.  I've made blankets for each of these themed gift baskets...

"MONOPOLY"

Family Game Night Blanket 

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 "ANTS ON A PICNIC"
Camping/Picnic Themed Blanket

 I used a red canvas for the back of this picnic blanket to make it more durable.
I purchased the red canvas from JoAnn's Fabrics in Janesville, WI.
The cute Ants on a Picnic fabric was an eBay purchase sometime during the summer of 2010.  I saw it online and fell in love with it, always intending it to be for a picnic blanket.  To add some size to the Ants on a Picnic panel, I added squares of some scrap fabrics I had leftover from previous blanket projects.

Basic black quilt binding finishes off the edges w/a red zig zag stitch.

I also made a Monopoly themed pillow...here it is....



Time For A Picnic

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Just completed:

Patriotic Picnic Blanket

with

Quilted, Reversible Carry Tote

I found some wonderfully cute patriotic fabric on eBay,

featuring blueberries, strawberries and watermelon.

I couldn't resist pairing it with the watermelon seed fabric,

which I also purchased on eBay.

The fabric made the cutest picnic blanket

for a summer-themed swap that I'm participating in.

For the top of the blanket, I cut and sewed squares from each of the different cotton fabrics.

For the bottom of the blanket I used a navy blue heavier fabric which I purchased at JoAnn's.

I used red satin blanket binding for the trim, then decorated the corners w/red bows and purple buttons.

I pulled through yarn knots at the cross intersection of each square to give it a quilt-look.

With the leftover fabric I made a matching tote, which I quilted and made reversible.