When I saw the new red, white, and blue Land of the Brave fabrics from Riley Blake Designs, I immediately thought they would be perfect for a picnic quilt!
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I chose eight fabrics from the collection. I chose four fabrics in blues and four fabrics in reds. There were florals, stars, plaids, and text prints. Then I added solid white to use for the background.
To make the blocks, I started with 18" squares of each fabric and made jumbo half-square triangles. Then I laid out each half-square triangle opposite from it's match to make the jumbo star. The four corners are squares of solid white fabric. (Get the full tutorial at the bottom of the post!)
After sewing the blocks together, I loaded the quilt on my longarm. I used a 108" wide white and light gray fabric that I keep on hand for the back, but I think denim or fleece would have been great for a picnic quilt back too!
I loaded white thread into my longarm and quilted a large meander design all over the quilt.
I started with half-yard cuts, so I had enough left over to make a scrappy binding!
As soon as the quilt was finished, I knew it would be perfect for keeping in the car this summer for impromptu picnics and park visits!
I used Warm & White batting inside to keep the solid white fabric a bright white. The large meander quilting kept the quilt really soft.
I made sure to add one of my labels when sewing my binding on too.
The fake grass at the playground has me dreaming of summer even though it's still pretty cold out. There weren't any kids at the playground when I went to take these photos! You know it's cold then!
If you'd like to make a jumbo star quilt too, then download the pattern tutorial! Since the blocks are jumbo, it goes together quite quickly!
Happy quilting!
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I love your giant star quilt and thank you for the tutorial!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the free Giant Star pattern. My girlfriends hubby was in the Air Force for 20+years and he's been wanting a quilt (I made my girlfriend a quilt last yr for her 61th Birthday with real soft flannel on the back and he keeps taking it every chance he gets.....and it's a girly one). This will be perfect for him out of AirForce/Military fabric. He'll be 71 this December, hope to have it done by then. Thanks again for the pattern.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this tutorial can’t wait to make this for summer outings
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! Summertime here we come! Thank you! I look forward to future communications.
ReplyDeletePerfect picnic quilt. Thank you Laura.
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I LOVE this!!! I will definitely be making one of these for myself. I’m terrible at math—-and have a love for oversized blocks with not a clue how to go about accomplishing that. Yes, I’ve read and read and have a general knowledge BUT my brain just does not work that way. LOL. And then there is lovely YOU!! And you are so generous in sharing with us. I just wanted to thank you for always being so kind and generous.
ReplyDeleteI’m the Anonymous post right about this. Angie
ReplyDeleteI was unable to get the pattern and tutorial. I enter my email a couple of times.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the pattern I liked it very much!!!!
ReplyDeleteImpactful star! A great make for a Patriotic display.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the tutorial. This is such a clean simple design yet really makes a statement. I plan to make one for sure but I think I'll use denim as the backing, hope that works, a first for me.
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
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