Welcome to the Picnic Party Sew It - Show It Blog Hop! Today I'm helping to kick off this fun hop, organized and hosted by Carol Swift at Just Let Me Quilt.
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| Red, White & Bang! center fabric panel by Sandy Gervais for Riley Blake Designs featuring Starstruck! border blocks |
The challenge for this hop was to sew and share picnic-ish quilts or other sewn items made to use for a picnic.
Around here, winter seemed to last for. ev. er!! It also gave us record snowfall that filled our reservoirs back up after about 20 years of drought conditions. So, finally, YAY! It's Summer, and we feel like it is just barely getting going! 
My honey and I headed for the hills the other day, pulling over to look for a good spot for a picnic. With all the moisture this past winter, everything in this high desert area is looking lush and lovely. See that field of yellow flowers behind the buck and rail fence? Had to go and check it out!
I had finished sewing on the binding just in time to take the quilt to the city park for a photoshoot ↑. Behind the park pavillion was a balloon banner. Perfect backdrop, don't you think? As I was taking the photo, my honey said, "I hope you're recording this"! I quickly hit the "record" button, and ended up with a tiny snippet of a local band playing Sousa's Stars & Stripes Forever. Ha! How fortuitous! Then we hurried off to go wrap up in the quilt and watch fireworks at a friend's.
Be sure to check out the Picnic Party lineup today:
Oh, those flowers!! Mother Nature seems to be making up for lost time!
Yep, looks like summer! And this is the perfect quilt for little celebrations every day.
It even came with a lunchbox, so of course, we packed some little snacks for the road.
I was excited to sign up for this hop as I had made this quilt top over a year ago and needed the motivation to get it finished by the 4th of July!
For your pleasure, here's the video, edited to add a little something extra. Enjoy!
Happy Celebrating!
~ Deonn
July 17
Then stop at JustLetMeQuilt for the full lineup for the rest of the week. Enjoy!
A perfect patriotic picnic quilt!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely quilt! So nice that you got to enjoy it on the 4th too. Your video was great. :) You live in such a pretty area, those are very nice photos.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful quilt. I'm always stuck for what to do with panels and this is great inspiration for me to see. Love Love Love it! Gorgeous photos of your picnic spot, too. The snow and rain has been such a good thing!
ReplyDeleteThe quilt is beautiful, very patriotic, and the accompanying video, well i'd say "spot on".
ReplyDeleteAs if that beautiful 4th of July picnic quilt wasn't enough, your video throws it over the top...love it! How fun that you got to do some wandering for photos that included a parade and marching band. Thank you for kicking off the first day with an incredible picnic quilt! xo
ReplyDeleteGorgeous quilt, and gorgeous background for the pictures! Thanks so much for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun 4th of July picnic quilt! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThis is really cute!
ReplyDeleteLove the quilt and the field of flowers!
ReplyDeleteThat lovely quilt definitely says "picnic".
ReplyDeleteDon't you just love the Stars & Stripes Forever song? It was the best and your quilt fit in beautifully, too. Hope your picnic day was perfect!
ReplyDeleteWhat an adorable quilt! And I love the lunch box. :-) What are the yellow flowers? So pretty.
ReplyDeleteYou win for an adorable quilt (and matching lunchbox.) However, getting Sousa playing on video while photographing your quilt...that's just priceless!! Thanks for sharing and now I have that peppy tune in my head for the rest of the day.
ReplyDeleteWasn't that perfect?
DeletePerfect to take to the park to watch fireworks. Robin at quiltyladyrratgmaildotcom
ReplyDeleteGreat quilt! Perfect for the 4th! Love the truck in the center.
ReplyDeleteVery cute and sew appropriate for July! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThis is adorable! -Bea
ReplyDeleteCQ4Fun here on this blog hop. I absolutely love what you did with the panel and blocks. Thank your husband for the video, too. That was perfect for a summer picnic! Thanks for sharing this idea.
ReplyDeleteLove that panel and the Quilt you made. Year for the Red White and Blue!
ReplyDeleteWonderful quilt! Thanks for sharing. 😊
ReplyDeleteMy goodness, that little clip at the end was fun!
ReplyDeleteYou had such a great photo shoot--from the meadow to the park, so many wonderful settings for such a celebratory quilt.
A delightful post!
What a perfect addition to any picnic. You picked a great set of blocks to go with that wonderful panel. Sew summer, sew picnic, sew 4th of July
ReplyDeleteVery patriotic and cute quilt. The balloons location really made for nice photos.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful quilt and a great photo shoot. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty quilt, and love the field of flowers. But the video with the band in the background is the best. Love your quilting too!
ReplyDeleteOh wow! Perfect for a picnic and just love the lunch box that matches! xx
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