It's Time For A Picnic

I picked up the picnic quilt Friday from the quilter and it turned out beautifully. The binding has been added and just needs to be completed.

Let's Have A Picnic

My Children's school is getting for their annual auction and each of their classes has settled on a theme for their class basket. Sarah's class decided they wanted to do a camping themed basket and one of the parents thought it would be great to have a picnic blanket to include. So my thinking cap went on and this is what I came up with:

 Each of the children in Sarah's class did a finger print ant around the boarder and signed their name to personalize the quilt. The top is now ready to visit my favorite quilter.

Blue and Green Butterflies

Well the top is complete at last. My first taste of needle turn applique and I must say that I quite enjoyed the challenge and look forward to another attempt soon. This will be off to the quilter shortly but in the mean time a new quilt is already in the works.

Butterflies

I started on this project shortly after the new year and am nearing it's completion. I have been completing about three blocks each week and have five to go but could not resist getting a start on assembling the blocks already completed. I had not done needle turn applique prior to starting this and I have really enjoyed learning how. 

I am using 12 different fabrics in this quilt with 9 different butterfly designs for a total of 20 14" blocks. The final quilt will be a full size. The pattern is called pulelehua by Beyond the Reef. I picked it up at a local quilt shop but could not find it just now on the Beyond the Reef website so I am assuming they no longer carry it. If I can keep to the routine I have been on I should have this beauty ready to head to the quilter by the 1st of April.