Anyone for a Picnic?

My Thursday night class have been making rag quilted picnic rugs.

Just take a look at some of these beauties!

Marion's ready for the beach - just need the sunshine & a bikini!

This was Norma's first ever quilt - a gift for her grandchildren - isn't it fab!

Sally's right on trend with her Sailor style red, white & blues recycled fabrics. Gorgeous!

Sarah's Heather Bailey Nicey Jane quilt is so summery, another stunning gift!

I'll have another picture to show you, when Heather gets hers finished.  These ones are now ready to be washed & tumble dried so the seams can get lovely & fluffy!!

Well done ladies, fabulous quilts.

And thank you for the sweet birthday cake, that mysteriously arrived on my table when I was out of the room!

How cute is that bunting!

You're all so naughty, but nice!

Rag Quilted Picnic Rug

I love rag quilting!  Even though it's messy (threads everywhere!) I love the end result when you pull it out of the tumbledryer and everything is fluffy and cuddly.

I'll be teaching this technique to my class in June so thought I'd better rustle one up for them to see.

Modelled by daugher no. 3

.... and daughter no. 2 + dog (with slipper!) gets in on the action!

This is a great method of quilting for those of you daunted by quilting larger pieces (like me!) as each of the 'bricks' get quilted separately and then joined together.