Picnic Party Challenge-It's My Day

This month Carol is hosting a "Picnic Party".

All the fun things you can think of, to make summertime the most fun!

She suggested making something to use for a picnic, like a basket or a tote.

Or a square quilt. 50" X 50" is the standard picnic size quilt measurement.

This one was an easy one for me. Carol and I met at "Garden of Quilts" last year in Lehi, Utah, and got to hear Jenny Doan from Missouri Star, speak. She talked about how everyone expects her to make a quilt for them when they get married and about how difficult it was to know their color preferences, their styles, etc. Would they really like it or even use it???  Who wouldn't love a quilt made by Jenny, but she is absolutely right, it's a lot of work, especially if they don't use it. She now makes picnic quilts for wedding gifts and shares wonderful tips on keeping marriages fresh and alive.

We had a wedding coming up...so ding ding ding...the bells went off in my head.

The kids share their love of the outdoors and chose a fishing theme for their wedding.

I went through my quilt patterns and found the perfect one...

This is "Gone Fishing" by Angie Padilla

It doesn't matter if you standing in the water...

sittin' in a boat...

or sleepin, in a boat...it's all about the adventure.

LOL!!

The details in this pattern, are what drew me in.

It was fun picking fabrics for it.

Just as much fun as working on decorations for the wedding.

The guest "book" were little wooden fish, to sign and hang up on the side of this cool old truck.

Gifts were put on the tailgate!

We used a huge fish net, I bought at an auction in Alaska, years ago. Why you ask??? Well, put a sign in my hand at an auction, and I kind of loose my mind! LOL!! Much like a sale at a quilt shop. 

Each guest got a fishing bucket filled with goodies. And if you look close you can see that there were live fish on the table.

The cake sat on top of a glass table full of live fish.

We even had a fish and chip "bar", potato chips and goldfish!

How redneck is that?

LOL!!

So as you can see, the fishing quilt tied it all together.

As Jenny suggested I added a label, (forgot to take a photo) telling them keep dating their whole lives and to picnic once a week. A bottle of wine and a peanut butter sandwich on the living room floor when life gets crazy.

The quilt is to be loved and used and is looking forward to going on many adventures with them throughout their life. 

Words that Jenny expressed in her talk. 

Words that we all really should live by!

I look forward to seeing where this quilt travels, as well!

Enough about me...now check out what picnic delights, 

my fellow bloggers have to share today!

July 20

 

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 til next time...

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