Picnic for Two Quilt

I love using traditional quilt blocks in a fresh, new way. It’s amazing the difference certain colors or patterns can make to a specific design. Supersizing a quilt block is another way of changing the traditional look. You may wonder what I mean with supersizing? It means literally supersizing or enlarging a quilt block of say 12x12 inches to the size of your quilt. That’s what I’ve done with the Picnic for Two Quilt.
 
The block itself is called “Trip around the World” and is a classic and popular design among quilters, using same-size squares in a pattern where each new color revolves around the previous one.
 
I started mine with Robert Kaufman’s Kona cotton solid in Cayenne, followed by Bluebell, Chocolate, Cadet, Bison and Shell - all Kona cotton fabrics. I repeated Bluebell and Chocolate and ended with Cayenne in the corners, which draws your eye back to the center unit. 

For the back of the quilt I used Sunday Drive Prints by Pat Sloan for Moda in the colors True Blue and Natural. It repeats the red and blues from the top of the quilt. For the binding I chose a pretty red chevron design called Gathering by Jill Shaulis for Windham in the color Lipstick.

I machine quilted straight lines an inch apart to keep it simple, yet modern.

Now that the weather is warming up, this would be the perfect picnic quilt for two. Or use it as a play mat for the little ones while you sit in the shade of a tree and enjoy the beauty around you.

Dimensions: approximately 53” x 53” (134cm x 134cm), throw size