"Picnic" quilt
Here are photos of a "picnic" quilt which I made and we gave away in a drawing at our annual family reunion this year which is always on Easter Sunday. Apologies for the photos, which were made at the last minute in the driveway!
Funny story about this quilt.....please forgive the length.
Our annual family reunion has always been called The Easter Picnic because many years ago, our grandfather suggested a picnic on Easter Sunday instead of the usual family dinner at the house. Our Easter Picnic is now a very old tradition -- and is no longer a picnic but held in a family house! -- and so last year when I came across a photo online of a quilt labeled "Picnic", I thought that was the pattern name, and decided to make a quilt like it and give it away at our Picnic. What the quilter actually meant, however, was that the quilt, which was basically square, could be used as a picnic quilt. By the time I realized that....and that the pattern was really a "friendship" or "signature" quilt, I was committed, having already cut the pieces. I ended up making two tops because in the middle of the first one I realized I didn't want to mix prints and solids of the eight colors I had chosen to represent the eight children (our parents) of our grandparents. I had time to finish and quilt only one last year, which we then gave away, by drawing, at the Picnic. Eligible recipients for that one were the children of the original eight siblings (all our parents are now, sadly, deceased), and, ironically, the most senior cousin won it. This year the eligible recipients for the second quilt, were the next generation, or the grandchildren of the original eight siblings.......if that's not too complicated, lol!
The label reads: "Easter Picnic" quilt No. 2
Created in memory of [names of eight siblings, redacted for privacy],
the children of [names of our grandparents, redacted for privacy]
The colors represent the eight siblings; the music notes represent our family's talent for and love of music; the heart represents our family's
closeness.
Pieced and quilted by
[name redacted], April 2019.
The quilt measures about 80x80. Thanks for looking!
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