Picnic quilt from a tablecloth

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06-28-2016, 08:17 PM

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Grandma Peg

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Your table cloth looks great and also like the jean backing.

06-28-2016, 08:24 PM

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greaterexp

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How neat! Love the barns!

06-28-2016, 10:40 PM

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DOTTYMO

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The table cloth is awesome and the blue backing fantastic.

06-28-2016, 10:46 PM

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Jane Quilter

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love the barns....the boarder looks like barn siding. Great idea for the back

06-29-2016, 03:23 AM

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Originally Posted by GailG

I love the border! And that backing is awesome! Did you use batting or just the front and back?

Just the front and back. I thought it was plenty heavy with the denim, plus, the idea of quilting over the seams made no batting an easy decision. lol I didn't really want to tie it. When I posted the thoughts on a fb group, one person suggested tacking--and I loved the idea! Then I could pick seamless place to put them. I thought about pretty stitches, but went with this fancy zigzag instead. Holds it together perfectly. I also top stitched around the outside for a pretend binding. :-)

06-29-2016, 04:00 AM

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ManiacQuilter2

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What interesting quilts you made by recycling old fabrics!

06-29-2016, 05:14 AM

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What a great picnic quilt! It will definitely hold up to getting spread out on sand, grass, etc with the denim back! Making quilts out of vintage table clothes and table linens is all the rage now. Cindy Needham does a bunch!