DIY Picnic Blanket Tutorial
DIY Picnic Blanket Tutorial
For this project use whatever fabric you have to hand, as long as it is similar weight. This picnic blanket is made with old curtain for hemming, shirts, fat quarters, and some from the fabric from my stash. This is lined with a fabric shower curtain, just in case the grass is damp!
You will need:
64 cotton fabric square’s which are 24cm by 24 cm ( 9.5″ by 9.5″)
Fabric strips 7.5cm wide 1300 mm for hemming (3″ by 51″)
Fabric shower curtain 1200mm by 1200mm (47″)
To make:
Cut out your 64 squares from a variety of fabric
Lay out your squares into a design you are happy with.
Pin rows of squares, and machine stitch (seam allowance 1cm)
Press well, sew your rows together.
Lay out your shower curtain, trim off any curtain ring holes. Lay out your patchwork fabric on top. Pull taught and pin all round.
Iron your piece of binding in half and then tack on. Machine stitch.
Remove your tacking stitches. Fold along your ironed fold, turn in hem and hand stitch.
One fully unique picnic blanket:)
Now where’s the summer??!
A lovely thank you to sew scrumptious for the fat quarters used in this project – I won them in a giveaway far too long ago to mention when!
I hope you have had a creative week, as usual I am popping over to Handmade Harbour to see what everyone else has been up to this week,
Since making the original picnic blanket I have made a second as a gift. This time I have added ties at the side for ease of carrying.
Sew up four ties in co-ordinating fabric to your binding, place on the wrong side of the rug laid towards the centre of the rug, and sew in when binding.
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It looks lovely and a great idea to use a shower curtain to back it with. Many thanks for sharing a nice easy-to-follow tutorial. Hope you gave a good week.
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What a great idea, and a fabulous way to use up my stash – I can see a picnic blanket appearing on my blog soon!!
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This is lovely, could have done with one today on the beach!
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Its gorgeous! Thanks so much for sharing. Might have to make one for myself. Glad you liked the fabric. x
That’s a great idea the shower curtain backing! I have collected old shirts together to make a similar picnic/camping blanket which I won’t mind the grandkids messing up and was wondering about buying waterproof fabric for the backing, but I have two superfluous shower curtains. Thanks!
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Great idea to add the shower curtain backing, Vicky… makes it waterproof, but still light to carry and easy to fold up.
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And I bet this is used constantly throughout the year. Very enterprising of you and pretty too 🙂
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That is beautiful, love the idea of using an old shower curtain to make the back waterproof!
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That is gorgeous! genius idea about the shower curtain backing! I always hate getting a wet bum 😉
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Thanks for the tip about using shower curtain in case the grass is damp, that’s excellent 🙂
Shell Louise recently posted…How does your garden grow? April 14th
Great blanket!! 🙂
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What a lovely picnic blanket. Using a shower curtain as a backing is a great idea as you pick them up from the likes of Dunelm Mill for next to nothing xx
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Wow, what a lovely blanket. Your instructions are so clear you make it look easy but I would imagine it’s really difficult to make x
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This is beautiful, I really wouldn’t know where to begin with something like this, but I wish I did!
Sara (@mumturnedmom) recently posted…Me and: Cake
This would be great for days at the seaside! 😀
What a wonderful picnic blanket and using the shower curtain is a great idea! Thanks for sharing.
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I love you’re blanket and a great idea to line it with a shower curtain, I shall remember that tip.
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This is so beautiful!
I couldn’t use it as a picnic blanket … I would make a sofa throw from it 🙂
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What a good idea, using a shower curtain on the back! I have some old blue jeans I had been saving to make into a quilt…they would work good on this project. Thank you for sharing!
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This is a great tutorial, thanks. I’m just starting getting into patchwork so a picnic blanket would be ideal #tuesdaytutorials
Louisa recently posted…Easy giant pencils for the garden
I love this- we love our patchwork blankets- but one with a waterproof backing would make it so much more versatile. A great idea!
Debbie recently posted…Charlie & The Chocolate Factory … with biscuits!
What a great idea. Your’s is a dandy. Just what I think a picnic quilt looks like.
Love this! The fabric is gorgeous too 🙂
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Using a shower curtain for backing is a fantastic idea! I’ll have to file that away in my brain somewhere. Your fabric choices are too cute. 🙂
Roxanne K recently posted…A new life for some old towels
Love this! the shower curtain lining is genius!
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Fantastic idea! Love that you used what you had on hand and in your stash.
Adding this to my ToSew list. Thanks for the inspiration!
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