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Fat Quarter Picnic Quilt

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Using fat quarter cuts is one of my favorite ways to mix fabrics for these simple little picnic quilts I’ve been making.  I’ve made several now, though I’ve only managed to keep one for myself.  I absolutely love all the fabrics I used in this quilt, I think it’s my favorite one so far…

Super simple fat quarter picnic quilt.

(It’s quilted straight, I promise… It only looks crooked because of the way my son is holding the quilt up.)

These fabrics are just a random selection of fat quarters and yardage I bought from my local fabric shop during one of their 99 cent fat quarter sales.

I just cut the fat quarters into fourths and arrange them in whichever way looks best, and sew them together.

We gave this particular quilt to my son’s 2nd grade teacher as a teacher appreciation gift.  I really wanted to keep it for myself, but I managed to give it up…  (I have already cut enough rectangles to make a 2nd quilt for myself, but I just haven’t gotten the motivation to put it together yet…)

Super simple fat quarter picnic quilt

This orange birdie fabric was my favorite fabric cut and inspired the color theme of the entire quilt…

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  1. Crystal Ponti says

    June 21 at 8:54 pm

    This looks awesome! Would love to have you link this up at our summer-themed, Ladies Only Blog Share! Visiting from the Pity Party!

    http://mommifried.com/ladies-only-blog-share-link-party-funtastical-summer/

    Reply
  2. Melissa at My Fabric Relish says

    June 22 at 1:35 pm

    Beautiful bright colors…love!

    Reply
  3. Maggie says

    June 23 at 6:48 pm

    Beautiful! I love the binding fabric xx

    Reply
  4. kikistok says

    June 24 at 2:06 pm

    Love this so much!!! I would love if you checked out my blog 🙂 oneofakind-kikistok.blogsot.com

    Reply
  5. Gail @ http://biblelovenotes.com says

    June 24 at 3:51 pm

    It looks great…you chose great fabrics to combine which is so important in a quilt. And it looks "cheerful" just like a picnic quilt should.

    Reply
  6. Karen says

    June 24 at 4:16 pm

    What a happy quilt! I am sure your son's teacher was just delighted with it.

    Reply
  7. Tanya Quilts in CO says

    June 24 at 4:52 pm

    What a lucky teacher!

    Reply
  8. The Sassy Quilter says

    June 24 at 10:22 pm

    Love it! Great for a picnic. Love the fabrics and that is one great gift:)

    Reply
  9. Krista thehappyhousie says

    June 25 at 3:52 am

    Gorgeous quilt! So classic and bright and fresh!!

    Reply
  10. Christine says

    June 25 at 10:49 am

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    Reply
  11. Mique (as in Mickey) says

    June 26 at 10:01 pm

    Thanks for linking this up Jamie! Love it. I'll be featuring you this week in my Pity Party! xo

    Reply
  12. Tanya Runkle says

    July 22 at 8:48 pm

    Your picnic quilt is beautiful Jamie!! Pinning 🙂

    xo, Tanya

    Reply
  13. Mother Hens Crafty Creations says

    July 23 at 12:31 pm

    How many fat quarters did it take!?

    Reply
    • Jamie says

      July 23 at 1:52 pm

      For the size I made, it took about 8 fat quarters. I actually used 15 different prints so the pattern would be varied. I have enough left over for 2nd quilt.
      ~Jamie

  14. Heidi @ Happiness is Homemade says

    July 26 at 7:47 pm

    This looks so pretty! I'd have had a hard time giving this away too! 🙂

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  15. Mrshippiewolf says

    February 5 at 1:48 pm

    Thank you so much!!! I bought probably 100 fat quarters that were on 90% off Christmas clearance and need things to do with them.

    Reply
  16. Lisa says

    April 11 at 5:08 pm

    Did you use 8 or 15 fat different quarters?
    Thanks!

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    • Jamie says

      April 11 at 6:48 pm

      It’s been so long since I made this, it’s hard to remember. I’m sorry! I used a handful of fat quarters and cuts from yardage.

  17. Janet says

    May 11 at 10:09 am

    Did you sandwich them together? Did you use quilt batting?
    tia & xo
    Janet

    Reply
    • Jamie says

      May 11 at 10:32 am

      Yes, this was a regular quilt. I used quilt batting and sandwiched it between a backing fabric, then machine quilted and bound it. I don’t have a quilt tutorial on my site (although I plan to do one someday) there are tons already out there on the internet. Just search, “how to make a quilt.”

  18. Glenda Bell says

    May 17 at 11:24 am

    Absolutely lovely and very cheerful. How many squares across and how many long?

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