This was written by Leslie for the Miss Matatabi Makers series.
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Hello again! Sewing my monthly projects for the Miss Matatabi blog always put a smile on my face. There are so many amazing fabrics to pick from and often all you need is a simple project to showcase the awesome designs.
I instantly fell in love with both of these fabrics: metallic speech bubbles and city houses. Both are a nice medium weight and the houses are a cotton and linen blend. Both of these fabrics come in different colours as well!
This month I didn’t have a project in mind when I chose the fabrics but I quickly decided on a new picnic blanket. It is spring here and that means it will soon be picnic season, which our family loves. A new and fun picnic blanket is what we needed!
I knew I wanted to use big squares to be able to show off the fabric designs. After laying them out I realized I needed to switch things up a bit. That is when I threw in some triangles and solid colours. I backed the blanket with some lightweight denim and skipped putting batting in between the two layers. This way it wouldn’t be very bulky and a bit lighter for carrying.
There were a couple of things I wanted to experiment with a bit while making this picnic blanket. The first was paper piecing. My gosh. It took me a bit of time to wrap my head around it but once I did it was a lot of fun! I also wanted to sew on the binding with my sewing machine opposed to hand sewing it. With more practice I think I could learn to love it but for now I definitely prefer binding that has been hand sewn.
Another cute and practical project checked off my to do list!
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I LOVE the little “picnic” block! So darling.
Which pattern did you use for your paper pieced letters? The blanket looks great!!