I have been obsessing lately.
Not about the normal stuff- the home, my weight, Colin Firth.
No, I have been obsessing about COUNTY FAIRS.
I literally mean obsessing.
And not the county fairs of today with the 45 year old carnie blasting Iron Maiden from the Tilt-A-Whirl.
I’m talking about old school county fair– you know, the ones from The Muppet Movie and Babe.
(warning- all my historical references will be movie based)
This kind:
I can taste the cotton candy, smell the kettle corn (and possibly the prize winning hogs), feel the hay beneath my feet and see the huge red and white tent filled inside with blue ribbon pies and quilts and jellies of every variety.
Now I picture myself on a grassy hill over looking this fair, having a picnic with my family, and this is the tablecloth or picnic blanket I’d want to bring.
Bunting Tablecloth Supplies:
Store bought tablecloth (Home Goods $10)
Variety of fabrics (mostly all of mine came from Joann’s- I know, cute for Joann’s!)
Grosgrain ribbon (approximately the diameter of your tablecloth)
Wonder Under (also known as double sided fusible web)
thread to match bunting and thread the same color as ribbon
Directions for Bunting Tablecloth:
Make a triangle template out of card stock
Iron the Wonder Under onto the backside of fabric
Use the template to trace the pattern onto the Wonder Under paper backing
Cut all the bunting (I cut 24 of them for my 4-6 person tablecloth)
Peel the Wonder Under paper backing from bunting
Iron the bunting onto the front side of the tablecloth
(don’t stress over placement- the more random the better!)
Here’s my random placement and I promise you I put no thought into it at all
Now for the ribbon- use the same color thread as the ribbon and start anywhere
Sew the ribbon into place twisting and turning it as wanted
I let some pieces of the ribbon not lay flat for variety
Don’t stress out about this part- It looks harder than it actually is
And that’s it!
Now go make one and take your family to some grassy knoll, in some country town, on a warm summer night and enjoy the view– at least in your dreams. :)
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First comment ever! Whoop whoop!
xoxo, ashley
Let’s take a moment to talk about how fabulous this picnic blanket is! As in super-fab! Makes me want to head to the park right now for some finger foods and a vintage soda in a glass bottle. I LOVE the bunting! And the tutorial is sooo clear! Thanks for sharing your talents with us! I will be pinning this project for sure
This is darling! And every time I do picnic in the park I wonder why I don’t have a big blanket for my family to sit on?? It’s because I’m lame but you actually helped me with wonder under last year G! So there is hope for me yet with this project.
or the back up plan is to send it to my sis Erika who is a bit of a whiz on the sewing machine.
O gosh G, SUPER fabulous!
You need to enter this into the VC Fair, it’s a blue ribbon winner!
That tablecloth is so cute! I love it!!! And it really does look easy to make. I think I could actually make one like it myself (but it would look exactly like yours because I would pick the exact same fabric since I wouldn’t trust myself to choose anything that would coordinate so well.)
So darling… love it! I might even be able to make this with the fantastic directions you provided. Love the photos too. Great start to what is surely going to be a BIG BIG Blog!
So how do I officially place an order for one of these bad boys? Seriously!
love this! i’m super impressed!
So cute!!i second Ashley…where do I place my order??
Gillian, You NEVER cease to AMAZE me!! JUST DARLING! I am adding your blog to my wesite that I am updating!! Love ya
Any chance you’d make another to sell?
Just ran across your blog, Gillian and it just simply made me happy! Had to comment and congratulate you on such a great blog, Lovely cottage, great craft ideas and an amazing way with words. Keep up the fun! Vivian
It’s one thing to come with the idea…..Make it…..Use it……And have fun…..THEN be able to show us all how to make it too……so much talent…..am I going to pick your blog…….YES!!!!!!
Love this, but I’d also love to know where you got those bicycle pillows. My husband is a big cyclist who would love to have them.
I saw this blanket on U create, I would love for you to link this up to my Tutorial Link Party today!!!
TUTORIAL LINK PARTY
http://www.thecreativeorchard.blogspot.com/2012/08/tutorial-link-party.html
Amei a ideia da toalha para pic-nic!!
não vejo a hora de fazer uma pra mim!!
bjs até mais
I AM making this.. and soon!
Love it! Now I kind of want to go to a county fair, too!
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