Nine-Patch Picnic Basket Block

Isn’t June the perfect weather for picnics?

Yogi Bear to BooBoo: “Picanic baskets may be delicious on the lips, but they’re a lifetime on the hips!”

Yeah, I’m dating myself!

For this little picnic basket block, I’m using 9 pieces from the Moda Charm Pack Vintage Picnic by Bonnie & Camille.

I used several pieces from this charm pack for the March QAYG.

I also saved about a dozen for the next quilt I’m thinking about making.

Since traditionally picnic blankets are red gingham, that’s what I put right in the middle!  And there are squares of birds, flowers, and even fruit.  All fun things at a picnic.

And since I needed a border, ANTS!  Every picnic has ants!  I picked that fabric up at our local quilt shop, Tomorrow’s Treasures.

Although the charms are all supposed to be 5″ square, after they are washed and dried there is always a bit of shrinkage so I trimmed these all down to 4 1/2″.

Stitched the rows then sewed them together to make a 9-patch piece.

After trimming the piece, the 9-patch was now 12 1/4″ square.

I cut the ant fabric to 4″ wide and added the sides then the top and bottom.

Pin-basted.

Quilted.

Time for a picanic!

Only two blocks left for this quilt! Yippee!