In the beginning of this summer, I decided that I wanted to enjoy lots of family picnics this summer. My girls love eating outside and sitting on top of a blanket on the ground has even more appeal to them then eating at a picnic table. In the past we grabbed whatever crocheted blanket was around and took it with us. But, I decided that a dedicated picnic blanket would be better for us. And also I think it would make for special memories and nostalgia to use the same blanket every time we picnicked. We have 6 people in our family- my husband and I and our 4 kids. So, I new this needed to be somewhat big so that we could all comfortably sit and enjoy a meal. I settled on Gooseberry by Lella Boutique for the fabric. This fabric reminded me of my childhood and I think it is so, so beautiful. I thought over patterns for a while and ended up using this one . The tutorial by Missouri Star Quilt Company was awesome to follow and I loved how April used layer cak