Speaking of wildlife - this early afternoon, while I was working in my herb garden, I started to get up from the ground to get some top soil from my veggie garden to refresh my plants. As I turned and started to rise about 20 feet behind me was mother bear watching me. She stood on her hind legs and snorted at me. OMG! I never heard her come up on me and where are those cubs. My heart started racing. In a panic I turned towards the house, trying to get off the ground as quickly as possible, I tripped and fell. I scrambled to my feet and ran into the house. My husband saw me running across the backyard and thought I was getting stung by bees. When I told him about the bear we both looked out of the house window and there was mom with her three little cubs. The cubs are still very small, but about twice the size they were when I saw them a couple weeks ago. The cubs were busy climbing around on logs. They are so darn cute. Mom wasted no time to lead them into the woods. It took a bitter me to calm down. Now working outside I'll have to be on the lookout for sneaky bears. Bears and picnic baskets - hmmmm. Time to share my next quilt.
My very first log cabin quilt was this cute watermelon tablecloth. I purchased this pattern during a quilt shop hop several years ago. The pattern was for a lap quilt or wallhanging which I wasn't interested in. But I loved the design so I decided to purchase it to only use the pattern for the block design. I figured out the amount of blocks that were needed to fit over my picnic table and went from there. I did quilt this tablecloth with batting and the weight is great - the wind doesn't blow it off our table.
Unlike the second log cabin pattern I made several years later in 2014, which required me to trim the strips as they were sewn - this pattern had me cut the strips to the length for what was needed for each row before sewing. Although precutting the fabric strips took longer, sewing it together was quick and easy. The watermelon seeds were topstitch appliquéd before it was quilted.
This quilt is so bright and colorful it's the perfect compliment for an outside summer picnic. I love when we have family and friends over for dinner and I can use this tablecloth. However, I always hope that whatever gets spilled or dropped on it will easily wash off. And hopefully that bear doesn't decide to come to my picnic.
I don't always want a lap or bed quilt that patterns are usually designed for, so I'm quick to repurpose their design to fit my ideas and uses - as I did with this watermelon tablecloth. So welcome June - the beginning to outdoor fun.
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