Crafty & Clever Picnic Blankets & Accessories To Make

Potluck Bowl Covers: These feature an elastic casing in a contrasting color (made with double fold bias tape).

Fabric Bowl Cover: Sew a fabric & elastic strap to hold squares of fabric tight against bowls.

Take-along Placemat: Made with cotton prints and lined with felt, features a cutlery pocket in one corner and fabric ties in another.

Eco Travel Lid: Fabric bowl cover made with cotton fabric, rip-stop nylon and elastic.

Insulated Tote: Nice & sturdy bag keeps food hot or cold, zips closed and is made with decor weight fabric and Insul-Brite.

Lucille Bag: Simple design that makes a roomy tote to haul supplies, features cotton webbing for the straps and includes pattern illustrations.

Alfresco Bowl Covers: Sew fabric squares lined with fusible fleece, add strands of beads in each corner to weight them down.

Custom Napkins & Paper Holders: Two different projects, customized paper napkins (free pdf download) and paper chopstick or utensil holders using decorative paper.

Tablecloth & Napkin Set: A soft white cloth (52″ x 52″) & fabric napkin set (16″ x 16″) with both featuring a simple, retro-style embroidered edge.

Refurbished Basket: The top of the basket is decorated with fabric and Mod Podge, matching fabric is used to sew an inner liner.

Flatware & Dish Roll: Holds 6-piece flatware sets made from dish towels and ribbon, plate holder made from kitchen towels and ribbon.

Clever Utensil Wrap: Great stash buster, this clever wrap has two corner pockets to hold utensils in place, rolls up and ties closed with ribbon.

Collapsible Travel Dish: Designed as a water dish for pets but this can be used for other goodies too.

Origami Basket: Learn how to fold a five-foot square of oilcloth into a handy storage basket.

DIY Napkin Holder: Made with a piece of aluminum pipe, a galvanized tray (spray painted) and a piece of elastic cord.

Easy Mats: Learn how to sew a pair of roll-up placemats with built-in utensil holders.

DIY Placemats: Features two corner pockets to hold a napkin & utensils and they roll up with decorative ribbon ties.

Basket Lid Cover: Simple project to spruce up a basket lid using cute fabric and some batting.

Weighted Food Cover: Strips of cotton fabric bind a square of colored netting along with two zinc metal washers in each corner for weights.

Pocket Cutlery Pouches: A rectangular piece of oil cloth is folded and stitched along the edges then cut on an angle (front piece).

Perfect Placemats: Has a pouch for holding cutlery and a fabric napkin, this one has the pocket opening elasticized to hold the pieces. Rolls up with fabric ties.

Laminated Table Cover: Make a custom cover to fit over a picnic table using laminated cotton, ties underneath to hold securely against wind.

Basket Liner & Pocket Organizer: Here’s a tutorial for lining the bottom of a basket with oilcloth and making a pocket insert to hold utensils and supplies.

Water Bottle Tote: Great for toting to ball games too, this is made with utility fabric, striped blue ticking, batting, vinyl purse handles and basic sewing supplies.

Paper Baskets: (printable) Download the free template to make your own and fill with goodies, made with butcher paper.

Tablecloth Tote: Made with about 2 meters of quilting cotton or home decor fabric, cotton webbing and thread to match. Will fold up into a tote for easy storage.

Pocket Placemats: These are made with oil cloth, bias tape binding and ribbon (to rollup and tie).

Invitations: Fun, free printables to download and print.

Drawstring Basket Liner: Shows how to make it custom fit for your choice of basket size, pulls up over food and closes with a drawstring/cord closure.

With Games: This has a bingo game and tic-tac-toe grids for four players sewn on one side and corner pockets to hold supplies.

Tote: Clever idea, this folds up into a tote with handles. Also see this project for a similar idea.

With Rock Pockets: Simple patch quilt backed with an old sheet and lined with batting, features triangle corner pockets to hold rocks (to weight it down).

Water Resistant Patchwork: Made with squares of assorted fabric prints, a vinyl tablecloth and light quilt batting, has fabric ties to roll up.

Outdoor Roll-up Cushion: A lightly padded roll-up cushion made with two outdoor fabrics and filled with foam.

Oilcloth: Makes a large 8′ x 8′ weatherproof mat with fun fruit appliques in the corner.

Fold-up: Folds up into a roll with a strip of velcro for closure, sturdy webbing for a handle.

All In One: Has pockets for supplies. Once it’s folded and the straps are buttoned, you have an easy way to carry all your essentials in one bundle.

June Throw: Tied quilt made with fat quarters, coordinating solids and lined with quilt batting.

Backed With Vintage Tablecloth: Trimmed with double fold bias tape (with straps to roll & tie).

Isosceles Quilt: Finished size measures 84″ x 101.5″ (nice & big), and includes directions for making a carrying handle strap.