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Interweave is Under Way

Had a bit of a sleep in this morning. Then after a hot shower, some breakfast and a couple cups of coffee I hit my sewing room to start getting all the fabric pieces for my Brandon Mably Interweave quilt up on my design wall. I was a little surprised how quickly it all went up.

Before I started I set up all my fabrics around my sewing room so I could easily access the pieces I needed and I could keep it all in order.

I had to move pretty carefully on the first few rows to make sure I had everything in the right place.

Once the pattern started making sense in my head, I had it all up in no time.

I’m so surprised at how this looks. I was really thinking it was going to be a lot more chaotic. It actually feels somewhat ordered and I’m pretty happy with how it looks.

I went and played pickleball this afternoon and when I got home I dug in and started sewing this together. I was able to get four rows done.

Isn’t that fun?!?!? I’m really loving the brightness of it and the eclectic group of fabrics.

Here’s the first four sewn rows at the bottom of this photo. I lost a good 7 inches with seam allowances.

I’m making the twin size. It’s supposed to have 10 of the patterned rows of fabric. Even though I’ll lose around 9 inches in seam allowance when it’s done, I think I’m going to end with nine rows because 10 might be too long. I’ll make that decision later but it’s likely I’ll make that adjustment.

Here’s a little eye candy.

Haha! I’m loving this quilt!

It was another rainy day here in Portland. So my dogs didn’t get much activity. Bender handled it pretty well.

(That reminds me… my sparkly winter tree will come down next weekend. I always leave it up until time changes in the spring.)

Rico didn’t handle the lack of activity quite as well. This was him as Bender slept…

Back to work tomorrow. I’m happy to say that we have some days of sunshine in the forecast for this week. It will be very welcome.

24 Replies to “Interweave is Under Way”

    1. the cutting did take some time. And I’m a little surprised it went up on the design wall to quickly and easily. The pattern is very detailed and organized… tons of pictures.

      Anne

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    1. the quilt definitely looks complicated. I love it when a pattern makes something relatively easy to make. it’s not for a pure beginner, but a confident intermediate will have no issues with it.

      Anne

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  6. OMG! I love this. I’ve seen this pattern, but after seeing what you’ve done, it inspires me to do. Your work always is so beautiful. Another awesome quilt in the works!

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    1. Thanks! I’ve looked a good number of them over the last couple weeks and some of them just don’t seem to work and others are really fantastic. but I’m really liking this one.

      Anne

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  7. The sunshine is absolutely going to be welcome! Up here on the Canada/USA border we had sleet, rain, snow and slush by turns yesterday. I am a big fan of weather in general but like Rico I have had my fill of cold, grey and wet!!! What a day-brightener that quilt is : )

    Anne you are going to be able to mount a one-woman KFC exhibit!!! Our guild Round Robin for 2024 starts next week and I am noodling on how to give my starter block some “wow” with KFC fabrics…

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    1. I’ve remained snow free during this storm but there is snow all around! I’ve seen pictures and videos from several people showing varying amounts of snow. And here I sit with just wet.

      I keep anticipating my current productive streak will end before too long. I need to take advantage of it while I’m having it!

      Anne

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  8. The woven quilt looks really nice. Makes sense when you see it up on the design board. Did you make your design (blind) board or buy it? It looks easy to use. Your dogs are so cute.

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