Wednesday, August 14, 2013

W.i.P Wednesday: Ready for the Weekender

Me and my big mouth;-)  I'm guessing anybody reading this knows how this story goes...  A group of us from the BMQG registered to go to the MQG Sew Down in September.  Once we got our tickets and finalized our travel arrangements the next big question was what bag are we going to make??? We've all been meaning to make the Amy Butler Weekender Travel Bag.  Of course to get it done in time we were going to have to hold each other accountable and every time I mentioned our plan to someone else they wanted to do it also until the idea for a sew-along was born.

We spent a long weekend in Maine which seemed like the perfect stress free environment to get started.  I decided to start with the "traditional" Weekender before advancing to Oh, Fransson!'s fabulous patchwork version which meant there was lots of cutting to do.

Once I setup shop on my porch it went together pretty easily.  So far I'd say it's more time consuming than challenging but I haven't faced the zipper yet:-)  It helps that so many people have done this already and shared their lessons learned.  I've got a board on Pinterest to keep track of them all.

You can read more of my tips for getting to this point (Step 7) over on the BMQG blog.

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11 comments:

  1. Love the plane/map fabric you picked for this project ... can you please let me know what it's called?

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  2. Your bag is gorgeous, but I am stuck staring at the gorgeous view while you quilt! What a wonderful space to work in!

    Stopping by from the WIP hop http://domesticdeficitdisorder.blogspot.com/2013/08/wednesday-wip-august-14th-edition.html

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  3. It's looking great Alice! I like your fabric choices too.

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  4. I love the fabrics you're using. Glad we're in this together!

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  5. It's looking so fantastic! I wish I was that far along. We'll see how far I get today....

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  6. That map print is an awesome choice. Can't wait to see these come together!

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  7. It looks fabulous! I love the fabric! Can't wait to see the finish!
    I am a new follower.
    xo jan@sewandsowfarm

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  8. The fabric is perfect for a travel bag! I wish I had time to join in, but I'm glad I can read your posts. It actually doesn't seem that bad... yet :)

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  9. Ambitious project, good for you. Ingenious idea to use the map print.

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  10. Great to meet you at Marden's two weekends ago. Already working on my Washi using the AMH stripes.

    The bag is so fabulous. I need to make one but am a bit nervous... (okay and a bit overwhelmed with my to do list)

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