In case you thought we were done sharing our Barrett release samples, surprise! We have one left! Our last sample to share was also our last sample to be sewn, and don't be deceived by his simple, solid construction; this guy still packs a punch. But before I introduce you to Manzanita, you can catch up on the rest of our Barrett release blogs here:
- Meet Our New Pattern - Barrett
- Barrett Quilt - the Scrappy Green one
- Barrett Quilt - the Scrappy Peach one
- Barrett Quilt - the Cover one
- Barrett Quilt - the Scrappy Black + Blue one
Now, let's meet Manzanita, the only one of our Barrett samples sewn in the Two Color yardage option.
We used yardage for this Barrett Large Throw - Bella Baby Pink as Color 1 and Bella Harbor as Color 2 - and the whole thing finished at 66" x 72". As you can see in the chart above, Color 1 (Baby Pink) will give us the (5) squares in our Nine Patches, the snowballs in our Snowballs, and the insides of our Flying Geese. Color 2 (Harbor) will give us the (4) squares in our Nine Patches, the outer corners in our Snowballs, the outsides of our Flying Geese, and, finally, the outer border.
Let's cut!
Some quilt patterns require you to work in a specific order - complete Step A before you can start step B, etc. Our Champagne pattern is like this: you can't complete certain components without completing others.
Barrett is not like this. With Barrett, you can jump in wherever you like. And when sewing the Two Color option, you can just chain piece your little heart out. I found an old British mystery series (Broadchurch, for anyone keeping track), and dove into the Nine Patches.
Next up, I moved on to the Snowballs. And then the Flying Geese. We were in the zone at this point. Last sample, chain piecing, closing in on the resolution in my mystery show...all that to say. No pics of the Snowballs in progress. Or the Flying Geese. So, here are all the finished blocks together!
Setting aside the Flying Geese for a moment, and following the layout in the pattern, we got our Nine Patches and Snowballs sewn in rows. At this point, you want to make sure you press your blocks in opposite directions so that your seams will nest. And then pause for the pretty pictures.
Okay, sew those rows together. More pretty pictures.
We like to call this part of the Barrett quilt the "guts", and once they are done, we can turn our attention to the Flying Geese border. We start with joining up our geese. (By this point, the British mystery was solved, by the way, and I had turned my attention to the new Louise Penny audiobook).
Then attach the Flying Geese border strips to those beautiful Barrett guts.
Finally, last step, last border.
Give a good press and a good shake to get the threads off annnnnnd, voila!
Barrett Manzanita got his turn with Emily at So Sunny Quilts and was quilted with a neon pink thread in the Boardwalk pantograph. He is backed in Kitchen Window Wovens in Charcoal and bound in Kitchen Window Wovens in Dragonfruit.
Ready for pics?
How about some pretty, pretty pictures in a pretty, pretty studio sunbeam? I saved those for last.
And with that, we close the door on our Barrett release. Thanks for coming along with us. If you haven't already, pick up the PDF pattern here, or the printed pattern here.
Happy sewing!