Story Collection and Giveaway!!

{photo courtesy Jill McNamara)

Hello fine people, thanks for coming to my little corner of the internet. Today I am celebrating Carrie Bloomston and S T O R Y,  her latest (and greatest) fabric collection for Windam Fabrics. This is my third time sewing with love for Carrie to introduce her fabric collections and I'm super excited to share it with you! This is my story in pictures. 

 {photo courtesy Jill McNamara)

The colors of this line are out of this world. Cosmic. 

And the text prints? So, so good. 

{photo courtesy Jill McNamara)

For more photos, You can check out the Look Book Here. 

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To Enter the Giveaway 

Head over to SUCH Design Blog 

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Be one of 3 lucky winners to win a fat quarter bundle of this luscious fabric

and

A signed copy of her book, 

 The Little Spark–30 Ways to Ignite Your Creativity.

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Check out all of the other amazing projects made with  S T O R Y 

April 13th Tia Curtis, Brooke Sellmann, Jill McNamara

April 14th Shea Henderson, Giuseppe Ribaudo, Jenny Kelly, John Q. Adams

April 15th Verena Ehrhardt, Karen LePage, Rachel Gander, Sally Keller, Cristy Fincher

April 16th Jules Goldin, Amie Petronis Plumley, Bonnie Bobman

April 17th Daniar Listyasari, Kerry Green, Ramona Burke, Kerry Goulder, Erica Sage

Quilt Pattern Credit

I used the  Glam Clam pattern by the talented Latifah Saafir which can be found on Craftsy as a free download. Having only done a few curved piecing projects in the past, I would say this is the perfect pattern for those ready to get their feet wet with curves. 

mint and licorice :: a baby quilt.

No pattern. No rules. A custom quilt made with Michael Miller Cotton Couture solids : mint, black, white. The dot is Michael Miller Petit Point  in Onyx, which is sadly, becoming a chore to find. These fabrics are simply scrumptious, they piece and quilt just like butter. If you haven't used them..I suggest you give it a shot. I promise it'll be worth it. As always, thanks for stopping by! 

rainbow baby quilt.

No rhyme, 

 no reason, 

just right. 

warms + cools geometric baby quilt.

Thanks for peeking in. Your visits make my day!

a coral and mint isosceles quilt.

This here's a custom baby quilt I finished back in May but am just now getting around to sharing. I often get requests for custom quilts and a lot of times I just can't accommodate them. I couldn't say no to this color combo, despite  how busy I've been lately. This quilt  was made for Tara Marshall, an interior designer in Canada looking for something special for her own baby's nursery. I just loooooove this quilt. 

I asked Tara where her inspiration came from and she said this:  "I really wanted to give my baby something special and I love the appeal of handmade quilt, but in a more modern pattern." Tara said that she had seen a similar quilt elsewhere and I'll be darned if I didn't find a tutorial when searching for similar quilts while drafting this blog post: Check out See Katie Sew's Tutorial! Yay! I must say, I wish I had seen this tutorial long ago, It is extremely well written and a great pattern for intermediate sewers. Thanks for sharing Katie!  I  especially love the dramatic punch of black in this pattern.  I've been adoring all things peachy and coral for the past 6 months or so, and expect a few more quilts with these colors to emerge soon. Tara added a soft minty color to this palette, a lovely addition. She also sent me a vector image of her ideal layout and after looking at it from every angle, I decided it was perfectly imperfect and cut the fabric. I only had to do the math to figure out appropriate scale and sizing... it was kind of like 'quilt by number'. 

This is the example of what Tara sent me to work with

If you want to make your own, check out  

See Katie Sew, she has an awesome tutorial.

 I eagerly await photos of the finished nursery...I've seen glimpses and it's charming and sophisticated! Oh, to be the baby of a designer...

Tara Marshall can be found at McKinley Burkart, an award-winning architectural and interior design firm located in  Calgary, Alberta Canada. She also tweets a bit on twitter at tara_marshall@marshall_tara

Thanks for stopping by! 

~Erica

st. george's cross quilt.

A stunningly clean, 

modern, baby quilt with traditional appeal.

The parents of the lucky baby have exceptional taste and

were a joy to work with.

I enjoyed every single moment of putting this quilt together. 

xo

Erica 

{Sew, Mama, Sew Giveaway Winners}

Graph and Lined Paper Fabrics: 

1.Beth from Add a Pinch

2. Mike from The Amateur Quilter

Collage Fabric Scraps

Lena from In Polka Dots

Thanks for entering! Congrats to the winners, look out for my email.

navy gingham quilt.

A custom quilt.

Perfectly imperfect, in every way.

In which, tradition met modern on the East coast for an afternoon tennis match,

and fell in love. 

The hand-printed backing fabric on this quilt makes me melt. It's quite possibly the nicest fabric I've ever worked with. The price is reflective of the quality and the care put into creating this gorgeous textile. In other words, you won't find this in a bargain basement! It has the hand and drape of a buttery, vintage muslin, perfectly soft and broken in, truly a dream to sew with.  You can find it HERE, if you happen to be interested. I will seriously take this fabric into consideration when it comes time for  sewing for my hypothetical babies...until then...

Go make something!

xo

~Erica

grey and white herringbone quilt.

Yep, another one bites the dust.

This time, with a slightly softer yellow binding.

And a lively backing fabric called Silent Cinema by Jenean Morrison for FreeSpirit fabrics. Centering this puppy on the back proved to be a bit of a chore, surprisingly so. I ended up choosing my 'center' and ironing the fabric into quadrants taking care to split each of the tiny little flowers that that run the warp and weft into halves. Then I carefully pinned it to registration marks I made on my batting that corresponded with the center marks on all four sides of the quilt. Phew! Avoidance of this task might be why I use non-directional prints and solids so much in my quilting. Do you have any tricks for centering backing  fabric? I'd love to hear...

Go make something!

~E

black and white cross quilt.

Could alternatively be titled, Mourning Nurse Crawley. Alas, I thought that would be a tad morose title for a baby quilt. Inspired by my Red Cross Quilt.

This lil' guy recently departed the bitter-chill of Michigan's winter and is looking forward to living its days in sunny California. 

Cheers!

~e

blue and green herringbone baby quilt.

A custom quilt...

with snazzy colors,

and a playful backing,

that I considered keeping 'cause it matches my chair. 

Alas, I did not. 

Oh, Uhhh....Where did January go? 

red cross baby quilt.

Alternatively titled, Nurse Crawley Quilt.

100% inspired by the WWI British military nurse uniform depicted in Downton Abbey. Every time Lady Sybil/Nurse Crawley was on screen, I kept staring at her arm thinking, "that would make a lovely quilt." My thoughts were confirmed when I churned this quilt top out last winter, finally finishing a couple of weeks ago..  I am looking forward to the upcoming season on PBS, well worth a watch. Oh how I love PBS.

Thanks for stopping by! 

xo

Erica