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It has been a long week.  Lots of non-fun stuff to do plus sick kids and I needed a small project.  If you follow me on Instagram (you can find me under ericajackman) you may have seen that I basted my queen sized Rocky Mountain Puzzle quilt a couple days ago.  I am not a fast quilter, especially with large quilts, so it will be a little while before it is finished.  In the mean time I thought I'd make a coordinating pillow for the guest bed. I used some of the Fort Firefly fabric that was my inspiration for the quilt as well as my favorite Botanics print . Until the guest room quilt is done, this size pillow (14"x28") fits perfectly on this chair in our family room.  I think another pillow this size is in my future :)

The winner of the Southern Fabric $25 Gift Certificate giveaway is . . . Congratulations to Anna and thanks to everyone for entering, have a wonderful weekend!

I finished the first 10 Farmer's Wife blocks and I have decided the templates aren't really so bad.  For the first three blocks I was tracing the templates onto the fabric and then cutting with scissors.  This did not work for me, so I did a little Googling and found Camille's post about cutting her Farmer's Wife blocks.  This method worked really well for me and even that block on the top right with a zillion little pieces turned out ok. I am going pretty scrappy with the colors for the quilt and I am trying to use scraps in every block.  This also seems like a good opportunity to use up some novelty prints that I have sitting around so I am going to do some fussy cutting in some of the blocks. For do. Good Stitches this month Becky asked to make Crazy Square blocks using this tutorial and boy-ish colors.  This should make a fun quilt for a little boy and I am always happy to have a reason to use up some scraps :) Even though cutting the pieces for the Farmer's

It has been a little while since I have posted a WIP post but I have actually been working on stuff. 1.  My Rocky Mountain Puzzle queen sized quilt top is finished.  I have been working on it here and there and somehow it is now complete.  See that fabric sticking out underneath on the left?  That is the backing fabric and it is the reason why this project has stalled.  I am a little short on the print for this backing and I haven't figured out how to remedy that situation yet. 2.  Curtains for the master bedroom.  I don't know why I thought it was a good idea to make curtains because I really, really hate making them.  I also hate hanging the curtain rod which is probably actually the worst part.  Drills and levels and I don't mix well.  I have completed the panels for the biggest window in the room and have almost finished the panels for the second window.  The fact that my husband has pure hatred for this print has really put a damper on wanting to finish these.  They ar

I would like to welcome my newest sponsor, Southern Fabric . Southern Fabric has great  precuts , and  new arrivals sections. They also have my favorite True Colors print, Joel Dewberry's pink herringbone , and it's on sale! If you are looking to bulk up your stash with a great variety of colors, Southern Fabrics offers a Fat Quarter Stash Club with a fat quarter bundle of fabrics sent out in different colors each month. Their sale section has some deep discounts, up to 50% off, so if you like a good bargain like I do this is definitely worth checking out. Southern Fabric has generously offered to giveaway a $25 gift certificate to one lucky commenter.  To enter the giveaway just leave me a comment letting me know what you would use it for.  I would love to get my hands on an April Showers layer cake from Bonnie and Camille.   The giveaway will end on Friday evening.  Thanks for entering!

Around the time I started getting really into quilting, the Ann Kelle Remix prints were released.  I bought a lot of them.  I was so excited by the bright and fun and exciting prints.  So when I had the opportunity to make a couple of projects with new Ann Kelle prints for Robert Kaufman I jumped at the chance. The first project was for the new collection Wonder .  I seriously thought my daughter was going to hide these fabrics and never give them back because they have two of her favorite things: rainbows and unicorns.  I made an apron with each colorway, one that is pleated and a peplum apron. The second project is a quilt using the Girlfriends line.  Two new amazingly adorable fairy prints have been added to the collection.  This quilt uses a combination of Girlfriends, Remix, and Kona Solids and it was quilted by the brilliant Angela Walters. Tutorials for these projects will be available on the Robert Kaufman website by March.  

Thanks to everyone who entered the Fabricworm giveaway.  The winner of a Fat Quarter bundle of Ipanema is . . . Congratulations Kris!

I loved working on these Lucky Stars this past year but I am happy to finally have them put to good use. Each of these blocks is only 6" finished. I should have taken these photos with something to show the scale but they are pretty tiny. Because the blocks are so small and they aren't going to get a lot of wear and tear hanging up on the wall and because I didn't want to have to quilt over the tiny little bulky seams, I did not quilt over the stars.  I densely quilted the neutral blocks and then stitched in the ditch around the stars.  I like how it helps the stars pop a little more. The background fabric is a very faint dot print from Vintage Modern by Bonnie and Camille and the brown fabric in the background blocks is one of my new favorite prints from Up, Up, and Away (available here and here ).   This is going to hang up in our new guest room and I think it will look nice with the Rocky Mountain Puzzle quilt that I am making for the guest bed (yes, I'm still wo

I would like to welcome Fabricworm as my newest sponsor. Fabricworm is one of my favorite shops because they have so many fun modern collections, lots of organic fabrics , and great sales . When I first started getting really into quilting (and consequently really into fabric!) I fell in love with the custom bundles that Fabricworm offers.  They are so fresh and fun and a great way to start experimenting with mixing fabrics from different collections. yellow brick road bundle I also love that they offer a variety of types of fabric including minky , double gauze , flannel , and wide width options. Charley Harper FLANNEL! And the coming soon section is very exciting.  I am really looking forward to these linen dots from Momo . Fabricworm has generously offered a fat quarter bundle of Ipanema to giveaway today. This collection has some really cute prints and I am particularly excited about this yellow triangle print .     To enter the giveaway, just leave me a comment letting me k

I need to make some scrap quilts this year and my sisters have each put dibs on one.  But before I get that started, I wanted to make a warm and snuggly quilt for my Mom.  One of the first quilts that I ever made was for my Mom but since the quilts I have made for my sisters are a little more fun that the one that I made for her (see here , here , and here ) I thought she needed a new one first. A while back I pinned this quilt on Flickr (Lindsey actually just posted a tutorial on how to make it) and when I was looking for a scrap quilt idea, I knew this was the one.  I wasn't sure how she put hers together at the time, but I made mine pretty much the same way except I used a 16" square in square shape and then made my half square triangles like this . I also arranged mine in zig zags instead of diamonds. My sisters all requested non-bright, non-pink quilts so I knew that this quilt needed to use a bunch of my bright scraps (hope that was okay Mom!).  The minky made the quil

Thank you everyone who entered the giveaway.  The winner of the $25 gift certificate to Pink Chalk Fabrics is . . . Congratulations Michelle!  Pink Chalk Fabrics will be emailing you your gift certificate soon. I also wanted to point you towards  Sew Mama Sew .  The wonderful Debbie has chosen 31 inspirational quilters and is featuring one every day.  If you check out day 1 you might see someone you recognize :)  Debbie is a great inspiration to me and I am excited to see the rest of the quilters that she has chosen.

January is the last month of my twenties so I thought we'd get it started right with a giveaway!  I have a $25 dollar gift certificate available to Pink Chalk Fabrics to giveaway today. To enter, just let me know what you would buy with the gift certificate.  I think I would use it to stock up on Pearl Bracelet prints, I go through these so fast. The giveaway is now closed.  Now I'm off to finish up a quilt that I will be sharing in a few days once it is safely in the hands of its new owner (it's a surprise gift!).  I have a lot that I want to accomplish before I turn 30 on the 31st :)