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Cascade Blog Tour – Date Night + Fat Quarter Giveaway

Posted on October 19, 2014 by Erin Erickson | 140 Comments
Cascade Date Night

Cascade Date Night

A few weeks before I switched countries temporarily, Jessica Levitt posted on Instagram that she needed samples for Quilt Market made with her super secret new fabric line for Windham Fabrics. Jessica’s color schemes tend to be some of my favorites, so I jumped at the chance to sew this before I left! You will find all of the projects in the Cascade Look Book.

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I got to choose from the whole line, and I was thrilled when my first choice showed up in my mailbox. :) (I know, you’re thinking of course I picked the blue one!)

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Since these are colors I wear all the time, it NEEDED to be a Date Night. I fussy cut the whole bag, which was quite the challenge considering each of those flowers is a little bit different. I think it was worth it. :)

Date NightBob picked the gorgeous gray zipper. I couldn’t decide between light and dark gray. Totally the right choice!

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The fabric is gorgeous. I pre-wash all of my quilting cottons before I sew, and you never quite know how they are going to wash up. These were amazing, both the print and the matching solid lining (LOVE when solids match!)

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Did I mention that it gets to go to QUILT MARKET? Even though I can’t go, at least Date Night has a date with Quilt Market. And that makes me happy!

Thank you Jessica for giving me a preview of your amazing new fabric! To celebrate, Windham Fabrics is giving away a Cascade Fat Quarter Bundle to one of you!
Just comment below to enter to win! I’ll close comments on Friday, October 24th and choose a winner! The winner is Lorrie! Thank you to everyone for entering!!

Make your own Date Night Purse by getting the pattern here.

There are more projects and giveaways on the rest of the blog tour!

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Monday October 13th – Jessica Levitt – Juicy Bits / Windham Fabrics
Tuesday October 14th – Julie Herman – Jaybird Quilts / Jenn Nevitt –knit ’n lit
Wednesday October 15th – Amanda Kattner – What the Bobbin / Andy Knowlton – a bright corner
Thursday October 16th – Marci Debataz – Marci Girl Designs / Jennifer Auh Chon – Sunny in Cal
Friday October 17th – Angela Walters – Quilting is my Therapy / Rachel Gander – Imagine Gnats
Saturday October 18th – Elizabeth Timmons – and pins / Andrea Taddicken – knitty bitties
Sunday October 19th – Erin Erickson – Dog Under my Desk / Jessica Skultety – Quilty Habitt
Monday October 20th  – Caroline Press – Trillium Design / Karin Jordan – Leigh Laurel Studios

YOU SHOULD BE SEWING

-Erin

Categories : Date Night
Comments (140)

Comments

  3. Wow! That’s gorgeous… both the fabric and the bag! Perfect print matching… way to go, Erin!

  5. It’s beautiful! I love everything about it and you did a terrific job with the flowers.

  7. So pretty! I would have had a hard time picking a top pick from all of the gorgeous choices!

  10. Your Date Night bag is gorgeous. I would love to make Arm Candy with those fat quarters. I’ve made 3 so far but none for me. The next one is for keepsies!

  11. Such a beautiful collection of fabrics. Amazing job of fussy cutting – love the end result – gorgeous!

  14. I love your gorgeous bag!! It was definitely worth the work of fussy cutting. Thanks for sharing and for the giveaway.

  15. Ooooh my! You made a Gorgeous Bag…and you did an AWESOME job! LOOOVE the fabric line…but loooove the one you used Best!

  17. Beautiful bag! You totally rock that pocket fussy cutting business! I just love this pattern.

  18. Your pattern matching skill is the best! The Date Night bag is beautiful — love the fabric and the bag! Judy W

  22. I love the purse– it’s the perfect size! This line is so pretty with the natural elements! Thanks for the chance to win.

  31. I love this fabric, the coordinating colors look so neat together, a quilt would be so pretty with this collection. I also love your bag, you did a great job, love to have one like that, so hard to find good purses anymore. I told my husband that I would have to make one like I want. Thanks for the chance.
    ncjeepster@aol.com

  33. What beautiful fabrics! Tell your hubby great job on his zipper picking skills on that perfect bag!

  34. Awesome job. Love the bag…& the fabric is beautiful. I always lean to blue fabrics too, it’s such a gorgeous colour!

  39. Love how the date night turned out! Would be so happy with the fat quarters to add to my stash!

  45. You did a fantastic job fussy cutting and print matching, the time you spent was worth it! I am loving Drip and Bubble in Bayou.

  49. Beautiful sewing on the purse and beautiful fabric too. I love your patterns, I really appreciate the care you put into the instructions.

  55. Wow, your bag looks great! The fabrics in this collection are very pretty and I love the colors.

  57. Your fussy cutting is right on the mark. Your projects are simply stunning. Thanks for the chance.

  58. The bag is just lovely. The design in the fabric is so delicate. I just
    adore it! You did a Awesome job in making the bag.
    Thanks for the opportunity to win this!

  61. These fabrics are delightful in color and designs — glad to hear they wash up beautifully. Love your bag!

  63. What a beautiful job you did on your Date Night purse! I do seriously love the colors and patterns in this new Cascade line of fabric!

  64. Beautiful Date Night purse, and gorgeous fabrics!! I would love to win. I am envious of your fussy cutting, Erin!!! Great Job!!!

    • Kathy – don’t be scared! Erin does the BEST JOB at teaching you zipper installation – in all the forms she uses. I was scared, too…but now pretty much everything I make has them! :-)

  68. Love the palette of colours in the fabric line. Would love to make something with the 3 patterns/colours in the bottom left corner.

    The fussy cutting is awe-inspiring.

  69. Nice job on the fussy cutting. I had to look closely to see it. Thanks for sharing! Notwendy gmail

  70. BEAUTIFUL!! Erin, you are so talented! I hope my date night turns out half as nice as yours! :)

  73. Love the Waterfall and Rain drizzle prints.
    Your date night bag is smashing!
    Thank you for the tutorial and the giveaway.

  76. LOVE your bag! So glad everyone gets to see it at quilt market. It is the cutest. cdahlgren at live dot com

  77. Love your Date Night purse, Erin! You are definitely The Queen of Fussy Cut! This is the perfectly sized purse and excellent example for this line of beautiful Cascade fabric. Love the colors in “glacier”. Thanks for sharing your talents with us!

  78. Love your bag. Such patience required in the fussy cutting! Thank you for sharing and for the giveaway.

  84. Beautiful fabrics to sew into bags.
    Colors so pretty and serene.
    I’ll make a few with my name tag
    They’ll turn out amazingly keen!

  91. Your purse was the perfect choice for showing off this fabric. The final result is amazing! I think this fabric line would make wonderful pillows as well.

  93. Oh Erin that is stunning, love your careful cutting. I’m interested to read that you prewash your fabrics before sewing, I do that but only if it’s for clothing! thanks for the chance to win some gorgeous fabrics.

  94. I love this blue and gray purse…. It looks sophisticated but still casual enough to wear with jeans. I recently posted a picture of the date night kitty cat purse and turtle purse on your FB page. I love this purse and plan on making more of them!

  99. I teach Life Skills, and I wish you were here to show us the bag in person! How beautiful! The fabric is very inspiring, and my students would love the opportunity to expand their “make-ability” with the fat quarter.

  101. Seeing your talent just makes me want to keep learning even more! Perfect match, the fabric looks stunning on this bag! Thanks for the added input on how it washes up..always good to know.

  102. Love the bag and the fabric choice! The time it took to fussy cut was well worth the effort! It looks fabulous!!

  104. Looks like the fabric was made just for your pattern!! Love the way it turned out – great job fussy cutting!

  106. Absolutely awesome! I love the size of this bag… will be making one very soon! I made Arm Candy last week with Halloween prints and have gotten many wonderful compliments! Thank you for all your wonderful patterns!

  109. WOW!! I am in awe of your pattern matching. Love the fabric, too. Would be great for the Zip and Go as well!

  111. That bag is awesome! I love this pattern. I made one for myself and it turned out better than any other bag I have made.

  113. Love the bag you made Erin. I have this pattern (as well as most of your other patterns) and am looking forward to trying it. Thanks for the chance to win. And for all your great patterns.

  118. What a beautiful purse…love the fussy cutting and perfect zipper choice!!! Thanks for the sweet giveaway :)

  121. What a lovey bag for a Date Night….Just right for the perfect night out…And let Bob know, I agree the dark gray was the right choice…I like the Pond…color grouping and that would be what I spent time “fussy cutting” in making a bag for myself……

  123. Your title of Queen of Fussy Cutting remains! :-)

    Way to go, too, Bob!

    I assume you used the gray solid for the lining?

    I love the palette of this line!!!! You’re correct, having solids that already match is so wonderful!!!

    I would make a ton of your stuff with this collection!

  126. I would have chosen the same colors too! Enjoy the remainder of your time down under & Hi to Bob!

  131. I think this is my favourite Date Night bag I’ve seen you make. Lovely pattern. Great choice of fabric.

  133. I love this bag. The fussy cutting was totally worth it, as it is such a beautiful flower print. Would be great to use this fabric line.

  135. You are at the 2 best places at the same time! ;)
    I cannot believe you fussy cut that, I mean I can, it’s you, but my brain hurts just thinking of lining those flowers up with an outside pocket. You sewed perfect, as always.

  137. Really like this purse and glad it has instructions for using the soft and stable, looking forward to making one!!!

  138. I would have picked the blue too! Sadly I’m not going to Quilt Market otherwise I would definitely look for your bag.

  139. I love fussy cutting. It frustrates me while I’m doing it, but is always worth the effort. This bag looks fabulous!

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