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Happy Thursday everyone! We hope you are having a great day – the sunshine is out, the snow is melting, and we are feeling inspired! Have you entered our Bright Now Giveaway yet? We are giving away this lovely fabric stack on our Facebook page, so be sure to enter if you haven’t yet! :)

Today is this week’s Thankful Thursday! We have gotten the opportunity to work with so many creative and inspiring people, and today we are thanking someone who is definitely those two things…and much, much more! Today we are thanking one of our quilt designers, Vanessa Fromm of Fabric Confetti.

Vanessa Fromm was an avid sewer from the beginning! As a child, she shared her love for sewing with her grandmother, started to make her own clothing in junior high & high school, and even sewed her own prom dress! How amazing!! After finishing her higher education (by getting a BFA degree in medical illustration and an MBA), she began her career as a middle school English teacher. But even so, her love for sewing remained and Vanessa started getting into quilting again, and eventually machine appliqué. She started Fabric Confetti™, a business dedicated to quilt patterns, fabric appliqué designs, and yes of course – fabric confetti!

We had the privilege of partnering with Vanessa to create an exclusive quilt design for us! Vanessa created a stunning and modern Chevron Quilt for us with our What’s Cookin’ by Allison Cole Collection. The Chevron Quilt is free to download on our website, and can be found here! :)

Vanessa has such a clean and fresh design esthetic that we adore, and fits perfectly with us at Camelot Fabrics. Thank you so much, Vanessa, for creating a wonderful quilt design for us. We are very thankful for your partnership, and are very excited for all the future endeavors to come! You can find Vanessa’s patterns (and more!) on her website, Facebook, and Twitter. Vanessa is will also be at Spring Quilt Market this year (Booth 2049) – We hope to see you there!

Happy Sewing!

Hi everyone,

Happy Wednesday!! We hope everyone is having a fantastic day so far! Today is actually National Peanut Butter & Jelly Day! We could definitely go for a classic PB&J sandwich and a glass of cold milk right now. Yummy!! :)

Today is Wednesday, and guess what day that means on the blog? That’s right! It’s Winsday time! And it’s a special one because we also want to THANK YOU for 2000+ fans on Facebook (Wahoo!). Today we are giving away a fabric roll of our Bright Now by Jackie McFee Collection. Bright Now by Jackie McFee is from our Winter 2014 collections, and it is SUCH a beautiful collection with a wonderful mix of neutrals and bright colors. We imagine a wonderful table runner, lap-sized quilt, or clutch with this collection – The possibilities of sewing projects are endless! ☼

Because Spring is in the air (which makes us very happy!), we want to know how our Bright Now Collection would brighten up your day! This is going to be another Facebook Giveaway, so look for the official giveaway image to comment and enter! Once you do, that’s it – you are entered to win this fantastic fabric bundle! ☼

Recap of the Bright Now Fabric Giveaway:

1. LIKE us on Facebook!

2. LIKE the Official Bright Now Fabric Giveaway Image on our Facebook Page

3. Comment on the Giveaway Image how this collection would brighten your day!

4. This week’s Winsday prize is a Stack of our Bright Now Collection (24 SKUs of 44″ x 6″)

5. The giveaway starts today (4/2) and ends on April 9th, 2014 – We will be announcing the winner on next week’s Winsday as well as all our social media handles.

6. You can follow our Blog, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest to stay connected!

GOOD LUCK everyone! We are SO happy for Spring, and cannot wait to read & be inspired by all your answers. Have a great day!

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Happy Tuesday! It is also the first of April today!! And April Fools Day! Did anyone try pulling a prank on someone else or got a prank pulled on them? :) We love a brilliant joke or prank here in the office, as long as it’s all in good fun! Happy pranking! :)

We are starting off April with this week’s How To’s Day. Today we are going to share with you another one of our quilt designs – Our Flying High Quilt by Swirly Girls Design for Camelot Fabrics. This quilt design is playful and modernistic, with the triangles creating an awesome “flying high” pattern (almost like geese!) that works wonderfully with our Take Flight Collection. The tiered triangles also give this otherwise simple and clean design more of a bold statement!

This quilt design would look fantastic with any collection, and is perfect as a kid’s quilt or for snuggling with on the couch, but we especially adore it with our Take Flight Collection. You can get the PDF version of this tutorial on our website, in the our Free Projects Program section, but today we are going to share the tutorial with you on the blog. Be sure to also check out Swirly Girls Design for lots more, as well as their Facebook Page, Pinterest, and Twitter!

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Hi everyone!

Happy Monday! We hope everyone had a restful weekend. It is officially the last day of March! We are thrilled for the upcoming warmer days without layers, the patches of green grass starting to peak through, and the little creatures coming out of hibernation. Easter is also coming up, and we are super excited to start working on all our pastel-infused, springtime projects!

It’s time for this week’s Moody Monday! Today we are inspiring you with our Pepsi by the Camelot Design Studio Collection. Imagine sitting by the pool in a large wide-brimmed hat and favorite novel, soaking up the sun’s warm rays…listening to the giddy children playing and the cool water splashing all around you. Starting to feel a little sticky from the sun, you reach into your fully stocked cooler and open up a refreshing can of…that’s right, Pepsi. There is honestly nothing quite like it. Can you tell we are just a little bit excited for warmer weather? :)

Yup, that’s right! Your iconic blue and red drink is now in fabric form! We have taken your favorite drink print and put a modern, vintage twist to it! Keeping the red and blue hues prominent, but adding a fun and charming flair…our Pepsi fabric collection is perfect for all the Pepsi enthusiasts who also love to sew and craft. Imagine a flirty, Pepsi-printed skirt or a matching Pepsi-printed bowtie and pocket square? Very fresh and playful! :)

In 2012, Christian Cota had collaborated with Diet Pepsi to create a capsule collection of Diet Pepsi-inspired pieces throughout the decades. There were a total of five inspired pieces including an adorable shift dress, a couple of maxis, a fun pair of capris, and a classic blue and red pullover. All the pieces used classic Pepsi prints and were inspired by fashion elements through the years. The preview also included unlimited Diet Pepsi for the guests, Pepsi-inspired straws, and décor in the classic red and blue colors! It is such a fun and beautiful collection, and gives us lots of inspiration of what to create with our Pepsi fabric collection! You can check out the full Christian Cota x Diet Pepsi Capsule Collection here.

Thank you so much for reading this week’s Moody Monday! Have a great day everyone! :)

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Happy Friday! That’s right…it’s Friday!! Remember when we said that we were excited that the weather was getting nicer yesterday? Well, we woke up to SNOW this morning. Madness. It’s the end of March, and we are still getting Winter weather! Let’s hope it all melts away before April comes! :)

It’s time for this week’s Fan Friday post! Today we are sharing with you a couple of adorable baby quilts sewn by Heather K. The two baby quilts use different color-ways from our Day at the Zoo Collection, one highlighting the rustic orange bark design and the other mixing greens & blues. The craftsmanship of the quilts is stunning, and the choice in quilt patterns are so lovely! It goes perfectly with the collection. Our Day at the Zoo Collection features charming lions, owls, hippos, and other friendly critters with a mix of neutral colours that would be perfect for any baby- or kid-friendly project.

Heather made these two quilts for two cousins who each have baby boys. Noland was born in January and another cousin adopted an infant, Michael, last Fall. Heather is from a big Irish, Catholic family, and her and her cousins were all the first born daughters! She decided to make baby quilts for the newest little ones in the family – such a sweet gift! :)

We are big cat lovers here at Camelot Fabrics, so this photo just warms our hearts!! Heather’s kittie, Steve McQueen (umm, epic name by the way!), definitely approves of the quilts, shown here helping Heather with the binding:

We absolutely adore how soft and lovable these baby quilts are, with our Day at the Zoo collection…Heather did an incredible job!! You can check out Heather’s blog for more, and she is also on Twitter and Instagram! Thank you so much for sharing the quilts with us, Heather!! Have a great weekend :)

Happy Sewing!