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Hi everyone!

Happy Monday everyone!! We hope you all had a restful weekend. It’s starting to feel like springtime here, and we cannot wait for all the pretty blooms! To add some glisten to your day, have you entered our Bright Now Giveaway on Facebook yet? Giveaway winner will be announced this Wednesday! :)

To start off another great week, we have our Moody Monday to inspire you. Today we are going to share with you our DC Comics Originals moodboard. Our DC Comics Originals collection is the ultimate fabric line for all the DC comics enthusiasts who also love to sew (…or know of someone who can hehe!). This collection brings together all of your favorite DC comics characters – Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Green Lantern, and Flash – in a multitude of vibrant and dynamic designs and prints.

We picture a fun quilt with this collection, as well as t-shirt patches of each DC comic character, and a modern bag design! The possibilities are endless, and can fit the style of all DC Comics fans of all ages everywhere!! You can check out the full collection here.

The DC movie Superman vs. Batman, set to launch in 2016, has been getting a lot of buzz lately on the storyline…and more importantly, who will be playing who! DC Comics has not yet released any set plot information to the public yet, but from the title we can assume there will be a storyline focused on the two superheroes in some way. DC Comics has released most of the actors and actresses set to play the superheroes: Henry Cavill as Superman, Ben Affleck as Batman, Amy Adams as Lois Lane, and Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman. This film will include all your favorite DC Comics characters, just like in our fabric collection!

There has been lots of discussion amongst fans on the chosen parts, namely Batman and Wonder Woman – What do you think about the chosen cast? We are SUPER excited for this movie to launch – We are happy with the cast members and cannot wait to see the movie ourselves. We cannot wait for all the action and drama, we know it’s going to be an amazing movie! :)

We hope we have inspired you with this week’s Moody Monday! Remember, you are all superheroes in your own right :) “Always be yourself. Unless you can be Batman…then always be Batman”. Have a fantastic day!

Happy Sewing!

Hi everyone!

Happy Friday everyone! TGIF!! We hope everyone is having a wonderful, sunshine-filled day. If not – we’ve got something to brighten your day! We are giving away a Bright Now Fabric Stack on our Facebook Page this week!

To end this week, we have got our Fan Friday!! Today we’ve got another incredible project to share with you all – Yana from Hemming Birds created a gorgeous half-apron that is absolutely perfect with our Iconic Collection. Yana made this wonderful half-apron as a wedding shower gift for her best friend, Melissa, who resides in New York City.

The design is loosely based on a vintage apron Yana had seen in an antique store. It’s also reversible…AND has pockets (We love ANYTHING with pockets here at CF!). She chose our Iconic Collection for its more modern esthetic, and it is honestly a perfect pairing with this half-apron. And I mean, who wouldn’t want to bake up a batch of oatmeal, chocolate chip cookies in this adorable apron? :)

#CFlovespockets

Yana and her sister-in-law, Jennifer, started their blog Hemming Birds to share their passions for cooking, baking, and sewing as well as mom/family-related topics. Moreover, they will be opening up a handmade shop in May, which will be featuring handmade children’s accessories – bibs, girl’s handbags, backpacks, aprons, and more! They have also posted the tutorial for this half-apron on their blog, so be sure to check it out. What’s even more exciting is that you could win your very own Iconic Apron on their blog – so be sure to enter the giveaway for your chance! This apron makes us want to do some baking and cooking, and we are super excited for whoever wins.

You can also find the wonderful and super creative ladies of Hemming Birds on their blog, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Thank you so much, Yana, for sharing your half-apron with us! It is absolutely stunning and seeing the pictures made our day!! Have a wonderful weekend everyone, and don’t forget to stop by our Facebook Page to enter our Bright Now Giveaway.

Happy Sewing!

PS: If you have a project featuring our fabric or one of our Free Projects, we would love to share it on a future Fan Friday! You can email us at info@camelotfabrics.com or Facebook us a picture! We LOVE seeing all your projects! :)

Hi everyone!

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!

Happy Sewing!

Hi everyone!

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!

Click MORE to see the full tutorial!