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Happy Thursday!! We hope everyone is having a terrific day! To add some color to your day, we’re hosting a Paisley Please FQB + Coordinating Aurifil Threads Giveaway on our Facebook Page. To get us all in the spirit of Autumn, we would love to know what your favorite Fall treat is. Head on over there for your chance to win! :)

It’s time for this week’s Thankful Thursday! Today we are featuring a fantastic sewing lounge and fabric boutique in Grand Rapids, Michigan…Stitched Studio! Stitched Studio offers a wide range of modern fabric collections of medium-weight 100% cotton fabric, organic fabrics, knit, voile, flannel, linen, and denim. As well, you will find lots of other sewing goodies – designer patterns, books, hand embroidery designs, embellishments, and notions. Aside from it being a wonderful quilt shop, their sewing lounge offers its customers a relaxing atmosphere to take in all the beautiful fabrics and spark inspiration. Sip some coffee while flipping through inspiring sewing magazines and books, work on your projects with their available sewing machines, cutting machines, and other notions! We think this idea is absolutely fantastic, and a great way to find new sewing friends and communities.

As well, Stitched Studio offers classes for sewing enthusiasts of all styles and skill levels, from quilting, fashion, bag making, and home décor classes…and even a class for the kiddos! They also have monthly Friday Night Sew-In’s, where crafters can come together to work on their projects and chat about all things fabric amongst yummy snacks.

Their Stitched Design Club is a super fun “Project Runway” style program for kids ages 8 and up, to inspire them to love sewing and encourage them to embrace their creative minds. We are so impressed by this wonderful fabric shop/sewing lounge for their amazing programs to encourage everyone to sew and learn! We are so grateful that they love our fabric selections, and that they have chosen our fabrics to showcase in their shop and use in their projects. We spot our Petite Plume Collection created into adorable little girl’s shorts (seen above!), and our Neon & On Collection for their pouch projects (below). We are so thankful to have been a part of inspiring creativity!

Thank you so much Stitched Studio, for the fabric love!! We are so impressed and inspired by your fabric shop, and all that you strive for. If you live in MI, or are ever near the area, we definitely recommend checking Stitched Studio out! Check out their website for more, as well as their Facebook. They truly are doing something remarkable, and are so grateful to be a part of it. Have a great day, everyone!

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Hi everyone!

Happy Wednesday! Hope everyone is having a great day. We have been talking about all things autumn in the office today, of all the exciting fall-themed activities (and baking!!) to come. We can’t wait! :)

In the heart of the upcoming fall season, we wanted to collaborate this week’s Winsday with that same theme. Our prize this week is a delicious aubergine, rustic orange, and tan collection of beautiful floral and paisley designs…our Paisley Please by Jackie McFee collection. As well, we will also be giving away two coordinating threads from Aurifil. Such a yummy prize pack, and perfect for the upcoming cooler months…we can think of lots of project ideas we’d create with this collection, and are sure you can too!

Want the chance to win this awesome giveaway? We are hosting this giveaway on our Facebook Page, so be sure to head on over there to enter. In keeping with the theme, and of all things yummy, we would like to know what your favourite Fall treat/dessert is. We thought this would be the perfect segway into fall-time! “LIKE” the Giveaway Image, comment below letting us know your favorite Fall treat, and share the giveaway with all your fellow sewing enthusiasts! :) Below is a recap of our giveaway rules…

Recap of our Paisley Please FQB & Coordinating Aurifil Threads Giveaway Rules:
1. LIKE us on FACEBOOK!
2. LIKE the Paisley Please FQB + Aurifil Threads Image on our Facebook Page!
3. Comment on the Giveaway Image what your favorite Fall treat is!
4. This week’s Winsday prize is our Paisley Please by Jackie McFee FQB + 2 Coordinating Aurifil Threads!
5. The giveaway starts today (9/17) and ends on September 24th, 2014 – We will be announcing the winner on next week’s Winsday Post as well as all our social media handles.
6. You can follow our Blog, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest to stay connected!

Good Luck to everyone entering! We cannot wait to read all of your yummy entries. We’re definitely going to be inspired by your answers for our own Fall baking adventures haha. Have a great day! :)

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Hi everyone,

Happy Tuesday!! We hope everyone is having a wonderful day. Today is definitely the perfect day for a pumpkin spice latte and cuddling up in a thick, warm quilt. Whether we want it to come or not, Fall will be upon us in officially one week.

We have been excitedly getting prepared for Fall Quilt Market with our projects and other goodies, and can’t wait to share them with you all. For this week’s How To’s Day, we wanted to share with you one of our past, in-house free projects that so many of you enjoyed. Our Simple Stripes Baby Blanket is an easy patchwork blanket, that mimics the look of a quilt (without the need for advanced quilting skills). It’s adorable, cozy, and the perfect size to wrap your little nugget in. We had previously shared our tutorial on our blog with our Playground by Vita Mechachonis collection, with the subdued blue and tan hues making our baby blanket soothing and comforting.

We decided to create a fun version of our baby blanket with our Girl Power II collection – the bright colors make this blanket POP! As well, our Girl Power II collection makes it awesome for any little superheroine-in-training with the Wonder Woman, Batgirl, and Supergirl designs decorating the blanket. We love the idea of your little superheroine snuggled up in her favorite blanket, dreaming to her heart’s content on all the *super* things she wants to do, whether it be playing all day in the yard or having a tea party with all her favorite companions. And we know, all our Girl Power fellow enthusiasts will be loving this blanket just as much (if not, more!) than she does…

As mentioned, we had featured our Simple Stripes Baby Blanket as a DIY project on the blog, which you can find here. As well, we have a PDF version on our website that can be easily printed out for you to create. You can find it here, as well as our Free Projects Program.

We really hope you love our Simple Stripes Baby Blanket as much as we do! We’d love to know your thoughts. And if you get the chance to make your own version, we’d love to see. You can always send your project pictures to us at info@camelotfabrics.com or tag us on Instagram. Have a fantastic day, everyone!

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Hi everyone,

Happy Monday!! We hope everyone had a fantastic weekend. It was definitely nippy here, and it seems like it’s only going to get chillier. It’s definitely sweater weather now, and we’re excited for all the plaid, knits, and thick scarves to come! We love fall fashion! :)

It’s time to start off the week with our Moody Monday! Today we are showcasing a bold and playful print from our What’s Cookin by Allison Cole collection. The red floral print from What’s Cookin’ makes for a very kitschy and modern feel, and this floral pattern would be beautiful to decorate any upscale but feminine kitchen, or as a full skirt of tea dress! We love the idea of this whimsical, dark red floral print for accessories – a pretty clutch, a makeup bag, or even a festive tie would look awesome in this pattern. Such a wonderful print, part of our beautiful What’s Cookin’ collection (which you see all of here!).

New York Fashion Week has ended, but has left us with so much inspiration…pretty outfits to gawk over. It’s been so much fun getting to check out the collections for trend inspiration for the upcoming seasons. One collection that especially sparked our interest was that of Anna Sui’s Spring 2015 RTW Collection. The warm hues of charcoal, burgundy, and navy in this collection are cozy and comforting, making this collection very romantic and bursting with femininity. Of course, the reds caught our eye – and this outfit definitely is reminiscent of our What’s Cookin’ Collection – and this print in particular. You can check out the full collection from Anna Sui here! We hope you enjoyed this week’s Moody Monday; have a good day, everyone! :)

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Hi everyone,

Happy Friday everyone!! TGIF!! We hope everyone is having a fantastic end of the week; will anyone be working on any fun projects this weekend? If you need any inspiration, feel free to browse our DIYs…we’re sure you will find some inspiration and something you like :)

For today’s Fan Friday we are featuring a wonderful Etsy Shop, Not Without Annette, run by the lovely Annette. By day, Annette works for a large utility company in the IT department, but one of her passions lies in fabric and sewing. Annette has been crafting for almost all her life – she learned to crochet at the age of 8 by watching her babysitter. She also enjoys knitting, needlepoint, counted cross-stitch, and apparel sewing, but her true calling is quilting. She is a self-taught quilter, watching and following Fons & Porter, Eleanor Burns, and Alex Anderson as inspirations.

Her Etsy Shop started from those around her telling her “Oh, you should sell those!” in regards to her handmade gifts over the years. Annette now sells really fun and unique, all-handmade and mostly “Made in America” items such as her Cupcake Purse, Crayon Tote, Book Bags, and Tissue Cozies. She is a devoted animal lover, with 100% of the proceeds from her tissue cozies are donated to various animal charities in the US (DASH, the local animal shelter, HALO, the Blind Cat Sanctuary, and others). As of 6/15/2014, over $1,350 has gone to these organizations. Annette loves whimsical and cartoon fabric prints, and loves Camelot Fabrics! She has chosen our Girl Power Collection for her Crayon Tote, our Star Trek Collection for one of her Tissue Cozies, amongst some other of our fabric collections!

You’ll have to check out Annette’s Shop for lots more goodies! There’s definitely something for everyone, especially for the little kiddos. You can also check out Annette on Facebook, Pinterest, and her website. Have a great weekend, everyone! :)

Happy Sewing!