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It’s time for What We Love #15 ♥ This week, we’re trying to brighten things up a bit here with COLOR! As we are approaching fall weather, it does not mean that we should neglect all the pretty colors. The latest issue of Uppercase Magazine is all about color – each section inspired by and representing different shades of the rainbow. It’s such a beautiful source of creative energy to flip through. Carrying on with even more brightness, we love the idea of turning something ordinary into something extraordinary. For example: creating fruit out of balloons, freezing edible flowers into popsicles, adding a punch of color to a phone, and cool art encompassing everyday surroundings. We think it’s amazing how something so basic can become even more beautiful, with small changes; there’s something truly remarkable about that…

Juan: Zipper Street Art
Vanessa: Edible Floral Popsicle
Valeria: Neon Pink Phone
Shannen: Fruit Balloons
Marion: Uppercase Magazine

 
We hope you have enjoyed this week’s What We Love! Be sure to check out our Pinterest Boards for so many more inspiring (and fun!) pins – we’re on there ALL. THE. TIME…so you’ll always find something new from us. As well, we hope we can inspire you to find the extraordinary in the ordinary. Have a good one! ♥

Hi everyone,

Happy Thursday! We hope everyone’s day is going well so far; it’s been pretty gloomy and rainy here. I guess it’s safe to say that Fall is officially upon us…here’s to apple picking, hayrides, and everything PUMPKIN!

It’s time for this week’s Thankful Thursday! Today on the blog, we are featuring a fantastic online fabric shop that is truly dedicated & inspired by all things fabric…Hawthorne Threads! Hawthorne Threads is not only an amazing place to search for your favorite fabrics online, but it is also a source for inspiration and creative influence. Hawthorne Threads is run by a husband and wife duo, Charlie and Lindsay, who are elementary school sweethearts now married with two toddlers. That truly is the epitome of true love and soul mates.

It all started 6 years ago when Lindsay opened a small Etsy Shop dedicated to selling fabric and her handmade gems. From there, her shop quickly grew into a successful business where Hawthorne Threads was officially born. Charlie joined the team to develop and maintain the official website, as a software designer by trade. Now, Hawthorne Threads has become a favorite place for many to find fresh and modern fabric collections! Charlie and Lindsay do so much more than run an online fabric shop – they showcase the fabrics in unique and fun theme-centric ways in their photoshoots and moodboards. Their slogan truly embodies their shop and who they are – “brought to you by two love birds who love fabric” – and that love is truly shown in their work.

We are so thrilled that Hawthorne Threads loves Camelot Fabrics! We absolutely adore the featured moodboards on their website and Facebook, showcasing our fabric collections in such awesome ways. We love how they style each fabric collection accordingly, adding to the overall feel of the specific designs. As well, with each fabric collection, they showcase our corresponding projects & quilt patterns from our Free Projects Program. Here are some of our current favorites…

Mint Condition by Jackie McFee for Camelot Fabrics

Nightfall by the Camelot Design Studio

What a Gem by Allison Cole for Camelot Fabrics

Thank you so much for the fabric love, Hawthorne Threads!! Be sure to check out more from Hawthorne Threads on their website for even more CF goodness, as well as their Facebook Page, blog, and Pinterest! They’re always featuring new projects, fabric collections, and have an awesome weekly newsletter to inspire (plus giveaways, such as their Let’s Go giveaway last week!). Have a great rest of the day, everyone!

Happy Sewing!

Hi everyone,

Happy Wednesday! We hope everyone is having a great mid-week!! Also, to all our fellow sewing & fabric enthusiasts, Happy Sewing Day!! And since it’s a holiday (pretty much, right?), it gives us all the more reason to put in some extra sewing time today. If you’re working on any projects, we’d love to know! :)

It’s time to announce our Winsday winner today! Last week, we hosted our Neon & On FQB Giveaway on our Facebook Page…and had a wonderful response! It’s back-to-school season so we wanted to know what creative back-to-school project you would create with Neon & On. It’s a fun and bright collection, so it was awesome getting to see all of your unique ideas! You always inspire us with your ideas and comments, and we always have a blast interacting with everyone. But of course, we could only choose one winner. So the lucky winner of our Neon & On FQB is…

Congratulations, Emily Thompson!! We cannot wait for you to receive your bundle, and to create some awesome projects. You’ll have to let us know what you decide to create! Please send us your mailing information to info@camelotfabrics.com by September 17th, 2014. And to everyone else, until next Winsday…

Happy Sewing!

Hi everyone,

Happy Tuesday!! We hope you all are having a wonderful day so far. It’s the last day to enter our Neon & On FQB Giveaway this week, so be sure to head on over to our Facebook Page to enter!

It’s time for this week’s How To’s Day! Today we are featuring one of our exclusive quilt designs from our Free Projects Program – our Chevron Arrows Quilt by From Marta With Love. Marta from From Marta With Love created this absolutely stunning, modern quilt for us that we absolutely adore – it’s an art piece in itself that can be showcased on your favorite couch or bed, or even to decorate a blank wall. We love the perpendicular feel of the chevron arrows, giving this quilt a unique and festive look that is perfect with both contemporary or more modern fabric designs.

We decided to use our Singin’ the Blues by Jackie McFee Collection and the striking blue hues look fantastic with this quilt. PS: Thank you Marta for the wonderful quilt design; you are such a talented designer and it’s been a pleasure collaborating with you. Be sure to check out more from Marta on her blog.

If you’d like to make your very own Chevron Arrows Quilt, you are in luck! Today we are showcasing the full, free tutorial on our blog…but you can also find the pattern PDF HERE. Click MORE to see the full tutorial!

Hi everyone!

Happy Friday!! We hope you all had a fantastic week. But guess what? It’s almost the weekend!! And what else that is awesome is our giveaway – we are giving away a Neon & On FQ Bundle on our Facebook Page this week. Be sure to head on over there to enter! :)

Time to end another fun week with a Fan Friday post! Today we are featuring Simply Stitched by Sara, an Etsy shop dedicated to providing high-quality, handmade baby essentials such as baby blankets, bibs, burp cloths, hand-cut appliqued clothing, and more! Sara Sebero Bryant, owner and creator of Simply Stitched by Sara, loves modern fabric designs with bold, bright, and fun prints & colors. She chooses and uses these fabrics for her baby essentials, making them equally fabulous and on-trend. Sara is also a stay-at-home mommy of two and military wife & veteran. She learned how to sew at a young age, sitting on her mother’s lap while she sewed…and her passion for sewing only grew as she did. She was able to turn her passion into a business, creating unique baby essentials and sharing them with the world.

Sara loves our What a Gem and Penelope Collections, and used them in her designs. We thought they were beautiful, and just had to share her creations with all of you. The first is a baby bandana, which is as adorable as it is stylish. The baby bandana is “a creative and unique alternative to the traditional bib – the bandana bib will have your little one drooling in style, while keeping them dry”. We love the idea, and we definitely agree that any little one will be rocking with style in our What a Gem collection.

The next project we absolutely adore is this Luxurious Chenille Burp Cloth, with our Penelope collection. In addition to being gorgeous and cuddly, this burp blanket is “designed for the hip, trendy parents on the go to withstand the ickiest and messiest of spills and spits”. Any baby using this chenille burp cloth will definitely feel posh and comforted! LOVE!!

We want to thank Sara for the major fabric love!! We are so happy that you love using our fabrics, and that you have made such beautiful pieces with them. Be sure to check out Sara’s Etsy Shop, as well as her Facebook Page for a lot more goodies. Have a fantastic weekend, everyone!! :)

Happy Sewing!