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Hi everyone,

Happy Friday!! It’s rainy and gloomy here on this Friday the 13th. Let’s hope that’s the only dreary thing about today. It’s also Sewing Machine Day – how neat! Anyone planning to sew this weekend? :) We’re also hosting a Neon & On FQ Bundle Giveaway on our Facebook Page. Be sure to enter HERE!

A couple of weeks ago, we were perusing George Takei’s Facebook Page (as we do, he always posts the best memes!)…and we stumbled upon a post with our Star Trek fabric. George Takei posted OUR Star Trek fabric. Needless to say, it took us a while to let that sink in. And once it did, and we did our happy dance, we excitedly read through some of the comments on the post. We were amazed!! There were SO many wonderful Star Trek and sewing enthusiasts who posted their projects using that exact Star Trek fabric design! Seeing all the incredible projects with our designs made our whole year!! Star Trek has one of the most loyal fan bases, and it has been so fun getting to be a small part of it.

We thought it would be fun to share with you all today some of the amazing, Star Trek projects that were linked with the post. We contacted them, and they all graciously sent photos and more information on their projects.

Heather created this awesome Laptop bag with our Star Trek fabrics, which includes a supportive crossbody strap and room enough for a large laptop as it measures 18″ x 15″ x 4″. Love it!

We adore this gorgeous Star Trek crossbody bag by Pannay! This crossbody is perfect for students with lots of books or a laptop to carry, but was inspired to entice her husband to carry the diaper bag (hehe clever!). Pannay also sells fun bag patterns at her Etsy Shop, and has a blog. Be sure to check her out for more!

We love a great quilt, and this one surely catches our eye! Cathy used our Star Trek fabric to create this awesome quilt for her friends. It’s colorful, fun, and bright and we adore how she highlights the characters well. Great job, Cathy!

A BIG thank you to Heather, Pannay, and Cathy for sharing their Star Trek projects with us!! :) We also want to thank George Takei for sharing about our Star Trek fabric!! Still such a surreal moment for us here. We hope everyone has a great Father’s Day weekend!!

Happy Sewing!

Hi everyone!

Happy Friday! We hope everyone is having a fantastic day. It’s almost the weekend!! Three days into the new year, and we are feeling great. So ecstatic and happy for all the amazing things to come in the new year. What is everyone’s plans for the upcoming weekend? It’s the first weekend after the holidays, so we think a sit-down by the fire with a good book sounds just about right.

Today is Fan Friday on the blog, and we’ve got another great person to share. Coral, quilter and crafter (we adore her already!), shared with us her “Boldly Go” pillows with us using our Star Trek fabric and we absolutely love them! After Coral’s sister-in-law saw an advertisement of Star Trek fabric at a local quilt shop in Australia, Coral thought it would make a great project idea. She bought the fabric, used Design Sponge’s Pillow Tutorial, and thus two Trek-worthy pillows were created!

She designed one with our Blue Space fabric, and one with our Characters fabric. Coral and her mother-in-law bonded over their mutual love for Star Trek (both big Trekkies…though her mother-in-law prefers the newer series to the original), and will be gifting them to her for her birthday in January! Check out the pillows below:

Thank you so much Coral for sharing your amazing projects with us, and for allowing us to share them! We are so happy that, as a true Trekkie, you adore our Star Trek fabric! You can check out Coral on Twitter. Thank you so much for reading today’s Fan Friday. Happy Weekend everyone!

Happy Sewing!

Hi everyone!

Happy Wednesday! We hope everyone is having a fantastic day, we’re more than half-way through the work week. Today is National Cookie Day (yummers!)…so be sure to have a cookie (or dozen…) on us! “Sometimes seeing is believing. And sometimes the most real things in the world are those things we cannot see” – The Train Conductor, The Polar Express.

Time for our daily, holiday question! Today’s question is: What is your favorite holiday movie? :) I would have to say mine would be Miracle on 34th Street…such a classic and it’s always on the top of my Christmas movie “to watch” list. Here are our design studio team’s favorites:

Valeria: Love Actually

Andra: Meet Me in St. Louis 

Juan: Joyeux Noël

Marion: The Grinch (The Original Version)

Shannen: Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer (1964 Version)

Today we are announcing the winner of our Star Trek fabric giveaway! A big thank you to everyone for participating and for sharing our giveaway. And a very special thank you to Star Trek for sharing about our giveaway on Twitter!! We had so much fun reading through all your comments…there were so, so many good ones – you all are honestly awesome! But, we could only choose one winner. Be sure to check next week’s Winsday for our next fabric giveaway (we host them every two weeks!).

Out of the many, many incredible answers…the winner is Toni Smith!

Congratulations!! Please email us your mailing information at info@camelotfabrics.com so we can send your fabulous Star Trek fabric to you! :) Be sure to take a look around the blog for lots of fun free patterns and DIY tutorials, announcements, events, new stuff, and more!

Happy Sewing!

Hi everyone!

Happy Wednesday! We hope everyone is having a wonderful day. We are half-way through the workweek, so we are here to add a bit of extra sparkle to your day with our Winsday! It’s time for another giveaway on the Camelot Fabric blog :)

Today we’ve got a super special Winsday for all our fellow Trekkies. That’s right! We are giving away a couple of yards of our Star Trek fabric. 3 amazing designs, 2 yards each…yup, that’s a total of 6 yards of Star Trek goodness!! We always get incredible feedback on our Star Trek fabric designs, and are shown fantastic DIY projects made by you, so we thought we’d give back for all the support. Here’s how to enter:

A recap on the giveaway rules:

1. Comment below, telling us who your favorite Star Trek character is

2. The giveaway winner will be chosen and announced next Winsday, December 4th 2013

3. The winner will be selected from our favorite answers

4. The giveaway is international

5. You can follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram to be up-to-date with us, the giveaway, and all our future giveaways/posts!

6. Good Luck!

Be sure to pass this along to all your fellow Trekkies! We hope this giveaway sparks some inspiration of future projects, for fellow Trekkie friends and family or yourself. The holidays are coming up! :) You *khan* check out all of our Star Trek fabrics here.

Good Luck everyone. Live long and prosper!

Happy Sewing!