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Happy Thursday! We hope everyone is having a lovely day! We’ve posted some fun features on the blog today – What We Love #2 and a Last Minute Father’s Day Gift Guide – be sure to check them out!! We are also hosting a Neon & On FQ Bundle Facebook Giveaway this week. Lots of exciting stuff! :)

It’s also time for our Thankful Thursday! Today we are featuring a beautiful magazine, Sewing World Magazine, who was so kind to feature us in their latest June 2014 issue. Sewing World Magazine is a monthly magazine dedicated to contemporary projects (quilts, bags, clothing, and more!), delicious fabrics, and sewing techniques & interviews. This modern magazine is bright, fun, and fresh…and such a delight to flip through. Their editor, Julie Briggs, has such a great eye for all things pretty! In their latest June issue, they have included some Summer-inspired project ideas (their cover page pillow is a stunner!) and a 16 page special on kids’ makes…and so much more! We definitely recommend this gorgeous, and equally informative, magazine to all our fellow modern, sewing enthusiasts!

Our Birds of a Feather by Allison Cole Collection was featured as the monthly “The Fabric Stash“! This regular, monthly feature is gorgeous and inspiring…just look at all those vivid colors! Who would not be inspired? “The Fabric Stash” is such a brilliant idea, and we are so honored to have been chosen for this month. They included a little write up on Allison, as well as the collection images, and stockist details. So so fun!

Be sure to check out the Sewing World Magazine’s website to find out how to get your hands on their latest issue, and for even more! You can also check them out on Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter. They have lots of beautiful projects and inspiring “eye candy”! Thank you so much for featuring our fabrics, Sewing World; the spread is just so stunning! Have a great day everyone :)

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Happy Monday! We hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. It was Spring Forward yesterday, so although we will get the benefit of having more sunshine throughout the day…getting up to having lost an hour on Sunday was definitely not fun. Alas, this only means that Spring is coming soon! :)

Let’s start off this week with our Moody Monday! Today we are inspiring you with our Fox Friends by Allison Cole collection, from Winter 2014. Fox Friends is another one of our kid-friendly, novelty collections that we just absolutely adore!! The main hues in Fox Friends are pink, mint, red, and brown creating a very sweet and ethereal feel to the collection. The adorable foxes, friendly clouds, and gentle birds make this a very happy and quirky collection, perfect for all the tiny adventurers you know! Fox Friends would make the prettiest dresses and skirts, or a woodsy themed bedroom! Imagine some lovely curtains, pillows, or girly quilt with our Fox Friends collection…oh how cute right?!! You can check out the full collection here!

One fashion collection that is inspiring us this week is Calvin Klein’s  Spring 2014 RTW collection. The colors in his latest collection are soft and subtle, but with tiny splashes of color that make a statement. The main color palette of this collection is green hues, pinks, creams, and browns. The mixture of these soft colors are very springtime and vacation appropriate, with a very relaxed and beach-y feel.

We especially love this outfit, as well as this one and this one as they especially encapsulate the mood of Fox Friends. The feel of this collection and choices in hues reminds us of our Fox Friends by Allison Cole color palette. You can check out the full collection here.

Thank you so much for reading today’s Moody Monday post! We hope we have inspired you :) Have a fantastic day!

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Hi everyone!

Happy Monday! We hope everyone is having a wonderful start to the week. It’s officially March, and we are very excited for Spring to arrive. That means warmer breezes, luscious greenery, and pretty flowers…okay, Mother Nature? :) Meanwhile, St Patrick’s Day is coming up and we’re conjuring up some fun and lucky things in the office.

Today is Moody Monday on the blog and we’re here to inspire you! This week we are showcasing our What’s Cookin’ by Allison Cole collection. This is a very vibrant and vivacious collection, with a mixture of tomato red, dark grey, mustard, and blues. Kitchen tools, vegetables, and flora combine together to make this collection very kitsy and eclectic. Mushrooms, tomatoes, carrots…this collection is making us hungry too! It is the perfect collection for a modern kitchen – imagine tea towels, aprons, and a little one’s chef hat with our What’s Cookin’ by Allison Cole collection! Oh so much fun, right? :)

The fashion scene is always two steps ahead of its time, and the colors in What’s Cookin’ are perfectly in tune with autumn. One collection that particularly sparks some contrast is Manish Arora’s stunning collection. This RTW Fall/Winter 2013-2014 collection enthuses rich hues of that greatly resembles What’s Cookin’. The richness of the colors of blues, yellow, red, and grey are stunning, along with the amazing embellishments of each piece. Each outfit is very much a work of art with jewelled collars, exquisite prints, and wonder uses of color. Manish Arora’s collection is luxurious, just as a woman should feel wearing any of these pieces. You can check out the full collection here.

Thank you so much for reading this week’s Moody Monday. We hope you were inspired! Have a great day! :)

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Hi everyone!

Happy Monday! We hope everyone is having a marvelous day so far. Today is New Year’s Eve…Eve (yes, it is now a thing ;)). There is still much to celebrate. Coming near to the end of 2013, we wonder where the time went by but so many amazing things have happened this year that we could not be happier. We’re excited for 2014 to come around to be yet another fantastic year!

Along with it being Monday, it’s time to share with you another moodboard. Today’s Moody Monday is inspired by What a Gem by Allison Cole. What a Gem had come out with our Fall 2013 collection, and is just bursting with color and character. This collection has a bohemian yet modern vibe with its tribal prints, arrows, feathers, dream catchers, and rich hues of pinks, navy, and emerald. This collection is perfect for your little boho youngsters or yourself; imagine a What a Gem bow tie, play tent, or trapeze dress – oh how cute right? When we see What a Gem, we think dancing in flowing dresses and frolicking through luscious forests. Check our moodboard for even more inspiration:

Now to add some fashion inspiration into the mix! With its luscious, warm hues and boho feel, the 2014 Spring RTW collection by Sacai reminds us of What a Gem. The Sacai collection is a wonderful mix of rich blues, pinks, and greens in mainly sleek silhouettes, but with dashes of tribal in its fringe and mesh details. We adore this collection, and tribal will definitely be a trend for the upcoming seasons! Check out the full collection here.

We hope we have inspired you today with our What a Gem moodboard and fashion trends! This is also the last official Moody Monday of 2013 – wow, see you next year!! Have a Happy New Year everyone :)

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Hi everyone!

Happy Monday! We hope everyone has had a restful weekend, and is having a great start to the week. It is now officially December, so let the countdown to Christmas begin!! “First we’ll make snow angels for two hours, then we’ll go ice skating, then we’ll eat a whole roll of Tollhouse Cookie-dough as fast as we can, and then we’ll snuggle” – Buddy, Elf Movie.

To kick off the countdown, we thought it would be fun to ask some fun holiday questions on the blog to get everyone even more excited for the upcoming festivities. Today’s question is: What is your favorite holiday treat? Yup, this is definitely a difficult one because there are so. many. yummy. treats. to choose from!! So, we won’t mind if you share a few ;)

For myself, I’d definitely have to say it’s a toss up between holiday puppy chow (muddy buddies) and my grandma’s fruitcake (…aka not your pre-packaged door stopper. Think lots of roasted pecans & walnuts, raisins, and candied fruit encrusted in sweet, buttery cake goodness…yummers!). We’ve also got our Design Studio team to share in the fun too, so scroll down for their yummy holiday treats:

Valeria: Panettone!! :)

Juan: Natilla y Buñuelos! :)

Marion: I can’t get enough of my Mum’s shortbread; I’m convinced it’s the best in the world. In fact, I may or may not have stolen several batches from the freezer in the days leading up to Christmases past …

Andra: It’s definitely hard to choose, but I must say that these last couple of years I’ve been obsessed with eggnog, yum. Another holiday classic that I look forward to are Romanian cabbage rolls; a delicious combination of pickled cabbage, pork, beef, seasoning and tomato sauce, not to mention that our family recipe is the best! oh man, now I can’t wait to get home and have some…om nom nom ;)

Shannen: I actually have 2 favorite holiday treats…On Christmas morning my dad makes fried bread-dough using the maple syrup he boiled from last spring. For Christmas dinner, my family doesn’t do the traditional large homemade dinner- in fact, my parents always found ordering Chinese take-out as a solution to keeping the day relaxing instead of stressing about a perfect meal. As odd as it may sound  – I have looked forward to this tradition every year for the past 15 years. 

As today is Monday, we’ve also got another Moody Monday for you! Today we are sharing with you our Birds of a Feather by Allison Cole mood board, a collection of tribal influence with its rustic colors. Birds of a Feather features a multitude of feathers, birds, floral prints, and butterflies to create lovely designs that are perfect for any little girl or boy’s room decor or apparel. Such a sweet and rich collection!

From the runway, we saw lots of tribal-inspired prints and silhouettes for the upcoming season but there is one that definitely sparks our interest! Mara Hoffman’s Fall/Winter 2013 RTW collection featured a strong assortment of colors and patterns that definitely had a tribal feel, especially having used textiles from Turkey and Uzbekistan. All the pieces were flowing, soft, and draped beautiful with striking prints. We are definitely inspired! To see the full collection, be sure to click here.

We hope you’ve enjoyed today’s Moody Monday post! Have you entered our Star Trek fabric giveaway yet? We are giving away 6 yards of our Star Trek fabric. Let us know who your favorite Star Trek character is here. Good Luck! We are announcing the winner this Wednesday, so be sure to enter before then :)

Happy Sewing!