Hi everyone!
Happy Thursday! We hope you all are having a great day so far. We’re hosting another Winsday this week, our No-Sew Pillow Cover Kit including May Arts Ribbon and our Wildflowers Collection. You can enter on our Facebook Page here.
Time for this week’s Thankful Thursday! Today we are featuring one of our fantastic pattern designers, Joanne Hillestad of The Fat Quarter Gypsy. We have previously featured Joanne in a Thankful Thursday, but we wanted to share some new, fabulous projects that Joanne had been working on. And, we’re also introducing an honorary member to The Fat Quarter Gypsy – her son! Joanne’s son designed a pattern for our Free Projects Program, and we think that he is the coolest ever. On top of that, his quilt is just as amazing!
Inspired by Star Wars, his “The Force” Quilt includes a lightsaber-esque pattern to create a super neat look. Our “The Forces” Quilt definitely looks fantastic in our Star Wars Collection, but we think it will look great in a modern collection too (ie. Gypsy Lane). You can create your very own “The Forces” Quilt – find the free PDF printout here. A big thank you to Joanne’s son!
Another fun project is one of Joanne’s latest quilt designs – Sweet Ups and Downs. This beautiful quilt is a chevron pattern, with a chevron-ed edge that we are in love with. Such a stunning look! The pattern also includes two different sizes, twin and baby-sized, so lots of options to create. Joanne made a Sweet Ups and Downs in our Design Studio Collection, and it’s really just so pretty. We love the contrast between the black and blue in the chevron design!
Thank you so much for sharing it with us, Joanne, and for choosing our collection!And thank you to Joanne’s son for the fantastic design. We’re predicting even more design amazing-ness for you! You can find the “The Forces” Quilt printout PDF here. As well, you can also find out more from The Fat Quarter Gypsy on her website, blog, and Facebook. Have a lovely day, everyone!
Happy Sewing!
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February
It’s time for this week’s What We Love ♥ Spring is just around the corner, and we cannot wait. We’ve had such a long and cold winter, we’re looking forward to the pretty blooms and fresh grass. The spark of new beginnings has inspired us this week, as we have been pinning lots of bright and colorful things on our Pinterest recently. From beautiful art work to fabulous people, see what has been inspiring us most this week… ♥
Shannen: Jennifer Lawrence; “Be Dior” Spring/Summer 2015
Juan: Tall Ships in Boston by Susan Cole Kelly
Vanessa: Glass Slipper; Jimmy Choo
Valeria: Patterned Liquids
Marion: Benjamin-Constant at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
We hope we have inspired you today! We’d love to know what you have been inspired by most this week. And as always, you can check out more loves from us on our Pinterest ♥
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February
Hi everyone,
Happy Wednesday! We hope you are all having a wonderful day. We shared our beautiful Pom-Pom Tote Tutorial on the blog yesterday, featuring our Pastel Me More Collection. If you haven’t checked it out yet, be sure to here. It’s a fun one!
It’s also time for our Winsday!! It’s Giveaway Time! And we’ve got a special treat for you. This week, we are collaborating with May Arts Ribbon for our Winsday – so exciting! Our No-Sew Pillow Cover Kit involves choosing your favorite fabric and some pretty, coordinating ribbon (for the back). And because so many people adored our No-Sew Pillow Cover Kit, that we thought it would be the perfect giveaway to collab with May Arts on this one. (Click on the image below for the printable PDF)
The giveaway prize will be our No-Sew Pillow Cover Kit (30 yards of pretty pink 3/4″ Twill/Chevron Stripes May Arts Ribbon AND 3 yards of our Wildflowers by Alisse Courter Collection). Want to enter this week’s giveaway? Head on over to our Facebook Page, find and “LIKE” the Giveaway Image, and comment telling us what your favorite flower is. And that’s it! You’ll be entered to win this fantastic prize pack!! Find the full rules below.
Recap of our No-Sew Pillow Cover Kit x May Arts Ribbon Giveaway Rules:
1. LIKE the Camelot Fabrics’ Elixir FQB Giveaway Image on our Facebook Page!
2. Comment on the Giveaway Image telling us: What is YOUR favorite flower?
3. This week’s Winsday prize is our No-Sew Pillow Kit (including 3 yards of Wildflowers & 30 yards of May Arts Ribbon)
4. The giveaway starts today (02/25) and ends on March 4th, 2015 – We will be announcing the winner on next week’s Winsday Post as well as all our social media handles.
5. You can follow our Blog, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest to stay connected!
We are super excited to read all of your comments! In the studio, we’re loving dahlias, daisies, and sunflowers!! This giveaway will definitely get us on the track to Spring. Fresh blooms and warmer weather, here we come!! A huge thank you to May Arts Ribbon for collaborating with us on this fun giveaway. You can also find our No-Sew Pillow Cover Kit on our website, to create your own fun pillows. Good Luck to everyone entering!
Happy Sewing!
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February
Hi everyone,
Happy Tuesday! This week, we’re showing you how to make a fun tote bag, with a band of pom-pom trim for a little extra pizzazz. Big enough to act as an overnight bag, this playful tote is an optimistic nod toward spring when it’s sewn up in blossom-colored cottons like the ones from our Pastel me More cotton collection.
Click “more” for the full tutorial!
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February
Hi everyone,
Happy Friday!! It’s the end of the week! We are looking forward to staying IN this weekend..soso cold. It was definitely a trek coming into the office this morning with the blowing snow and -30C temperatures – BRR!
Ending our week with our Fan Friday! Today we are featuring a lovely pillow with our Let’s Go by Andrea Turk Collection. Fili & Lino is a blog by two crafty girls who met through the interwebs! We love that!! Together they created a blog to share their passion for crafting & sewing. They feature fantastic tutorials, their latest project adventures, and have an Etsy Shop for custom orders. They also post their latest creations on Instagram, where we saw their Let’s Go Pillow. Instant joy from us! We adore the feather print in our Let’s Go Collection, and think it looks fantastic as an accent pillow. Perfect for accessorizing a bed or tub chair!
Thanks so much for the tag, girls! We’re obsessed with your Let’s Go pillow and think you have a lovely blog. You can find more from Fili & Lino on their blog, Facebook Page, Twitter, and Instagram. And that’s about it for this week. Have a wonderful weekend!! :)
Happy Sewing!
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February