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Happy Thursday! We hope everyone is doing well! We are hosting a new Winsday this week; we are giving away our Frolicking Forest FQ Bundle on our Facebook Page. We’re asking you to let us know what your favorite Summer dessert is, and the answers thus far have been making us oh-so hungry. Yum yum! :)

Time for this week’s Thankful Thursday! Today we are featuring one of our incredible project designers, Jessica George of Sweetbriar Sisters. Sweetbriar Sisters is a wonderful pattern shop dedicated to adorable little stuffies, applique designs, and other little fun sewing projects. The Sweetbriar Sisters‘ esthetic is super sweet and cuddly, and we love how darling all of the stuffies are designed to look. All of their patterns are super easy to follow and fun to make, and they also include material descriptions and tutorials on their website. Some of our favorite little stuffies are Beta the Bunny and Dalton the Dragon (all equally adorable, so difficult to choose!), but our hearts are fond for one particular duo…

We had the absolute pleasure of working with Jessica of Sweetbriar Sisters for our Free Projects Program. Jessica created an uber-sweet mother & baby elephant duo pattern for us, and we just could not contain our squeals the first time we saw them in person. SO CUTE!! We chose our Fruit Stand by Jane Farnham Collection for these little guys, and it could not have been a more perfect choice! The colors are so fun and bright, and make these elephants perfect for a modern nursery or playroom. We have seen so many toy plushies in high-end retail stores, so these are a great way to follow the trends…and have fun while making them too! You can get the full, free pattern for these Endearing Elephants on our website HERE.

We wanted to say a big THANK YOU to Jessica for creating the most adorable elephant pattern for us!! We have gotten so many positive responses on this little duo already, and cannot wait to see the elephants that are created by you. If you do create your very own, we would love to see. You can send your pictures to info@camelotfabrics.com. Be sure to check out Sweetbriar Sisters for all of their amazing patterns, as well as their Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram. Have a great day, everyone!

Happy Sewing!

It’s time for our What We Love #10 ♥ Every week, we have been sharing with you all the things that ‘tickle our fancy’ here at the Camelot Design Studio, on our Pinterest. Today we are sharing some of the things that we have really been enjoying as of late. We love designing and creating, and are often inspired by our everyday lives and activities. Whether it is a day out with family, cooking with friends, playing our favorite game or instrument, or going on a picnic…there is so much to be influenced by. Take time to do the things that make you happy, because happiness is the true ingredient to success. On to what we’ve loved this week… ♥

Valeria: Pink Rubik’s Cube
Marion: Pretty Fonts
Vanessa: Picnic in the Park
Juan: Public Piano in Montreal
Shannen: Watermelon and Feta Combo

We hope we have inspired you with this week’s post. Be sure to check out our Pinterest Board for lots more; we’re kind of Pinterest-addicted (and that’s an understatement haha) so we’re always posting lots of new things! Find that one activity or hobby that you are passionate about; do what YOU love! ♥

Hi everyone!

Happy Wednesday! We hope you are all having a great day so far. The sun is out, the weather is warm, and we are feeling fantastic!! We are trying to enjoy the rest of the August sunshine. PS: have you seen our latest How To’s Day? We posted our pretty and easy Double-Sided Headband Tutorial yesterday, and had so much fun styling it! Find the full, free tutorial for it here.

Time for this week’s Winsday!! We’ve got another awesome FQ Bundle to giveaway for you all – our Frolicking Forest by Heather Rosas Collection! Frolicking Forest is full of adorable woodland creatures – sweet hedgehogs, raccoons, foxes, and owls – in beautiful orange, brown, green, and blue hues. As well, this collection is forest-inspired in its designs with lovely wood-grain and leaf patterns. We can imagine a woodland-themed nursery or wood-grain “trunk” pillows (such as our “Love Notes” Tree Trunk Bolster).

Want to win a Frolicking Forest FQ Bundle? We are giving away one Frolicking Forest FQ Bundle on our Facebook Page this week. Head on over there to find our Frolicking Forest Giveaway Image, “LIKE” the image, and comment letting us know what your Summer dessert is for a chance to win! Check below for a recap of the giveaway rules.

Recap of our Licensed Fabrics Giveaway Rules:
1. LIKE us on FACEBOOK!
2. LIKE the Licensed Fabrics Image on our Facebook Page!
3. Comment on the Giveaway Image telling us what your favorite Summer dessert is!
4. This week’s Winsday prize is 1 FQ Bundle of our Frolicking Forest by Heather Rosas Collection!
5. The giveaway starts today (8/06) and ends on August 12th, 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!

We cannot wait to read all of your yummy answers!! We are huge fans of desserts here at the Camelot Design Studio, so we are excited to get some dessert ideas for Summer. Have a fantastic rest of the day, and good luck to everyone entering!

Good Luck and Happy Sewing!

Hi everyone,

Happy Tuesday!! We hope you are having a terrific day so far. We cannot believe that we are already into August – we are still hanging onto Summer, and excited to soak up the last bits of sunshine before fall rolls around.

Time for our weekly How To’s Day!! Today we are going to share with you a simple, but very pretty, Double-Sided Headband Tutorial – perfect for adding that extra oomph to any outfit! Our Double-Sided Headband will be your go-to accessory because, with different patterns on either side, you can easily switch up your look from day to night! We love trying out new styles, so this headband is a great way to play around with new colors and patterns. As well, there are so many ways to style a headband – hair down in loose waves or straight, in a topknot, high pony, or side braid…the possibilities are endless!

We also love the idea of creating a bow with the ends for a fun & flirty look, or you can leave the ends in a simple knot. We’d love to know what your favorite way to wear a headband is! We used some of our favorite cotton collections for our Double-Sided Headband, which we found helped the headband stay in place, as opposed to anything too silky. As well, the contoured shape of the headband allows for it to easily shape around your head, and can be tied with ease.

We used our Nightfall and Mint Condition collections for two playful looks. Our Double-Sided Headband is such a fun and straightforward tutorial that we’re sure you’ll be wanting to make one in every color and design combination possible. But no worries, your hair will just always be pretty, put together, and stylish! Click HERE to see the full tutorial!

Hi everyone,

Happy Monday!! We hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. Did anyone work on any fun projects? We would love to see! If you create a project with one of our Free Projects or fabric collections, we would LOVE to see! You can always send your pictures to info@camelotfabrics.com, and you might be featured in a future Fan Friday blog post :)

To start off another great week, we’ve got this week’s Moody Monday to inspire you. Today we are sharing our Pastel Me More by Camelot Design Studio Collection from our latest Summer 2014 collections. Pastel Me More is a fun, upbeat, and girly collection of beautiful…yup, you guessed it, pastels. Pinks, greys, blue, and yellow come together to create wonderful swirl of geometric and floral patterns. With a mod-flair, these colors are perfect for spring and summer – throw on your favorite oversized sunnies, large floppy hat, and an adorable pastel dress and you will be all set for a picnic in the park or sunset bike ride! You can check out the full collection of our Pastel Me More Collection here, as well as its accompanying free project ideas.

We were definitely inspired by Alexander Lewis‘ Resort 2015 Collection – full of sweet, pastel-y hues, mod-inspired cuts and silhouettes, and pretty patterns…we lovelovelove this one. It definitely reminds us of our Pastel Me More collection, so girly and vintage-inspired with a modern twist. We can never get enough pastels for the spring and summer! Some of our favorites are this one and this one, but be sure to check out the full collection here!

We hope that you enjoyed this week’s Moody Monday and got inspired by all of the pretty colors and patterns. You can see the full collection of Pastel Me More here – we’d love to know which your favorite design is. Have a wonderful day, everyone! :)

Happy Sewing!