Welcome!

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!

Hi everyone!

Happy Friday!! And Happy August!! So happy that it’s just about the weekend – we are wishing for a sunny and warm weekend! If you are looking for a fun and adorable project to work on this weekend, how about some super sweet elephants? We posted our Endearing Elephants Tutorial on the blog this week, and can’t resist their cuteness!! :)

To celebrate another fantastic week, we have got this week’s Fan Friday for you all. Today we are featuring a wonderful online shop, Creative Chics, who has a love for all things bright, chic, and pretty! Creative Chics is dedicated to bringing the world flirty and beautiful apron designs; floral designs, ruffles, and bows…not essentials for an apron design, but highly recommended! ;) Creative Chics is run by a wonderfully beautiful team – started by a mother-daughter duo, Debbie Pearson and Freda Meyer, and after great success, Debbie Mitchell, Yuriko Kettler, and Carol Shea joined in as designers. We love the passion and creativity between this amazing team, which is clearly showcased in all their beautiful apron designs.

Vintage-inspired with a modern twist, their apron designs are made for the women who still want to be fabulous and fashionable when cooking or cleaning. Why not look chic when you’re doing housework? :) All of their aprons are stunning, but there is one in particular that stands out. Our Gray Matters by Jackie McFee Collection was selected for one of the apron designs, the Flirty Chic Apron, and we are in love!

The beautiful selections of designs from Gray Matters are perfect, showcasing the gray and yellow colors with a ruched halter, bow waist, and ruffled skirt. Such a stunning and feminine apron!! We could definitely imagine housework to be a lot less drab wearing this apron.

We are so happy that you love our Gray Matters by Jackie McFee Collection, and the apron design that was chosen showcases the fabric & colors perfectly. You can find the Gray Matters “Flirty Chic” Apron, and all the other wonderful designs, at their Etsy Shop, as well as their Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest pages. Have a great weekend, everyone! :)

Happy Sewing!

Hi everyone,

Happy Monday! We hope you all had a wonderful weekend. It’s not the best of days here today, dreary and a forecast for rain, but we are feeling great after our Summer 2014 Collections Launch Week. If you have not seen all five new collections yet, be sure to check them out here! We also have coordinating free projects for you all, which we are sure you will love. We are also hosting our Licensed Fabrics Giveaway on our Facebook this week, so be sure to enter if you haven’t yet. The giveaway winner will be announced this Wednesday!

It’s time to start off the week with our Moody Monday! We are featuring one of our empowering collections this week, our Girl Power II by Camelot Design Studio Collection. Our Girl Power II Collection features all of your favorite strong, independent, and gorgeous superheroines – Wonder Woman, Batgirl, and Supergirl. This collection is all about showcasing strength, determination, and drive…which is showcased brilliantly in this fun and vivaciously-colored collection. The red, blue, and turquoise hues are exciting and bold – characteristics of our favorite superheroines – and the designs capture these gals in action, together and in their dedicated skus. This one is for your own, little superheroines – we love the idea of a Girl Power circle skirt, or an empowering quilt.

Roksanda’s Resort 2015 Collection encapsulates a very comic-book inspired feel that perfectly fits with our Girl Power theme today. Roksanda’s Collection is bold and exciting in color, combinations, and print. We absolutely adore the use of bright colors together, and especially the splattered designs – SO fun and beautiful!! This collection gives off a very strong and powerful feel, and goes very well with our Girl Power Collection. We especially love this one and this one, but you can check out the full collection here.

We hope you have inspired you with this week’s Moody Monday. You can check out our full Girl Power II Collection on our website, as well as the coordinating free projects. We’d love to know who your favorite superheroine is. Have a “wonder”ful and “super” day everyone!!

Happy Sewing!

Hi everyone!

Happy Thursday! We hope everyone has had a wonderful week so far. Have you been following our Summer 2014 Launch Week? There are 5 new collections for Summer 2014, and we have been launching a new one everyday this week. Be sure to see our latest collection launches on our Facebook, blog, and website. Let us know which is your favorite thus far! And while you’re on our Facebook, be sure to enter our Licensed Fabrics Giveaway – you could win 5 yards of some favorite licenses.

It’s also time for this week’s Thankful Thursday! Today we are taking the time to thank our wonderful friends at Westcott. Westcott has been one of the world’s leading scissors brands for over 140 years. Founded in 1872 by Henry Westcott in Seneca, New York, the Westcott Brand has gone through two World Wars and the Great Depression. Over the years, Westcott has expanded its product range to other cutting tools, office and school supplies, and craft supplies (such as lettering and trimming tools). Their wide range in products has allowed them to enter new markets, however what has stayed the same is their high-quality and well-made products. Westcott is a worldwide, trusted brand for all your cutting tool needs!

Westcott has been super generous and wonderful, as they had provided us with lots of goodies to try out with our fabric and crafting products (felt and ad-fab™). Some of the products that they let us test out were the Trimair Paper Trimmer, Multi-Purpose Trimmer, Titanium Precision Scissors, and extra blades. We have had the best of time getting to test out all the cutting tools, and we can definitely uphold to them being one of the best in the world! The paper trimmers cut through paper seamlessly, and we have been using their scissors for our fabric, ad-fab™, and felt.

Thank you SO much, Westcott, for being so sweet! We have also collaborated with them on a couple of past festivals, such as CreativFest and ScrapFest – we sent them our felt and ad-fab™ for their workshops. As well, look for more collaborations with Westcott and Camelot Fabrics in the near future – we cannot wait!! Have a wonderful day, everyone!! :)

Happy Sewing!