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Happy Friday! We hope that everyone is having a wonderful end of the week. Even though it doesn’t look like Spring quite yet, we are in a springtime mood heading into the weekend. The Glitter Guide’s To-Do Spring List especially inspires us. Also, we have our Beyond the Backyard FQB Giveaway currently running so head on over to our Facebook Page to enter! :)

Also, it’s time to end this week with our Fan Friday! In the midst of the things we love about Spring, we adore all the little critters that start to come back from hibernation. There’s nothing more peaceful than a lovely park stroll, hearing the birds chirping and the rustlings of tiny animals. And while foxes are not exactly common to see in our area, unfortunately, they still remind us of warmer days. Plus, they are just super cute right?! :)

One of our past tutorials was for a Fox Hat and Tail – just in time for Halloween last year. We received so many positive comments on that project, especially on Pinterest, and are so pleased that so many people enjoyed it. Plus it didn’t hurt having two of the sweetest models helping us out! Kory Hagler was the costume mistress for a children’s play at a middle school in Bismarck ND called “Terrible Stunk Breath” and used our fox hat tutorial to create 2 fox costumes for it!

Kory used white and orange fleece, and buttons for the fox eyes & nose! Here’s some wonderful feedback from Kory on our pattern, “Whoever made the fox pattern and instructions did an awesome job.  Pieces fit perfectly and it’s great to work with fleece and not worry about edges unraveling”. Below is a picture of Kory’s 3 year old niece rocking her fox hat – she seriously is just the CUUUTEST!! :)

Kory even used our Fox Hat Tutorial to create the skunk costumes – so creative and equally adorable!! We love how this tutorial can be interchanged for any other little creature, as Kory swapped for black fleece and some white faux fur for the skunk hat.

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Happy Friday everyone!! We hope you are all having a great day. Today is March 14th…or 3.14! Physicist Larry Shaw took a look at the calendar, noticed the correlation between the day and π (3.1415…), and made the day official! The day has now been celebrated for 26 years…because I mean, who wouldn’t want a reason to celebrate and eat piE too! So, kick back and relax (it’s just about the weekend!), enjoy a piece of pie, and Happy Pi Day! :)

To end our week, we have our weekly Fan Friday for you all. Today we are sharing with you a project using our Gray Matters by Jackie McFee Collection. Nancy, from Cache Creek Quilts, absolutely loves all things quilt-related. Nancy began her love for the craft of quilting when her sons left home, and though she started sewing at a young age, got her passion for quilting from a friend and never turned back!

Nancy also has a blog where she shares her quilting projects and stories, as well as an Etsy shop to display her new creations. Along with quilting, Nancy does enjoy sewing other projects too, such as her potholders. She uses pretty floral and nature-inspired fabrics for her potholders, which can add a feminine flair to any kitchen display. Nancy loves our Gray Matters by Jackie McFee Collection and used our fabric for some potholders that she made. With Gray Matters, the potholders are fun and would make any kitchen décor more lively and bright!

You can check out all of Nancy’s creations at her Etsy Shop, Cache Creek Quilts, and follow her quilt stories on her blog. Thank you for sharing your beautiful project with us, and for loving our fabric!

If you have created a project with one of our fabric collections or using our Free Projects Program, please email us at info@camelotfabrics.com – You could be featured in a future Fan Friday post. Have a great weekend everyone!

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Hi everyone!

Happy Friday! We hope you are all having a great end to the week. We are in our first week of March already! This weekend is Spring Forward…not looking forward to waking up an “extra” hour earlier on Sunday but very happy about more sunshine! Spring shouldn’t get too far along now, we hope! :)

Today is our Fan Friday blog post, and we are sharing a fun project with you all today. Fellow Canadian, Tiffany Skogan, is a stay-at-home mommy with a new baby boy and an avid crafter. She loves to create her own sewing projects, more specifically baby-inspired, and started to make these projects for herself and friends! All of her projects are soft and cuddly, and things that she uses on an everyday basis – but with an adorable twist!

Having gotten lots of positive feedback from her friends, she decided to open up a small Etsy Shop (BugInARugBC) to showcase her items around the world. Sewing and creating is a hobby and a passion for Tiffany, and it definitely shows in all the things she makes. She has now expanded her list of items to baby blankets, hooded towels, crayon rolls, strap covers, and lots of other baby essential items!

Tiffany absolutely adores our Imaginarium Collection, and used it for lots of her baby essential items. She shared some her favorites with us, and we definitely had to share them with all of you! We adore the strap covers and baby blanket with our Imaginarium fabric!!

Thank you so much, Tiffany, for sharing with us – We absolutely adore all your baby products! We hope you have enjoyed this week’s Fan Friday. Until next week, have a fantastic weekend everyone!! :)

Happy Sewing!

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Happy Friday! We hope everyone is having a great day. It’s the last day of February, and we are wondering where the time has gone. February seriously flew by! We’re very excited for the start of March, and for all the amazing things to come…and also for Spring! We are in need of some warmer weather.

Today is also Fan Friday on the blog, and we are featuring a wonderful Etsy Shop today with the absolute cutest name! A Tiny Forest is a lovely business, started by Kim Payne, creating stunning and high-quality handcrafted products that are also very practical for everyday use. What started as a passion to sew, quickly sparked into a very successful little business! ” I love to make items that are useful and practical, but also lovely and unique.  My little shop, A Tiny Forest, was born of that desire.  It’s just me and a sewing machine, and I do everything from the design phase all the way to shipping.  I also have the responsibility of caring for my family, so it’s a delicate balance.”

According to Kim, mason jars are all the rage…and we definitely agree! Mason jar ideas are always being pinned on Pinterest, and for good reason – there are so many different things you can do with them. And Pinterest makes us want to do them all! One awesome idea from Kim is to use them to pack leftovers for lunch. That’s what she was doing for her husband, packing his work lunch in mason jars, but because they are glass it wasn’t the easiest to transport. That’s when Kim’s mason jar bags were born!

The mason jar bags feature pocket sleeves inside to segment and hold the jars, and even fold out if you want to carry something else! The bags come in several sizes to carry quart-sized, pint-sized, & half pint-sized jars and sturdy handles to carry all your goods. As well, Kim has an eye for pretty designs and chooses a great selection of fabric collections for her products that are playful and fresh. We especially adore that Kim chooses a matching, equally fun, print for the interior! Kim chose our Iconic collection and we think this bag is absolutely beautiful!! We definitely would love to take this bag to work or to the local market with us – so pretty and stylish!!

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Happy Friday!! It’s just about the weekend, and we are super excited! The weather has been rainy and gloomy here today, but we are hoping for at least a bit of sunshine this weekend. For now, we will put on our galoshes and raincoat, and happily jump through a puddle or two…we are still kids at heart! Have you entered our Chalkboard Fabric giveaway? You can enter here! :)

To end our week, we’ve got our Fan Friday for you all! Today we are sharing an amazing company with a shared love affair for Comic Con and everything vintage…Cake Shop Couture! Song Ja, shop owner and seamstress, opened her business in 2008 with inspiration from Asian street fashion and American Comic Con to create beautiful clothing and accessories by hand. Everything is a labour of love at Cake Shop Couture, as Song Ja is a one-woman entrepreneur, and designs all her products herself from start to finish.

Song Ja, a proud geek and fashionista, began attending Comic Con in 2004 and even met the love her life there…who was dressed in Storm Trooper Armor (Oh, how cute right?). From there, she has combined her passions into one incredible, unique, and successful business. All of Song’s dresses are absolutely beautiful and sparked with a vintage twist. From halter dresses to bustier-styled, Cake Shop Couture a wide variety of dress styles to suit every Star Wars or comic book enthusiast! Song adores our Star Wars and Marvel Comics fabric collections, and we just had to share some of our favorite dresses with you all!

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