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Happy Thursday! We hope you all are having a fantastic day. It’s Chinese New Year (or Lunar New Year), and it’s the year of the sheep. We wish you all a wonderful year full of happiness, prosperity, and memories.

Today’s Thankful Thursday is featuring a lovely pattern shop that we have had the pleasure of working with. We have worked with Alicia of Swoon Sewing Patterns for our Quilt Market shows, and her bags are always a hit. Swoon Sewing Patterns offers pretty, modern patterns for bags and other accessories, and are one of our favorite pattern shops online. From travel bags to her oversized clutch, there’s a pattern for just about every occasion.

Each pattern is easy-to-follow and clear, and the end result is a gem, made by you, that will not look “homemade”. Alicia is a graphic designer by trade, who fell in love with sewing. She found that the commercial patterns she used were not always user-friendly, and decided to try her hand at pattern-making. From there, Swoon Sewing Patterns has only grown – from Etsy to quilt shops – to become many sewers’ preferred, “go-to” pattern shop. And we couldn’t agree more!

Alicia chose our Design Studio Collection to be on the cover of her Dorothy Day Tripper Bag Pattern. We got super excited!! She had made this bag for one of our past QM shows, and everyone LOVED it…so we are so happy that she chose to feature it as the cover. It is stunning, and would be the perfect, stylish weekend or diaper bag!

Thank you so much, Alicia, for featuring our Design Studio Collection on your cover. We have had so much fun working with you, and hope we get to again soon!! You can find more from Swoon Sewing Patterns on her website, Facebook Page, Instagram, and Pinterest. Have an amazing rest of the day, everyone!

Happy Sewing!

Hi everyone,

Happy Tuesday! We hope you all are having a lovely day. Today is Pancake Day in the UK and Mardi Gras Fat Tuesday. Lots of reasons to eat yummy food! ;)

Time for this week’s How To’s Day! Today we are featuring one of our wonderful projects from our Free Projects Program. Cheryl, of Meadow Mist Designs, created a stunning table runner pattern for us that we absolutely love. Her Best Wishes Table Runner is featured with our Paisley Please collection, the complimentary navy and orange hues working magically together. We love the simplicity and modern feel of this table runner, the perfect accessory to any bare table. Add some pretty white dishware, silver decor, and white tulips…and you have yourself a beautiful, cottage-inspired table setting.

Want to make your own Best Wishes Table Runner? Click MORE for the full tutorial.

Hi everyone,

Happy Wednesday!! We hope everyone is having a lovely mid-week. We’ve been excitedly launching our Winter 2015 Collections this week, and have launched 3 so far – Zoey, Gypsy Lane, and Heirloom. Three more to come, so stay tuned!

It’s Wednesday, so that means it’s also Winsday!! Today we have a very special collab giveaway with the Etsy Shop, Typing with Tea, just in time for the day of love. We are SO excited about this one, guys. And know that you will too!! We found the most adorable felt patterns shop on Etsy, squealed at all the adorable critters, and knew we had to collaborate with her. All of her felt patterns are over-the-moon cute, we had the hardest time choosing one for the giveaway. We chose the “Red Panda” pattern because, I mean, look at his little face…and his tiny feet and hands. Too. Much. Cuteness!

We know all our fellow crafters will love this one! With the pattern, you’ll also get the Camelot Fabrics’ felt to create your very own little Red Pandas. Make him for all your loved ones. And because Valentine’s Day is this weekend, we want to know what your favorite Valentine’s Day treat is. Find the Giveaway Image and enter on our Facebook Page here! See below for the full rules.

Recap of our Typing with Tea x Felt Giveaway Rules:
1. LIKE the Camelot Fabrics’ Felt Pattern & Felt Giveaway Image on our Facebook Page!
2. Comment on the Giveaway Image telling us: What is YOUR favorite Valentine’s Day Treat?
3. This week’s Winsday prize is 1 PDF of the Red Panda Pattern & 5 Sheets of Camelot Fabrics’ Felt
4. The giveaway starts today (02/11) and ends on February 18th, 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 so excited about this giveaway and hope you are too! We can’t wait to read what everyone’s favorite Valentine’s Day treat is. Be sure to check out Anita’s shop, Typing with Tea, for more adorable felt patterns. You won’t regret it! Promise. Have an awesome rest of the day! Good Luck!!

Happy Sewing!

Hi everyone,

Happy Friday! Woot woot for it being the end of the week! We’ve made it through our first week of February…it can only get better (weather wise!) from here. Cold fingers and toes crossed!

Time to end our week with our Fan Friday! Today we are featuring some awesome Beyond the Backyard projects made by Reece Montgomery. We were tagged on Instagram by Reece, and when we saw her pictures, we had a “oh-my-good-so-cute” moment lol. We absolutely adore the projects that Reece decided to create with our floral and leaf, Spring-inspired collection. She also featured these projects on her blog, Happy Okapi, which you can check out here. In addition to sharing her projects on her blog, she is Canadian-based (like us!!) and shares upcoming fabric collections & sales!

She used Swoon Sewing Patterns’ Dorothy Day Tripper pattern to create a stunning Beyond the Backyard bag – the pattern that actually features our Design Studio Collection as its front image! She also made some other cool accessories with Beyond the Backyard – a coffee cozie, a couple of key fobs, and an eyeglasses pouch. We love how versatile our collection is, and that it looks so great in each project!!

Thanks so much, Reece, for the tag! You can find more from Reece on her blog and Instagram. And with that, we are ready to rock this weekend! Have a great one, everyone!! :)

Happy Sewing!

Hi everyone,

Happy Thursday! We hope you all are having a wonderful day so far. Did you know…that today is World Nutella Day? Yup, it’s an official day dedicated to the incredibly delicious (and highly addictive!) chocolate, hazelnut spread that is amazing with pretty much anything (or on it’s own. Spoonfuls? We’re not judging haha!).

Time for our Thankful Thursday! Today we are featuring one of our favorite magazines, Craft Ideas. Their latest Winter 2014 edition was also the big reveal of their new look. Everything got revamped and updated, and it looks fantastic!!  Complete with a new logo, the updated magazine now features a “New Products” section (a breakdown of the latest craft tools and materials), Book Reviews, a “Green Ideas” section (listings for eco-friendly products and companies), and highlights up-and-coming designers. As well, Craft Ideas will now be releasing a new printed issue every second month! We were always a fan of Craft Ideas, and were so excited that they were taking on this new venture.

Flipping through the Winter 2014 issue, you might recognize some familiar projects. Craft Ideas featured two of our free projects in their magazine. The first is our Cascading Chevrons Pillow, one of our favorites! You can find the free pattern on our website too. As well, they featured our Border Blast Quilt by one of our wonderful pattern designers, Larene Smith of The Quilted Button.

We love working with Craft Ideas Magazine and are so happy they love our projects. And, it’s also so fun seeing our projects featured in print! You can find out more from Craft Ideas on their website, Facebook Page, Twitter, Pinterest, and YouTube. And with that, we’re going to find us some Nutella…haha. Have a great day!

Happy Sewing!