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Hi everyone,

Happy Monday! We hope you all had a great weekend, soaking up the last little bits of Summer. Although, it has been pretty chilly as of late…apparently, we should be hitting the mid-20s this week so that should be a wonderful way to kickstart Fall! We’ve also got our Paisley Please & Aurifil Threads Giveaway on our Facebook Page this week. Be sure to enter here!

It’s time a dash of inspiration with today’s Moody Monday! We have been happily perusing the recent fashion collections from Fashion Week, and seeing all the trends for the upcoming seasons. We love Star Wars everything here (*ahem* here, here, here, here, here *ahem*), so seeing that Star Wars hit the runway for Fall/Winter 2014 in multiple shows was AWESOME! Naturally, Preen by Thornton Bregazzi’s Autumn/Winter 2014 Collection made us SO happy, we just had to share it with you all!! The Preen/Disney collaboration brought us Darth Vader’s mask in a very abstract and motif-esque way, making the pieces wearable for the everyday. You can check out the full collection, including the other Star Wars outfit, HERE.

Our Star Wars collections are always filled with flashes of bright colors, interesting galactic scenes, and all your favorite SW characters (Yoda, Hans Solo, Luke Skywalker, Chewbacca, Darth Vader…hey, everyone has their favorites). What we love almost even more is being able to chat with all the fellow Star Wars fans, and seeing all their incredible projects with our Star Wars fabric. We are always so amazed at their incredible creativity, and it always makes our days when they share their projects with us. We are so thrilled that we get to a part of such a wonderful and passionate community! Be sure to check out all of our Star Wars goodness here.

We hope we have inspired you with today’s Moody Monday! Here’s to a fantastic week; have a great day! :)

Happy Sewing!

Hi everyone!

Happy Friday! We hope everyone is having a great end to the week. We are currently hosting our Frolicking Forest Giveaway this week on our Facebook Page, so be sure to check it out and enter if you haven’t yet. If you love all things woodland and adorable forest animals, you will LOVE this week’s giveaway!

To end another great week, we have our Fan Friday for you. Today we are sharing an incredible project made by Nicole Wells; she tagged us on Instagram and we just had to share it with you all! Nicole’s son is entering the world of Kindergarten this fall, and he wasn’t especially excited. Shopping for school supplies wasn’t much of a success, so she decided to make something that he would get excited for! She decided to make him his very own super cool backpack, and let him choose the fabric. He chose our Angry Birds Star Wars collection because he loves the “Pork Side”! Nicole said that he was so ecstatic about the whole process, down to waiting for the fabric to arrive! So great to hear that, with his awesome, new backpack, he can’t wait to show it off on his first day of school! :)

We cannot believe that Nicole sewed up her very own backpack (in an uber cool collection, we might add haha) – it looks incredible! Nicole has an online shop, Ni-Chern Design Shop, where you can check out her bags, wristlets, pouches, aprons, and more! You can also find Nicole on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for even more. Once again, thank you so much Nicole for sharing your project with us!! It absolutely made our week! And, David, you are going to rock your first day of school – it’s going to be awesome!! :) Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!

Happy Sewing!

Hi everyone!

Happy Friday!! We hope you all are having a brilliant day! Have you entered our Petite Plume Giveaway yet? We are hosting a Pinterest Giveaway this week, so be sure to enter to win if you haven’t yet! We also posted our What We Love #4 yesterday, so be sure to check it out here! :)

It’s also time for our Fan Friday! What a great way to end another fantastic week, the first official week of Summer! And just in time for summertime, we are featuring an awesome Etsy Shop today….Vintage Divinities! Vintage Divinities, a really fun clothing Etsy Shop by Martha Godinez, is dedicated to vintage-inspired pieces such as crop tops, printed shirts, skater skirts, floral crowns, and tulle skirts! All of the items are handmade with love, and all done in really bright and festival-inspired prints and colors.

When we saw this crop top with our Star Wars fabric, we had a moment!! We absolutely adore how fun and modern this top is, with a Star Wars twist. And because it is Summer, we are all about comfort and casualwear…while still being put together and on-trend, and this is the perfect top for that. It would be great with a high-waisted pair of shorts or tulle skirt – so cute!

We are so happy that you love our Star Wars fabric!! Thank you so much for the support, Martha! Be sure to check out Vintage Divinities for more on Etsy, as well as on Facebook. Have a great weekend everyone, enjoy the weather!! :)

Happy Sewing!

Hi everyone,

Happy Friday!! It’s rainy and gloomy here on this Friday the 13th. Let’s hope that’s the only dreary thing about today. It’s also Sewing Machine Day – how neat! Anyone planning to sew this weekend? :) We’re also hosting a Neon & On FQ Bundle Giveaway on our Facebook Page. Be sure to enter HERE!

A couple of weeks ago, we were perusing George Takei’s Facebook Page (as we do, he always posts the best memes!)…and we stumbled upon a post with our Star Trek fabric. George Takei posted OUR Star Trek fabric. Needless to say, it took us a while to let that sink in. And once it did, and we did our happy dance, we excitedly read through some of the comments on the post. We were amazed!! There were SO many wonderful Star Trek and sewing enthusiasts who posted their projects using that exact Star Trek fabric design! Seeing all the incredible projects with our designs made our whole year!! Star Trek has one of the most loyal fan bases, and it has been so fun getting to be a small part of it.

We thought it would be fun to share with you all today some of the amazing, Star Trek projects that were linked with the post. We contacted them, and they all graciously sent photos and more information on their projects.

Heather created this awesome Laptop bag with our Star Trek fabrics, which includes a supportive crossbody strap and room enough for a large laptop as it measures 18″ x 15″ x 4″. Love it!

We adore this gorgeous Star Trek crossbody bag by Pannay! This crossbody is perfect for students with lots of books or a laptop to carry, but was inspired to entice her husband to carry the diaper bag (hehe clever!). Pannay also sells fun bag patterns at her Etsy Shop, and has a blog. Be sure to check her out for more!

We love a great quilt, and this one surely catches our eye! Cathy used our Star Trek fabric to create this awesome quilt for her friends. It’s colorful, fun, and bright and we adore how she highlights the characters well. Great job, Cathy!

A BIG thank you to Heather, Pannay, and Cathy for sharing their Star Trek projects with us!! :) We also want to thank George Takei for sharing about our Star Trek fabric!! Still such a surreal moment for us here. We hope everyone has a great Father’s Day weekend!!

Happy Sewing!

It’s Father’s Day this weekend, so we thought we’d share our Top 6 Last Minute Father’s Day Gift Ideas (with tutorials) for you all! Dads: the guy who taught us how to ride a bike, makes the best burgers and grilled veggies (yum!), “showed” us how to change a tire (though, we still need him for that…haha), took us for ice cream and let us have that extra scoop, and has supported & loved us unconditionally. We love you, Dads!

Still stumped on what to get your dad this year? We’ve got some fantastic last minute Father’s Day gift ideas with our quick & easy DIY projects! Remember those construction paper ties or handprint cards we used to make in school for dads? All our gift ideas are handmade, and just as much from the heart (just the grownup version! haha). Check out our free tutorials, as our DIY Passport Cover or Star Trek Bag!You can find all the free printable PDFs to our projects on our website.

Links to Project PDFs:
1. Passport Cover
2. Reversible Tote
3. Smoking Slippers Tutorial
4. “Love You Forever” Bolster
5. Cascading Chevrons Pillow
6. Easy Necktie Tutorial

We hope our Father’s Day Gift Guide has been helpful! We’d love to see or know what you’ll be making for your dad this Father’s Day. If your dad is a fan of Star Wars, Star Trek, Marvel, or DC Comics…we’ve also got you covered!! :)  Happy Father’s Day, Dads…we love you! :)