My placemat, the class sample
What do you get when you combine editors, sales people and managers, along with fabric scraps and fast2fuse or batting, and then give them access to the conference room for a couple of hours? You get C&T Holiday Camps….opportunities for us to share our love of MAKING THINGS with each other.
A few times a year, we take time to investigate projects and techniques in current, upcoming or old books, or new artistic endeavors we’ve been trying to cultivate and we teach each other what we’ve found to be the most effective or maybe just the most fun.
The first holiday camp class this year was a placemat class taught by me! I have a quick and easy method of using scrap strips and fast2fuse® or batting to make placemats and table runners, with some amazing results. Continue Reading…
In celebration of the Liquitex® Surface Design Center launch into retail stores this January, our final giveaway for 2009 will be a fabulous Surface Design kit! It will include everything you need to make something great and have an awesome time doing it:
If you’d like to be in the running for the Surface Design kit, leave a comment here or on Facebook telling us what you like about painting on fabric or what you’d like to make with this kit. One commenter will be chosen at random on Monday and we’ll announce the winner later that day. Good luck!
Comments will close at 9am PST on Monday, 12/28/09.
We are taking a couple of weeks off from Weekly Giveaways to do a blog candy brainstorm and line up some awesome giveaway items for you. Never fear though—our weekly giveaways will resume on Tuesday, January 12th!
Congratulations to Brenda who’s just won the National Nonwovens Giveaway! She will enjoy two fat quarters of yummy 100% virgin wool WoolFelt® featuring the Original Homespun Collection and Classic Homespun collection. We look forward to hearing how your Melton wool coat comes out. Have fun!
A big THANK YOU to all the blog readers and Facebookers who participated in the giveaway by leaving comments. Best of luck to all of you in future giveaways.
We are lucky enough to have a beautiful Christmas tree here in the C&T office. It always smells fabulous, but the ornament inventory seems to change a little every day. It’s always got a healthy dose of lights, Santa Clauses, and other store-bought ornaments that have been donated by employees over the years. But my personal favorites are the ornaments that are handmade, and inspired by or made from C&T books and products. These are the ornaments that seem to come out of nowhere. And many of them disappear again, probably taken home to be wrapped as gifts for the people their makers had in mind.
My contribution: I made this holiday giraffe ornament from fast2fuse and cotton fabric. I used the giraffe pattern in Mary Link’s book 100+ No-Sew Fabric Crafts for Kids but of course had to make it a bit more festive and imaginary with the red and green spotted fabric.
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Join fiber artist and C&T author Jane Dávila as she chats with Susan Sorrell of Creative Chick Studios on December 27th. Learn all about Art Quilts at Play, Jane’s new book with Elin Waterston. Find out about the techniques covered, some fun ideas for collaborating with other artists, and the process of starting with an idea and finishing with a published book.
Tune in to fibermixedmedia.com on Sunday, December 27th at 5pm EST.
A creative life is filled with challenges and rewards, puzzles and curiosities. This ongoing series of poems attempts to express the “Aha”s and “What if”s, the deep ponderings and casual observations of an inquiring mind trying to make sense of reality. May it serve, for you, as a bit of “Everyday Inspiration” along your own creative path.
Get over it
And get on with it.
That’s MY motto
We introduced our Ready-to-Go!® Blank Canvas Books after seeing so many crafters wanting to make their own canvas books, but not wanting to go through the daunting task of preparing the canvas. Ready-to-Go!® Blank Canvas Books are just that: Ready to go. Since introducing the canvas books we have all been amazed at how versatile they are. We have seen them designed as photo albums, mixed media projects, children’s books and much more.
Recently we teamed up with Artterro to have our canvas books included in one of their award-winning children’s art kits. It’s called the Canvas Storybook Kit. The kit combines gorgeous cotton and silk fabrics with ribbon, beads and paint to illustrate your own canvas book story. It’s such a great family activity that The International Art Materials Trade Association awarded the Canvas Storybook with the Best New Kids Product Award. Continue Reading…
Here’s another great project out of 100+ No-Sew Fabric Crafts for Kids by Mary Link. Make a zany zoo or a dinosaur park for a dresser top. These creatures come with slotted parts that slide together, so the critters can really come to life and stand on their own. Continue Reading…
designed by Lydia Carlsgaard
Embellishments are a prerequisite for all aspects of a successfully charmed-out holiday look. Winter season creative endeavors including home decorating, gift wrapping, and outfit accessorizing require just a touch of know-how and a spark of festive flair to come off beautifully. So why not indulge in as many craft projects as possible in the days leading up to your holiday celebrations? Continue Reading…
National Nonwovens is celebrating over a Century of making WoolFelt®!
The company was founded in 1905 as a producer of felted wool for apparel, home furnishings, and wartime products. In the 1950s WoolFelt® was used for the first poodle skirt! Today it is used for heirloom and holiday projects by fiber artists, quilters, sewers, and crafters.
Many C&T Publishing authors use WoolFelt® for projects in their books including Laura Lee Fritz, Joni Pike, Mary Stori and Lynne Farris. For a complete list of designers and to read testimonials click here. To learn more about WoolFelt® and its many uses visit Commonwealthfelt.com.
To celebrate a century of WoolFelt® and the great relationship National Nonwovens has with our authors, they would like to honor a lucky C&T Blog reader with 2 fat quarter bundles! The bundles are made of 100% virgin wool WoolFelt® featuring the Original Homespun Collection and Classic Homespun collection.
Homespun Classic Color Collection
To be in the running for the fat quarter bundle giveaway, leave a comment here or on Facebook telling us what you’d make with the WoolFelt® if you win! Comments will be closed at 9am PST on Monday, December 21, 2009 and the winner will be announced later that day. Good luck!
Homespun Original Color Collection
