C&T Publishing is a group of quilters and crafters dedicated to publishing products tailored to our audience. This blog is where we break away from book schedules and marketing campaigns to focus on what drives us to be creative and how this creativity manifests itself in our every day lives.
Inchie Ruler Tape to the Rescue
I had a bunch of flannel scraps left over from 2 quilts I had made for my son and my husband. The quilts were fun—very scrappy with many “manly” plaids in primary colors, but now what to do with all the leftovers? I was tired of all those plaids, so a third quilt had to be fast, easy, and most of all, it had be made with just the leftovers I had—no buying of fabric for this quilt. Without much (Continue Reading...)
Regifting Takes a Wonderful Turn
One of the hardest lessons for crafters to learn is to let go of the feelings we have when a gift we made is not received in the way we would like.
You know the experience: a lace scarf you painstakingly knit out of cashmere, having spent your life savings for the yarn and hours knitting and ripping out and knitting some more, is received with a polite thank you, never to be seen again. Or the quilt you spent so (Continue Reading...)
Halloween Has Returned to Haunt Me
I hate Halloween. NO, NO, NO—I am not making a political or religious statement. I hate Halloween because it brings up memories of all those painfully stressed Octobers when I, a working mom, made costumes for my kids. Not only that, but my kids had very high standards when it came to costumes—no flimsy, thrown-together outfits for them!
I admit that I was the one who started it all when they were preschoolers and I was a stay-at-home mom. I had (Continue Reading...)
