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.
The Best National Quilting Day Idea Ever
Tired of always making the same boring old bed and wall quilts? The Shiner Heritage Quilt Guild in Shiner, Texas, thought of the perfect answer: make a quilted car cover instead. Take a look at this beauty:
Five guild members spent 80-100 hours putting together the quilt, seen here on a Chevy Blazer. Here are some of the ladies with their creation:
The quilt, unfortunately, is not for sale. The guild showed it off in several locations around (Continue Reading...)
Author Profile: Wendy Mathson
Have you ever noticed how many quilt designers got their start in an entirely different profession?
Wendy Mathson owned a printing and graphic design business, then became a freelance editor and illustrator before starting to design quilts. She also founded Prayers and Squares, an international prayer quilt ministry that now has 800 chapters around the world. Her new book, A New Light on Storm at Sea Quilts, and its coordinating trimming templates, fast2cut® Quilter’s TRIMplates, are out this month.
We asked her (Continue Reading...)
It’s All About Chintz: The Latest on Barbara Brackman’s eClub
Now up at the Clues in the Calico online club: everything you ever wanted to know about antique chintz. Members can read about its exotic history (including several stints as a contraband item), how to identify it, clues that will help you date antique chintz quilts, and how to shop for reproduction chintzes. As always, Barbara leavens her facts and dates with fascinating tidbits of social history that help bring old quilts and fabrics alive.
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Author Profile: Jan Krentz
Jan is a very popular quilting teacher and the author of a number of books, DVDs, and tools with C&T Publishing, three of which just came out this month: Quick Star Quilts & Beyond, Quilter’s Design Mirrors, and Half- & Quarter-Diamond Ruler Set. We caught up with her long enough to ask her a few questions.
What was your career before you became an artist?
I was a full-time military wife, homemaker and mother. We have lived in Texas, several locations in (Continue Reading...)
The Latest Thing in Green Quilting
When it comes to making something new and fabulous by reusing old materials, our author Wendy Hill has always been way ahead of the curve. She sewed this raincoat from recycled plastic bread bags decades ago, when she was in high school and green was still just a color, not a worldwide movement.
Wendy’s latest innovation is just as far out in front of the crowd: quilting and making jewelry with recycled zippers. See this article in the Bend, Oregon Bulletin (Continue Reading...)
Valentine Inspirations
A lovestruck skeleton from Fantastiques Whimsies:
A Ficklestick heart or two from Fast, Fun & Easy Fabulous Fabric Ficklesticks:
A heart-shaped card made from a 6″ x 6″ Heart Ready-to-Go® Blank Board Book:
A lovable little heart necklace. (Click here for free instructions and supply list.)
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Bunnies, the Latest from Laura Lee Fritz’s Machine-Quilting eClub
You know spring must be around the corner when bunnies start popping up on “It’s Quilted!”, Laura Lee Fritz’s eClub for machine quilters. Club members get Laura’s advice on everything from setting up a functional sewing space to machine-quilting with cotton batting. Members also get Laura’s observations on the quilting life, access to her expertise through the Q&A Forum, and best of all, brand new continuous-line quilting designs each month. I love this month’s assortment of playful rabbits and geometric (Continue Reading...)
Quilt Shows and Competitions – Call for Entries
Looking for places to show your work? Here’s a list of upcoming shows and exhibits. Be sure to check with the exhibitors to get the most up-to-date information.
Quilting Arts Magazine’s Rock On! Art Quilt Challenge. Artwork due February 2. Art quilts, 8-1/2″ x 11″ vertical orientation, based on the theme “Rock ‘n’ roll.” Entry fee $15 U.S. and Canada, $25 international.
Fourth European Quilt Triennial. Fee due February 15, Application due March 1. For European residents only. Juried exhibit to be (Continue Reading...)
The 2008 Quilter’s Newsletter Reader’s Choice Awards
When Quilter’s Newsletter asked its readers to name their favorite teachers, authors, and books for 2008, we were thrilled to see how many of our authors made the list. Have a look:
Most influential people in the quilting industry: a tie between C&T authors Karey Bresenhan, Ricky Tims, and Alex Anderson.
Favorite appliqué teacher: Elly Sienkiewicz
Favorite paper piecing teacher: Carol Doak
Favorite precision piecing teacher: Sally Collins
Favorite quilting teacher for stand-up machines: Linda Taylor
Favorite author of quilt-related fiction: Jennifer Chiaverini
Most helpful book (Continue Reading...)
Author Profile: Meet Lynne Farris
Lynne Farris has authored three books for C&T: Fast, Fun & Easy® Needle Felting, Fresh Felt Flowers, and A Touch of Felt (out this month). We asked Lynne to tell us how she got her start.
“It all started with my grandmother, Adele McBurney Stubblefield. She was an incredibly talented, creative and resourceful woman who spent most of every day involved in some aspect of a sewing or needlework project. I spent countless hours perched by her side, with her stopping (Continue Reading...)
