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.
Amazing Optical Illusions
One side of the image below is a 15th century Venetian tile floor, and the other side is. . . a quilt!
I know! Isn’t it amazing? When I first saw Christine Porter’s stunning quilts, I could hardly believe that they were made of fabric. They look like soft-hued, aged stone, and many of the designs really fool the eye in other ways, too. As she says in her new book, Viva Venezia! . . . “because of the placement of (Continue Reading...)
Home Shopping: Part II
Back in December I blogged about Home Shopping, in which I confessed to having leftover sewing and crafting materials of every description all over my house and not knowing what to do with all of it.
Inspired by Rebekah Meier’s new book, Fabric Art Collage, I decided to try my hand at repurposing some of my fabric and crafty odds and ends to make my own collage.
Well, I can report that, first of all, my hat’s off to Rebekah. She is (Continue Reading...)
Home Shopping and Fabric Art Collage
I just discovered a fabulous new crafts and fiber arts store. And guess what? It’s right in my own house! So convenient. No parking problems, no crowds.
I discovered it when I decided to move the guest bed out of our spare bedroom and into our downstairs storage area. (Which I did because my husband and I finally got around to cleaning out the storage area—another story.)
Of course, the empty space in the guest room just begged to (Continue Reading...)
Creating an Heirloom Quilt
This story is about a three-generation quilt that got created over time in a pretty unintentional way—it just happened. But there’s no time like the present to intentionally start an heirloom quilt. Perhaps after you read this piece, you’ll feel inspired to start making quilt blocks that will eventually become your own family’s heirloom. (Article originally published in the San Francisco Chronicle)
Three pairs of hands made my quilt—my grandmother’s, my mother’s, and mine. The quilt, a Dresden Plate, began (Continue Reading...)
