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Introducing Colorful Stash Busters by Mary Cowan
In her introduction Mary Cowan (of Mary’s Cottage Quilts) says her primary goal with her book Colorful Stash Busters is to “encourage you to let loose a little with your color options.” For each of the 10 projects in the book, Mary shows us two different color possibilities so that, along with busting up our stash, we will see that there is always more than one successful colorway for any quilt.
Colorful Stash Busters is the latest release in our Quiltmakers (Continue Reading...)
Winner of Maverick Quilts
Well the rebels of the quilting world came out en masse to leave comments on the post I wrote about Alethea Ballard‘s new book Maverick Quilts. It’s great to know there are so many of you out there!
As always the winner of the giveaway was selected by a random number generator:
Congratulations Jackie W!!!!!! Although you’ve already developed some maverick tactics, with Alethea’s tips you will be well on your way to becoming a full-blown Maverick Quilter!
Thanks to everyone for (Continue Reading...)
Introducing Maverick Quilts by Alethea Ballard
When I first saw the title of Alethea Ballard‘s new book Maverick Quilts on the list of upcoming C&T titles, I admit that the title made me a bit skeptical. How much of a maverick can a quilter be if their work is good enough to be published? I thought. Although my own quilting experience was minimal, I had gone the route of ignoring the rules. From the disasters that resulted, I learned that the rules are there for a reason (Continue Reading...)
Quilt Market Spring 2011 recap—on the show floor
I arrived in Salt Lake City to set up our Quilt Market booth, stayed throughout the show, and left the morning after booth tear-down. Our presence at the show was the culmination of so much work over the past year or so—it’s kind of mind-boggling how quickly the week of the show went by in comparison to the previous weeks and months we had spent planning, coordinating, packing, and prepping.
After all that time spent focusing on our own presence, it was (Continue Reading...)
Quilt Remix Giveaway!
In her new book Quilt Remix, which is just about to hit store shelves, Emily Cier spins our favorite traditional quilt designs into 10 very contemporary projects. Her take on the Log Cabin, Nine-Patch, Pinwheel, Dresden Plate, and many more is fun and fresh and the book includes projects for beginners, intermediate, and advanced quilters.
Check out Emily’s blog for a fantastic series of blog posts called Unmixing Remix that offer previews of the project quilts in the book with a (Continue Reading...)
Winter/Spring 2011 catalog now available
Our Winter/ Spring 2011 catalog is now available for download! You can also browse the pages without downloading the file, as you can see below. To browse a version that is larger than the one below, jump to this page on our website.
The quilt on the catalog cover is Floral Sampler Wallhanging from Beautiful Botanicals, a Spring 2011 title by Deborah Kemball. There is so much to be excited about next season—more than 30 new books and products in all! (Continue Reading...)
More of Carol’s Keepsake Frame Blocks: Six Pointed Star, Dreidel, Candle, Tree
If Carol Doak’s Keepsake Frame Cards aren’t in your local quilt shop yet, then they will be soon. And in this post you will find another four of Carol’s free keepsake frame block patterns!
The 3″ blocks in the patterns are perfect for use with Keepsake Frame Cards—and these ones are perfect for the upcoming holiday season! If you missed the first two block projects we posted earlier this month, you can see that post here.
Keepsake Frame Block #3: Six pointed (Continue Reading...)
October Releases Giveaway!
I am so excited about our line-up of October titles and products I just couldn’t decide which one to focus this giveaway on. Then my mind wandered to thinking about Halloween and how fun it is to go trick-or-treating and come back to have a pumpkin head pail full of all different kinds of candy. I remember how as a child it seemed like the huge variety of goodies I got was the most amazing part.
Then I thought back to (Continue Reading...)
Carol Doak’s Keepsake Frame Cards & Free Block Projects
We are super excited that Carol Doak’s Keepsake Frame Cards will be hitting store shelves this month. The set includes four blank 5” x 7” cards with envelopes that are made from beautifully textured, handmade paper that is bright white, archival, and extra heavy weight.
The cards include a debossed 3″ square window which makes them perfect for framing and displaying your miniature works of art, including quilt blocks, surface design pieces, mixed media collages, paintings, drawings, and even photos. Add a (Continue Reading...)
Is Your Sock Softie Most Appealing?
We’re putting together a special yearbook on Flickr of all the sock critters you make from Brenna Maloney’s book, Socks Appeal.
If you have made a softie from socks, please submit an image of it to the yearbook. If you do, your sock character might win you one of several prizes!
Our blog readers will vote on the most appealing softies in the yearbook, and the final winners will be selected by author Brenna Maloney and a group of C&T staffers. In honor (Continue Reading...)
