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.
Paula Nadelstern Kaleidoscope Collection Giveaway
Paula Nadelstern‘s latest book Kaleidoscope Quilts—The Workbook teaches you exactly how to make those stunning kaleidoscope blocks of hers that have graced the walls of the American Folk Art Museum in New York City. This book introduces 22.5° wedges, which are her narrowest wedges yet, and includes twelve projects, which is more than in any of her other books. It hits store shelves this month which has inspired this week’s blog giveaway.
The Kaleidoscope Collection Giveaway includes:
Kaleidoscope Quilts—The Workbook
Paula Nadelstern’s (Continue Reading...)
Summer Sizzler Warehouse Sale
On Saturday, September 11th we will be holding our 8th Annual Summer Sizzler Warehouse Sale, here at C&T Publishing headquarters in sunny Concord, California (map). The event will be open to resellers from 9am – 11am, and open to everyone from 11am – 3pm.
There will be some awesome deals to be had on overstocked books, patterns, magazines and more. There will be over 170 titles for sale.
A special addition to this year’s Warehouse Sale line up are the creative (Continue Reading...)
Meet the Insul-Fleece Craft Pack and make a Christmas casserole carrier
We have a hot new product called Insul-Fleece™, a metalized mylar insulated interfacing that comes as a 27″ x 45″ cut in a Craft Pack.
It’s easy to sew through and you can machine wash and tumble dry with no bunching. And with just one craft pack you can make a whole lunch bag, several pot holders, or two of the below handy, dandy Christmas Casserole Carriers featured in Christmas with Possibilities by Lynda Milligan and Nancy Smith. To get (Continue Reading...)
New iPhone App: Embroidery & Crazy Quilt Stitch Guide—Beginner’s
Our new iPhone App, Judith Baker Montano’s Embroidery & Crazy Quilt Stitch Guide — Beginner’s, is now available for $4.99 on the iTunes App Store.
There are more than 50 basic embroidery stitches such as the backstitch, chain stitch, satin stitch and the lazy daisy included in the app. You’ll also learn 10 combination stitches, along with handy tips for choosing needles, tools and fabrics for your embellishing projects.
The app we launched today is the first in (Continue Reading...)
The Quilt Show Summer Giveaway
Since The Quilt Show launched a few years ago, more than 25 C&T authors have been featured guests. We have teamed up with Alex and Ricky to celebrate this milestone with a fantastic giveaway for five lucky C&T blog readers. The prize packs include:
A membership gift certificate from The Quilt Show
All five books in the Super Simple Quilts Series by Alex Anderson and Liz Aneloski
Two packs of fat quarters from Alex’s Elizabeth Anne fabric line with P&B Textiles
And a Rhapsody (Continue Reading...)
Watch Lura and Kerby on The Quilt Show Free This Week Only
Lura Schwarz Smith and Kerby C. Smith, authors of Secrets of Digital Quilting—From Camera to Quilt, are featured on The Quilt Show with Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims in episode #102 “Quilting in the Digital Age.” Click here to watch the episode for FREE through July 31st only.
Here are a few quilts from their book…you know, for inspiration!
Winners Announcement and NEW Sally Collins Giveaway
We are happy to announce the three lucky winners of the summer surface design giveaway are…
Carol!
I’m taking classes this summer on purse making and embroidery. I’m also knitting a sweater.
Merry May!
I LOVE the prizes on the C&T Blog this week! My summer project is organizing a set of classes for students at the local arts center, and teaching them various ways to stencil and print on fabric, as a foundation for making other unique projects. (Continue Reading...)
Lois Jarvis’ Rusty Object Image Transfer Technique
I met Lois Jarvis at Spring Quilt Market a few months ago and she told me how she likes dyeing things with rust. I was intrigued, as I had never heard of rust dyeing before and she invited me to visit her website that’s dedicated to surface design and dyeing with rust and promised I could learn all about it there. Later she sent me this rust image transfer technique project to share with all of you and I have (Continue Reading...)
Summer Surface Design Giveaway
Our next giveaway is for all of you who can’t wait to do some surface design and fabric painting this summer. Three lucky readers will win a prize pack including:
one pack of Ultra-Light Lutradur®
one 5-sheet pack of TAP™ Transfer Artist Paper
a collection of 18 paint brushes in a canvas organizer
one 8oz. bottle of Liquitex® Acrylic Iridescent Medium
three 2oz. bottles of Liquitex® Soft (Continue Reading...)
Fabric Dyer’s Dream Giveaway Winners and Lunch Bags! Giveaway
The two lucky winners of the Fabric Dyer’s Dream Giveaway are….
klue!
i love dyeing fabric. it adds another level of creativity to my art. i think you book has filled a hole in the dyeing books market that has existed for a very long time. thank you for taking the time to put this book together.
and Debbie!
I used to dye and have lots of supplies. I hope that Linda’s book will get me working on it again.
Thank you (Continue Reading...)
