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.
Cherri House Interview and Giveaway
Stash Books author Cherri House’s pattern company Cherry House Quilts is teaming up with Canton Village Quilt Works for an interview and a giveaway! Visit the Canton Village blog on June 27th to learn more and enter for a chance to WIN an autographed copy of City Quilts or a Kona Cotton Hot Spice fat quarter bundle!
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Fabric Dyer’s Dream Giveaway
Our next giveaway is a dream come true for those of you who love fabric dyeing and hand-dyed fabrics. We’ve teamed up with Rit Dye and C&T author Linda Johansen to bring fabulous fabric dyeing prize packs to two lucky blog readers. Each prize pack includes:
a collection of 6 Rit liquid dyes
a copy of best-selling author Linda Johansen’s new release Fabric Dyer’s Dictionary
24 fat quarters all hand-dyed by Linda Johansen herself
Check out Rit’s revamped website!
It’s got (Continue Reading...)
Fast2cut Ruler and Templates Giveaway
Fast2cut rulers and templates make quilting projects so much easier, so I’m very happy to announce our latest giveaway includes BOTH rulers and templates for SEVEN lucky winners! Each giveaway prize pack includes:
fast2cut® Quilters’ TRIMplates®by author Wendy Mathson
fast2cut® Half- & Quarter-Diamond Ruler Set by author Jan Krentz
The fast2cut Quilters’ TRIMplates are acrylic trimming templates that make it easy to sew Storm at Sea or Square-in-a-Square blocks with perfect accuracy. They make the perfect companion to Wendy Mathson’s latest book, A (Continue Reading...)
Stash Books Giveaway
Our next giveaway is a stupendous Stash Books giveaway! BUT, you’ll have to jump on over to the Stash Books blog, to get the details and to get yourself in the running for prize pack. Good luck!
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Artterro Art Kit Giveaway!
Artterro means “Art of the Earth” and this eco-friendly company offers a line of eight award-winning art kits for kids. Their kits are open-ended art projects, so the possibilities are limitless. Each kit includes an “ideas sheet” to start the creative juices flowing, but the end result is a one-of-a-kind piece of art. You can personalize the projects by using some of your own materials and your kids’ very own imaginative ideas.
We hooked up with Forrest Espinoza, one (Continue Reading...)
Quilter’s Academy Giveaway
Our next blog giveaway is a prize pack that’s all about Harriet Hargrave and Carrie Hargrave’s Quilter’s Academy concept. The bundle includes:
Quilter’s Academy Vol. 1—Freshman Year
Quilter’s Academy Vol. 2—Sophomore Year (May 2010 release)
Harriet Hargrave’s Quilter’s Graph Paper (May 2010 release)
All-in-One Quilter’s Reference Tool
It’s everything you need to get a college education in quilting and get on the path to creating top-notch quilts!
In Quilter’s Academy Volume 1, you learned the fundamentals of quiltmaking. With (Continue Reading...)
C&T at the 2010 NAMTA Trade Show
I just returned from setting up and working in the C&T Publishing booth at the National Art Materials Trade Association (NAMTA) annual trade show, which took place this past week at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. I’m exhausted right now, but still feeling so inspired by all the great people I met and excited about the warm reception our new products received at the show.
Our booth was small, but we couldn’t have landed a better location. We exhibited (Continue Reading...)
Liquitex Paints & Mediums Giveaway
Today’s blog giveaway is all about Liquitex® paints and mediums! You’ve been hearing us talk about acrylic paints and mediums a whole lot lately, what with the introduction of our Liquitex Surface Design Center for shops, and in reference to the books we’ve published recently that dive into the realms of mixed media, painting on fabric, and surface design. And then again, in our Painting on Fabric article series here on this blog, and in many of the projects we’ve (Continue Reading...)
Welcome to Stash Books!
We’ve been hinting around about it, but it’s finally here…the Stash Books blog is alive and waiting for you!
Stash Books is our new imprint with a totally tempting tag line…fabric arts for a handmade lifestyle. Doesn’t that make you want to get out the sewing machine, dig through your stash and make something new…like right now?
Instead, head over to the Stash Books blog right now, and take a peek at the first Stash Books titles coming out this spring season, if you haven’t (Continue Reading...)
Dutch Delight Single-Block Quilt
Single-block quilts are fast and fun. Select your favorite block (or blocks) and make one, or make a few for a small grouping with a big impact. Framed or unframed, they are sure to add a simple but elegant statement to any room décor. Keep the quilts, or give them away as gifts to someone special.
Click here to download the project PDF and pattern template for Dutch Delight.
Finished block size: 8˝ × 8˝
Finished quilt size: 81 ⁄2˝ × 81 ⁄2˝
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