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.
Giveaway—Transparency Quilts
Mastering the illusion of transparency…when I look through the pages of Transparency Quilts by Weeks Ringle and Bill Kerr, I do indeed feel the magic! Certain areas of each quilt seem to be floating above the rest, and my eyes rest quite happily on the smooth lines, calm patterns, and perfect color combinations.
Here’s some of what Weeks and Bill have to say about their newest book…
We love color, but we love the visual relationships among colors even more…our (Continue Reading...)
This week’s giveaway—it’s all about free-form!
Yay!! Can you see me doing a little happy dance over here? Rayna Gillman’s new book, Create Your Own Free-Form Quilts, is my latest obsession. I think the book’s subtitle says it all…A Stress-Free Journey to Original Design. Two things that really float my own creative boat are “stress-free” and “original design.” One of Rayna’s personal tenets of design is also my own artistic mantra…there’s no such thing as a mistake!
This book shows you how to use free-form cutting and (Continue Reading...)
50 Little Paper-Pieced Blocks—and a giveaway!
Carol Doak has put together the perfect tools to bring quilters and cardmakers together…her new book, 50 Little Paper-Pieced Blocks, is filled with adorable, perfectly-pieced 3″ quilt blocks in a variety of themes including stars, hearts, flowers, a birthday cake…even crayons, an airplane, and a candlestick!
This book is also a great intro to paper piecing for those of us (ok so maybe it’s just me) who have been a little afraid to try.
Once you’ve made all your favorite designs from (Continue Reading...)
A glimpse of PIQF
Going to the Pacific International Quilt Festival (PIQF) is one of the highlights of my year. Of course there’s all the fabulous shopping and fabric fondling with over 300 vendors in attendance (and I did buy some wonderful things), but for me it’s really all about the quilts. Each year I am even more amazed at the talent that shines inside the walls of the Santa Clara Convention Center.
I’ll let this gallery of pictures that I snapped speak (Continue Reading...)
How about some freebies?
Have you checked out any of the free ePatterns that you can instantly download from PatternSpot.com? How about looking through the featured designers for some new favorites to follow?
As many of you know, C&T launched PatternSpot.com this past spring. Nowhere else can you shop such an amazing variety and huge selection of ePatterns under one virtual roof! Choose original patterns for sale from designers around the world for quiltmaking, craft sewing, wearables, accessories, and fiber art. And many of (Continue Reading...)
Watch “Stitched: The Film” for FREE—3 days only!
From our friends at The Quilt Show and from all of us at C&T, we bring you FREE access to Stitched: The Film. Your special access link is at the end of this post.
For a limited time, you can watch this engaging documentary online, which is sure to give you new insight into the world of quilting and quilt competitions. Click here to watch the trailer.
Stitched was created and produced by Jena Moreno, a long-time Houston resident. After watching thousands (Continue Reading...)
Bonus weekend giveaway with a blog hop
You’ve worked so hard making your quilt…don’t you want your quilt label to give it that “just right” finishing touch? Here’s where the Quilt Label Collective CD comes in!
This treasury of 150 original illustrations from 17 artists gives you so many choices for making the perfect label for any quilt, any occasion.
You can customize your label by hand or on your computer with your choice of lettering and colors, then embellish it even further with paint or embroidery.
There are lots of (Continue Reading...)
Fabric Painting with Cindy Walter – Giveaway day!
In this new beginner’s guide, you can play with a variety of easy-to-learn fabric painting techniques with award-winning quilting teacher, TV personality, and author Cindy Walter. She shows you how to create colorwashes, use resist techniques, paint a Hawaiian quilt or a traditional block quilt, plus sunprint, scrunch, and salt to create uniquely personal fabrics.
She wants us all to experiment, be playful, and get creative…fabric painting is fun, relaxing, and slightly addictive. Cindy and I share the same philosophy…relax and don’t (Continue Reading...)
Creative Troupe blog hop!
Let’s see what some of the members of our Creative Troupe are up to!
Fannie Narte created this art quilt called “I Weep” to be donated
to the Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative.
Susan Slesinger created a piece of fabric art called “California Dreaming.”
Wendy Sheppard made a new dress for her little girl.
Shirley Pando tried her hand at thread sketching a page for her fabric book swap.
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Wednesday Night Live – replay!
Tonight Victoria Crowder Payne showed off some really creative ways to combine Liquitex paints and mediums with embroidery on fabric…her work is gorgeous! She shared lots of great tips and recommendations for supplies, too. Click here for the replay.
Next week, our special guest is Jake Finch – C&T author and the co-founder of the new Generation Q Magazine. She’ll have something fun and quilterly to share! Click here for the full schedule – see you next week!
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