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.
Staff Pick: Jane Dávila’s Surface Design Essentials
There was a point in my life when I never thought I would be comfortable with the words “surface design.” For some reason the term carried a scary, intimidating and unachievable connotation to me. Turns out, I was being pretty silly. Surface design is totally achievable, easy, forgiving, but most of all FUN! What turned my opinion around? Jane Dávila’s Surface Design Essentials.
In preparing for the launch of the Liquitex® Surface Design Center, we had several staff training sessions where (Continue Reading...)
Star Struck Quilts is going on a Blog Tour!
Beginning August 23rd and running through September 1st, 10 members of the quilt blogging community will each take a day to host new release Star Struck Quilts by Barbara Cline.
The tour will include lots of giveaways, including 10 chances to win a copy of Star Struck Quilts, fabric from RJR Fabrics, Best Press Spray, a gift certificate to Patchwork Plus, and many other surprises. Each blog host will also feature a Q&A with the author and project images.
Ready for the tour (Continue Reading...)
A Spotlight on Jean Wells
This month we are celebrating two momentous occasions for our long-time author Jean Wells. On July 15th-17th, Jean will be in Marion, IN to be inducted into The Quilters Hall of Fame. As she travels to Indiana, she will have just finished celebrating her 35th annual Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show. Now that is one busy lady!
It’s hard not to be impressed by Jean’s skill and passion when you look at her contribution to quilting over the last three decades. From (Continue Reading...)
13 Chances to Win a Copy of City Quilts
Announcing the City Quilts Blog Tour!
Beginning July 12th and running through July 24th, the stars of the quilt blogging community will each take a day to host this Stash Books title. The tour will include lots of giveaways, including 13 chances to win a copy of City Quilts, a fat quarter bundle of Kona Cotton Solids and many other surprises.
Each blog host will also feature a Q&A with City Quilts author, Cherri House. Ready for the tour dates?
July 12th – (Continue Reading...)Happy TAP-pers!
Using Lesley Riley’s TAP™ Transfer Artist Paper is almost a magical experience. When Lesley came to C&T and showed all of us what you can do with TAP, it seemed too good to be true. Could a simple piece of Transfer Artist Paper really take an old family photo and place it on wood? Or even metal? And you could iron over it and wash it?
There is nothing like peeling up TAP after you’ve done your iron transfer and seeing (Continue Reading...)
Quilt Market Wrap Up
Whew, things are finally starting to calm down after a very exciting and eventful Spring International Quilt Market in Minneapolis. We had so much fun sharing our new books and products, and spending time with our industry colleagues. I could go on and on about the adventures, but I figured I would let the pictures tell the story:
The next day, half of the C&T team continued setting up the booth, and the other half conducted our schoolhouse presentations. We had (Continue Reading...)
Congratulations Peggy!
We are so thrilled that the International Association of Professional Quilters has selected Peggy Martin as the 2010 Teacher of the Year! Peggy is the author of Paper Piece the Quick-Strip Way, Quick-Strip Paper Piecing, and the DVD, Peggy Martin Teaches You Quick-Strip Paper Piecing.
The International Association of Professional Quilters has recognized one teacher with its Teacher of the Year Award since 1983. Click here to read an excerpt from the magazine’s Spring (Continue Reading...)
“New From Old” Contest Ends Soon!
C&T is proud to be a sponsor of The Alliance for American Quilt’s “New from Old Contest.”
Here’s your chance to make a small quilt with a big payoff. In fact, the payoff might be really big. Say, the size of a mid-arm quilting machine, which is the grand prize for this year’s quilt contest to benefit the nonprofit Alliance for American Quilts. The “New From Old” theme was chosen as a reminder that quilting constantly re-invents itself, and because recycling seems smarter now than ever.
Contest (Continue Reading...)
Too Cute Not to Share
I recently got an email from Tammy Casstevens, a quilter who just finished making a quilt for her grandson using a pattern from the book Cozy Modern Quilts by Kim Schaefer.
She sent me pictures of her quilt, and it was so adorable, I asked her if she would mind me posting it to the C&T blog. Lucky for us, Tammy said we could share the pictures of her sweet grandson and his new quilt as (Continue Reading...)
Nancy Lefko Loves Lutradur
Nancy Lefko is the talented mixed-media artist who blogs at nancylefko.blogspot.com. She teaches mixed media techniques and has projects featured in Cloth Paper Scissors, Somerset Studio, and many other print and online publications.
Always on the lookout for new surfaces to use in her art and new techniques to create with, Nancy recently picked up our Lutradur® Mixed Media Sheets for the first time and shared her experience on her blog. Click here to read why Nancy says she is adding (Continue Reading...)
