Do you love C&T Publishing books and products? Always looking for new ways to be inspired? Sign up to join the C&T Creative Troupe’s Reviewer Program and earn free eBooks. It’s just one more perk of C&T Creative Troupe membership.
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Here’s how the Book Review Program works:
- If you are not already a member, join the C&T Creative Troupe.
- Browse through the current C&T Catalog.
- Let us know which books that interest you. You can request one book at a time—you will receive an electronic version (not a hard copy).
- Enjoy the book and post your review on the book’s product page at Amazon, C&T’s website, and at least one of the following websites: Goodreads, LibraryThing, BookSpot, Barnes & Noble, & Borders.
- Within two weeks of receiving the eBook, email meganw@ctpub.com with links to the reviews. Then request your next book.
It has been about a year since we launched the C&T Creative Troupe. We have been so impressed and thrilled by the excitement around the Creative Troupe and the amazing talent our troupers posses, that we have decided to add a few more incentives and rewards to it’s members. The first new feature of the Creative Troupe is the Pay for Publication Program. A program that pays Creative Troupe members to promote C&T Products in the media.
Get Paid to Play! If you are a member of the C&T Creative Troupe, you are already creating beautiful art with our books and products, why not get paid for it? If you haven’t joined the Creative Troupe yet, what are you waiting for? Become a member of our creative family today!
We have listed all the details of the program below, but the concept is simple. Get a project made with C&T products published in the media, and we will pay you.
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A couple of years ago, Elm Creek Quilts author Jennifer Chiaverini organized a contest among her devoted Elm Creek Quilts fans. In the novel, Circle of Quilters, two founding members of Elm Creek Quilts Camp decide to leave the fold. The remaining members had to select two new teachers to join their staff, which is really more like a family. In the book as a part of the application process for the teaching position, each of the five finalists was instructed to design an Elm Creek Quilts quilt block as a test of their quilting skills, creativity, and understanding of the spirit of Elm Creek Quilts.
Jennifer decided to invite Elm Creek fans to design an original quilt block to be used as the new logo for Elm Creek Quilts. The entries were as delightful and varied as those in the story do, and the block that best captured the spirit of Elm Creek Quilts was chosen by an online vote. The grand prize winning block was made by Jane Klocker. Click here to see the complete list of winners.
The winning block by Jane Klocker
We are excited to announce that C&T has made the 10 winning block patterns available in a downloadable eBook called To Be an Elm Creek Quilter featuring a sampler quilt project. You can only find it on the C&T website.
C&T author and art quilting phenom Katie Pasquini Masopust is inviting you to spend some of your summer with her at the 2010 Alegre Retreat!
According to Katie, the retreat is comprised of a small group of quilters from all over the world, and a staff of amazing instructors. It all takes place this coming June at the beautiful Colorado resort, Gateway Canyons.
Click here for all the details. We hope you can make it!
Australia based quilter Lesley decided to enroll herself in a virtual beginning quilting course based on Harriet Hargrave’s & Carrie Hargrave’s Quilter’s Academy books. She is starting with Vol. 1–Freshman Year and plans to continue through all 6 volumes.
She built her virtual quilting course around a blog called “Block Head” that she created to show her progress, turn in her assignments, etc.
When I came across her blog, I was (of course, completely & totally) fascinated. I had to know who she was, why she chose Quilter’s Academy and how her progress was going. I asked Lesley if I could interview her, and she said YES!
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On January 1st we posted the following question to our Facebook community: “If you had to pick just one inspirational word to represent what you want for yourself in 2010 – what would it be?”
We got about 50 responses, all of them wonderful and inspirational. Here they are:
- Inspired
- Imagine
- Hopeful
- Simplicity
- Relaxed
- Secure
- Freedom
- Serenity
- Fulfilled
- Contentment
- Forgiven
- Moving
- Action
- Magical
- Understanding
- Abundance
- Joy
- Grace
- Creativity
- Peace
- Security
- Resourceful
- Wisdom
- Ambitious
- Author
- Employed
- Blessed
- Innovative
- Security
- Liberated
- Relaxed
- Courage
- Studio
- Motivate
- Peace
- Faithful
- Bountiful
Cheers to 2010!
The Chapel Hill Newspaper recently published a feature on Hollis Chatelain. It tells the story of how vivid inspirational dreams led to beautiful, moving quilts which then led to numerous quilting awards, one of which changed her life. Click here to read the full article and learn how you can help Hollis in her mission to use art to promote awareness of world issues.
We were lucky enough to work with Hollis on creating Imagine Hope Notecards. It’s a collection of 12 notecards with four inspiring images in a beautiful package. Hollis’ quilts are a great reminder that no matter the medium, art has the power to change lives.
If you are anything like me, you like to begin the new year with a new look for your dining room. Lucky for us, C&T Publishing author, Terrie Sandelin, has been hard at work creating a free mini-quilt placemat project for us using scraps of Kaffe Fasset’s fabrics. The project uses the 13-Square foundation from Terrie’s book Miniatures in Minutes for the pieced squares. Click here to automatically begin downloading the project instructions, and in no time your dining area will have fresh appeal!
Terrie’s blog is jam-packed with free projects and other goodies. She revisited and revised the concept of school supplies with this pretty file folder she made using fast2fuse interfacing. She just posted a tutorial for this project here on her blog.
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The author of Miniatures in Minutes, Terrie Sandelin has developed a technique to create gorgeous miniatures with minimal time and effort. You can visit her website for project ideas, classes and more.
Calling all quilters, sewers and crafters! American Patchwork & Quilting is challenging all of us to join up and participate in their “Make a Pillowcase, Make a Difference” campaign for charity.
To take part in the pillowcase project, just make a pillowcase, find a a shop hosting One Million Pillowcase Challenge events in your area, and donate the pillowcase to the shop! Every pillowcase will go towards making a difference in your community. Your pillowcases will provide comfort for a cancer patient, hope for a foster child, encouragement for a battered woman, or beauty for a nursing home resident. Over 7,400 pillowcases have already been donated, but lots of help is needed to reach the goal of 1 million pillowcases.
“We are asking quilters to make and donate 1,000,000 pillowcases to local charities to show the world how caring quilters are. As I travel the country, I often hear stories of generous quilt shops and quilters who have turned their hobby into a conduit for good in their communities. That is the same charitable spirit that drives this challenge,” said APQ editor Jennifer Keltner.
APQ has set up an online counter to track the number of donations. They also have free pillowcase patterns available for download and tips on where to donate. This is a great example of how one person can really make a difference. The C&T staff will be setting up a pillowcase lunch hour in 2010. How will you contribute?
I love seeing what people create with our interfacings and Lutradur® Mixed Media Sheets. Mixed media and fiber artist Sue Bleiweiss recently made a beautiful journal using Timtex™ and Lutradur®. The inside is lined with painted Lutradur and filled with a combination of blank drawing paper and hand painted papers. Click here to visit Sue’s blog to learn more. Don’t forget to share what you make with our unique line of art surfaces.
