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.
Susanne Woods
Vermont Quilt Festival Day 1
I’m in Vermont! As the Acquisitions Editor for C&T Publishing and Stash Books, I get to travel to some of the regional shows to search for potential new authors, observe trends, and generally listen to what quilters and shops are interested in and excited about. I am really excited to be here as it is my first time to Vermont Quilt Festival.
I arrived in the afternoon, so I had some time to go around to a few local shops (Continue Reading...)
C&T Group Quilt: Susanne’s Slice
I’m one of the six people who volunteered for the C&T slice quilt for the NAMTA raffle. I was hoping this quilt would challenge me to work with some new techniques all for a great cause, and I was right!
I began by sketching out the main elements onto a black fabric as I wanted to have the dark accent lines receed.
I knew I wanted to try a confetti technique and had grand illusions of collecting together all of my solids (Continue Reading...)
Working at Home to Keep C&T Green
While I get loads of inspiration from working collaboratively with our creative staff, I do love working from home on Fridays. Sure, I get to work in my pjs and put in a load of laundry while I am responding to emails, but I also have fewer interruptions which is perfect when I need a seamless work environment to pull together large projects or even just to get my regular research done. More than half our staff here at C&T (Continue Reading...)
Introducing Stash
Do you remember my Dr. Seuss post back in October of last year when I said that I was working on some exciting new projects that I couldn’t tell you about until the Spring?
Well, Spring is almost officially sprung and everyone at C&T Publishing is excited to introduce Stash, our new line of how-to books celebrating fabric arts for a handmade lifestyle. If you’re craving beautiful authenticity in a time of mass-production…Stash is for you.
Officially, Stash is an imprint of (Continue Reading...)
A Great Way to Spend 30 Minutes: Secret Life of the Sewing Machine
I can’t be sure how I stumbled across this this fantastic series of videos on YouTube, but I am so glad I did. It may be the British side of me that loves this Monty Python mix of serious and fall-of-your-seat-funny comedy, but this is so worth spending 30 minutes with. You’ll laugh (even when I am not completely sure they intended laughter….with the young lady’s outfit in Part two, for example) and you’ll probably learn something new about your (Continue Reading...)
Alissa Haight Carlton’s Modern Quilt Guild
Alissa Haight Carlton, a soon-to-be C&T Publishing author, is at it again. Not content with merely working on her first book (along with co-author Kristen Lejinks) while hosting a quilt-along, while holding membership in a variety of block-swaps, and having a full-time job, Alissa is doing what she can to help spread the word about modern quilting. And C&T thinks she is doing a bang-up job!
After successfully starting her own local guild for L.A. area residents interested in modern quilts, (Continue Reading...)
Valentines Day Project: Love Notes Door Hanger
I put together a tutorial for a “love notes” door hanger on my blog and thought C&T blog readers might be interested in this fun and quick little project just in time for Valentine’s Day.
I re-purposed some discontinued fabric sample swatches from the furniture store my husband and I own to create this little pocketed note holder. I leave for work before anyone else in my family is awake so love notes are a nice way to connect (Continue Reading...)
Advice and Inspiration from Kathy Mack
I have been an admirer of Kathy Mack from Pink Chalk Studio for ages now and am so impressed by her recent post on laminated cottons.
I have been so excited to use these but have been a little intimidated. Kathy saves me, and you some time with her tips and tricks at her blog.
I’m feeling a lot more confident about trying some of the laminated cottons now and see a coloring/painting table cloth in my near future.
Block Party!
So, have you heard the news yet?
C&T is excited to announce an upcoming book with the popular online quilting bee, Block Party. The book won’t be out until Spring of 2011, but in the meantime Alissa Haight Carlton and Kristen Lejnieks are reformatting their quilting bee as a quilt-along and all of you can join in!
Alissa and Kristen have taken the classic quilting bee format and created a fresh, modern, online version with 10 other talented quilters: Mr. Monkeysuit, Oh, (Continue Reading...)
A Note from Acquisitions
When was the last time you read The Cat in the Hat? I think that my 4 year old can recite this entire book by heart. It’s his favorite.
I have been working on some wonderfully exciting new ventures here at C&T that I can’t wait to share with you in the new year. That’s the good news…no, that’s the great news! But I admit that lately I have felt like this:
If you have read The Cat in the (Continue Reading...)
