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.
Do we have fun with fabric!
Recently, we had a leftover fabric give-away in the office! Mind you, this fabric will go into future C&T projects, but that doesn’t spoil the fun; it’s what I love about work. Did I say “work”? This was pure pleasure. Any dyed-in-the-wool fabric-holic knows what I’m talking about. We may not know for sure what project the fabric’s going in but that doesn’t mean we don’t need that fabric!
About 20 of us gathered around a table lined with fabrics, and (Continue Reading...)
Finally getting this top quilted
A bit ago, I blogged about having a few UFOs. Most of them are waiting for borders. Well, I’ve decided to forgo additional borders on this one and have it quilted as is. Ruthmary in Sales and Marketing is going to long-arm quilt it for me. Hooray – one UFO down!
My inspiration for this Ohio Star came from Piecing the Piece O’ Cake Way by Becky Goldsmith and Linda Jenkins.
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Company’s Coming by Karen Flamme
Have a hankering for a cupcake? Get your no-calorie ones here. We’re giving you another cupcake project–this one from Karen Flamme. For more cupcake fun, projects, and recipes, check out our book Cupcakes!
Company’s Coming
Made by: Karen Flamme
Finished size: 10” x 12 ½”
Cupcake Ingredients
Pink cotton fabric: 1 piece 9” x 10”
Brown with pink polka dot cotton fabric: 1 rectangle 4” x 10”
White cotton sateen: 1 rectangle 10” x 10”
Shiny silver fabric: 1 square 5” x 5”
Chocolate brown cotton: 1 (Continue Reading...)
Cherry Cupcake Dolly from Gladys Love!
Have you seen our new book, Cupcakes!? We’re kindred spirits with all the cupcake fans out there, so we’re bringing you yet one more cupcake project: a “Cherry Cupcake Dolly” from Gladys Love! Check out the book for another project by Gladys: the “Eat Dessert First Postcard.” Happy creating!
Cherry Cupcake Dolly
Made by: Gladys Love
Finished size: approximately 4 1/2″ tall
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Asilomar was Fantastic
Imagine a week of sewing each day for as long as you like. A week with all your meals prepared for you. A week among like-minded people who quickly become your friends. A week of sea breezes, ocean views, beach walks, and spectacular sunsets. That’s a week at an Empty Spools Seminar at Asilomar in Pacific Grove, California.
I went in April this year and had a better time than I can say. There was a little trepidation on my part; (Continue Reading...)
I’ve crossed over to the other side
My chorus was making a scrapbook for our retiring director. A page was requested from each of us. Augh! I’m a quilter – I’ve never worked with paper. What to do, what to do…hmmmm. Most of my friends were using photos as the foundation of their page. But I’m a relatively new chorus member and don’t have any photos of us yet. Hmmmm…what to do, what to do. I finally remembered my daughters’ 5th grade name acrostic projects. The teacher (Continue Reading...)
Dresden Plates Rock
I love Dresden plates, always have. Something about the symmetry appeals to me. I’d been planning to make one out of batiks since a shop hop two years ago. (Yes -two years! Actually, it might be three. . . .) At each shop on the hop, I purchased 3/8 yard of a batik or two or three. So I’ve a nice collection. When I got a chance to work on Anelie Belden’s new book Thoroughly Modern Dresden, I was excited (Continue Reading...)
What’s in YOUR cube?
Do any of you work in cubicles like a lot of us here at C&T? It’s always interesting to see what people choose to “post” on their cube walls. Wilderness scenes, maps, quilts (of course), stuffed animals, comics . . . .
Inside mine is a conglomeration of stuff. I’ve got two plants. (One of which I just noticed is dead and needs replacing-oops.) There are also pictures of family and friends, shells, a stuffed kitty with a pink nose (Continue Reading...)
Speaking of Ruth McDowell…
A few days ago, Lynn Koolish mentioned Ruth McDowell in her post. Lynn used some of the Ruth’s techniques to make the quilt, Silk Shibori. I took a class from Lynn at The Cotton Patch in Lafayette, and I’m currently finishing my own “Ruth quilt.” It’s an iris from Ruth’s book Pieced Flowers (which is currently out of print, but you can find here on Amazon).
As you can see from the photo, I found several purples that blended and used (Continue Reading...)
