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.
C&T Plant-A-Tree-Fund
Late last year C&T’s Green Team partnered with three outstanding organizations to help offset the ecological cost of creating and shipping books. We created a new product titled C&T Plant-A-Tree Fund and let our customers know that by donating $1.00 to the C&T Plant-A-Tree Fund, we will forward 100% of all donations collected, split into equal payments, to these three non-profit organizations:
American Forests Trees, Water & People The Nature Conservancy – Plant A Billion Trees
So far we’ve raised about $250 and while (Continue Reading...)
Great New eBook Titles in the Download Store
For anyone who loves hard-to-find quiltmaking books you will be pleased to learn that we’ve recently added several more titles to our Download Store.
Many classic titles are now available again for your viewing pleasure at great prices. In the past two weeks we’ve added titles from many of your favorite authors, including Velda Newman, Harriet Hargrave and Sharyn Craig, Freddy Moran, Hari Walner, Sally Collins and many more.
As with all of our downloads, once you complete the purchase through paypal, (Continue Reading...)
Weekly Giveaway: Timtex
You may recall a post we made last year about the return of Timtex. We’re now selling bolts of Timtex to quilt and fabric stores and just recently created a craft pack which contains a 13.5 inch x 22 inch cut of Timtex.
Up next for our weekly product giveaway is our new Timtex Craft Pack. We’ve seen some great bags and postcards made with it, and we’re curious to hear what you are making with Timtex.
Post a comment below and (Continue Reading...)
One-Sided fast2fuse on Sale
Once in a while a mistake by one of our manufacturers turns into an opportunity for you.
Each time we receive a shipment of fast2fuse into our warehouse, we run it through a random inspection to ensure quality. Prior to shipping any orders we gather several random bolts which we cut, fuse and test.
On a recent order we discovered the entire shipment of both standard and heavyweight fast2fuse didn’t fuse right. It fused great on one side, but didn’t fuse on (Continue Reading...)
Visit C&T’s new eBook and Download site
We are really excited to announce that Casey just put the finishing touches on the new C&T eBook and Download site yesterday. This is where you can find all of our eBooks and eProjects we’ve published over the past 3 months. We will be adding many more titles in the coming weeks, so please check back often.
The site is easier to navigate and find what you’re looking for. We’ve added a nifty feature that allows you to preview a book (Continue Reading...)
Do-It-Yourself Framed Quilts eBook by Gai Perry
Do-It-Yourself Framed Quilts Gai Perry
9 small quilt projects—great for quick gifts & home decor!
$12.99 PDF 80 pages, Color
Learn Blendable Curves with Peggy Barkle
Spending time with Peggy Barkle at Quilt Market was a blast. Here she shows off her new technique, aptly named after her book, Blendable Curves.
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Timtex, where have you been?
Recently we announced that Timtex will be returning to the market. I thought you might be interested in an abbreviated behind the scenes story of how this came to be. Thanks to Stacy Sews for the mention and for giving me the idea to post about this.
Travel back in time with me to the year 2003.
Before fast2fuse was introduced, most quilters and crafters used Timtex to create a variety of dimensional projects. Then in October 2003 Linda Johansen (Continue Reading...)
