C&T Publishing Blog

Ankara, or African prints, have a language all their own. Many of the patterns have evolved over the centuries with specific names, stories attached to them, and, of course, t … read more

Hello! I'm Betty Ford-Smith, author of Pinecone Quilts, and I have held workshops in some unexpected places. Around the time I began the purple pine cone quilt, a woman asked me to teach he … read more

My best friend and I have been doing the handmade birthday gift thing since the mid-eighties. We were broke college students then but we both knew how to sew (Thanks, Moms!) so handmade was the only … read more

Hi my friends!One of life’s greatest pleasures is having great friends and family to visit with. Maybe sit and have coffee and cookies, or enjoy a mug of cocoa with cake. When creating the projects … read more

Think of all the things you take pictures of… people, places, plants, objects... Now imagine choosing one of these photos to make into a quilt. That is exactly what I did with the Oranges quilt you wi … read more