Fresh on the heels of our astoundingly successful Stash Books imprint, C&T Publishing is excited to announce the creation of FunStitch Studio, a children’s books imprint that strives to instill a love of handmade in the next generation. This imprint’s tagline says it all: “Stitch Your Art Out.”
Our goal is to nurture new sewists, embroiderers, and quilters with accurate, inspirational, educational, and easy-to-use ideas and projects.
Six titles aimed at 8- to 14-year-olds will be published annually and feature 300+ color photos and illustrations, including step-by-step project photos, many showing the young sewist at work. The first title will be released in March 2013.
“We Love to Sew” written by Annabel Wrigley will be our first release for FunStitch Studio!
Each title will include a skill-building component that will teach them how to be confident creators.
Join us in offering kids and parents an opportunity to step away from a screen and make something handmade – today.
Click the link below to see a little video of our booth at CHA!
Launch of FunStitch Studio at CHA 20122012
Doesn’t this look amazing?! Share you thoughts and you could be the winner of We Love to Sew once it is released on March!
The giveaway – To enter to win a copy of We Love to Sew, leave a comment here telling us what you think about our new baby – um – I mean imprint! Deadline to enter is 01/21/13. The winner will be drawn at random from the comments section and will be notified by email. Our winner’s name will also be listed here as an update to this post. *Note: Only entrants with U.S addresses are eligible to win this book. Winners with addresses outside the U.S. will win the e-book version!
1/22/13 UPDATE: Gail is our winner – Congratulations!
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I am so excited to hear about this imprint! My daughter is going to love it…as she wants to sew “just like her mom” Thanks for the chance to win!!!
Adorei!!!Me deu uma saudade do meu tempo de infancia e pré-adolescencia,quando (obrigada por minha avó)fazíamos aulas de bordado,tricô,crochê e aplicações em roupas,como shortes e camisetas.Para ir era uma guerra,eu não queria,mas minha avó e minhas irmãse primas davam força e na volta era só alegria.Na oura semana era a mesma estória…..Parabéns pela iniciativa.Ensinei para minhas filhas o que eu aprendi,e elas fazem um pouco de tudo.Beijos.
This is wonderful. I taught art for many years and I tried hard to incorporate some sewing into the grade levels. I think you’ve hit on something very important. I learned to sew on my grandmother’s treadle singer. But now, the extended family and, most importantly, the kind of quality time it takes to show someone how to sew with love, just isn’t available in many people’s lives. Good for you!
This is GREAT! Thanks for the giveaway!
I love this idea, can’t wait to see the books, my 8yr old sat watching me sew yesterday and was asking ‘what can I make?’ this looks like it will be ideal for her. Thanks!
LOVE IT! My 12yo daughter is going to have a great time with this book. Can’t wait to see more of this line!
Way to go, Stash Books!
Love it!
Thanks for the giveaway!
My nieces both want to sew, because their grandmother does. They would love to have this book!
My girls will love this! They made quite a few thing this summer and enjoyed using the sewing machine too. Thanks for giving the next generation a head start!
I think this is a tremendously good idea! I have two nieces in that age group and will be happy to share this book with them.
This new imprint sounds great.
Sounds so great!! Wish this was here when my girls were little – seems like a big help for us moms who want to keep the love of the arts going. Thanks for the chance to win this book!!
Fantastic!!!
I think this is a wonderful idea. Kids today need encouragement to try new things and get away from the mindless electronic stuff they spend time on in order for their brains to develop properly.
This looks like a great book for me to use when working with my granddaughters and their sewing projects
This look like a great book. I can’t wait to get my hands on one!
My grandchildren will love sewing books geared to their style and age.
everything that teaches to learn sewing or crafting is really welcome, even for older people…
I am italian, so I run for the e-book ^_^
thank you so much for this nice opportunity
P.S. why don’t you pick up two winner names, one for the “real” book and one for the digitaò one? it could be motivating!
Finally!
I’ve yet to meet a child that didn’t want to learn how to sew! And yes that includes boys too!!! Granted they are into more outdoorsy things for camping, exploring, hunting and fishing but they do love to sew!
im really looking forward to this imprint. my 7 year old is so ready to start stitching! she is creative, but needs some guideance! thanks so much
Thank you for introducing your new book imprint. I’ve been considering what would be the next sewing project for my great granddaughter as I’m teaching her to sew. This book sounds like it could be helpful. One consideration as you release books is ensuring the project instructions can be used by left handed children such as my GGD. Thanks for the chance.
I am so glad for this new book,,i have five daughters..and we do craft night twice a month,,no children/babies they stay home with their dads and I get to spend quality time with my dtrs and we do crafts..sew on machine..all kinds of crafts..just getting to spend time with them makes me a happy camper..ages ranging 38 yrs old to 18 yrs old..
What a fabulous idea. My 7 year old granddaughter is anxious to learn how to sew but I don’t know where to start! This looks like it will be a great resource.
This is a wonderful idea. My nieces and great nieces (and maybe nephews too) will love these. Thanks.
What a wonderful idea. With 7 grandkids under 5, I’m hoping that some of them will want to create with Gramma. Hope there will be projects for boys as well.
This loks like a great book!
I really liked your new imprint. This is our exact target audience. It’s really important to include boys and projects for boys. The only negative comment I had was that it could have used a boy on the cover. Boys may not want a book that only shows girls in the pictures.
I **LOVE** your quote, “…step away from a screen and make something handmade – today.” I am quilter with an 8 year old granddaughter. Kids are ‘addicted’ to computer stuff! We sewed gifts together at Christmas. Her attention span for sewing was about an hour, then she said she wanted to go home (next door). I asked her, “Why? What would you be doing at home?” She told me about her hand-held computer game. I suggested she go get it and bring it over. During the little moments while I re-threaded the machine or set up another project, she ‘gamed.’ It allowed us to sew for hours. She could NOT step away from the screen…! I celebrate your new imprint to encourage young sewists! HappyThankYouMorePLEASE (my fav movie!)
I have long waited for appropriate stitch projects for this age group. I can ‘t wait!
How absolutely thrilling!! I’ve been nurturing young ones in crafts for years and there have never been really good books out there to pass along. This is so exciting!! And the generational results could be just what this world needs in terms of slowing down and creating, especially with our youth. You definitely know there are budding artists, jewelry makers, sewists, and so on out there just waiting for that creative spark to light. If you publish, they will come…:). Bravo, C&T…what a winner you are in the craft publishing world!
I think this is great way to invite younger learners into the joy of stitching of any kind. I’d really love to have this book to help launch our new programs plans for our guild this year!
I’m so excited about this. My daughter is just learning how to sew!
Love this !!!! Wish they had something like this when I was young, hope to encourage grandchildren to learn to sew and craft. Thanks.
“We Love to Sew” is perfect for my grand-daughters and grand-nieces. They will have great fun with new ideas and instructions to sew their favorite girly things. Can’t wait to get my hands on copies for them. Thanks for the next winner! I am a quilter and a huge fan of your books.
The comfy quilt I made for my niece this holiday season has inspired her to sew. She’s 8 and her parents bought her a gimmicky child’s sewing machine as a present, but its been impossible to thread. I think they, as parent,s will benefit from the FunStitch titles to help guide the purchase of supplies and equipment.
I think it is a great idea. We need to teach the younger generation to keep the arts alive.