The process for having a quilt published in a magazine can easily take 6 - 12 months from when the call for submissions is received, preliminary designs are submitted, accepted contracts are signed, the sample quilt is made, instructions are written, everything is submitted to the publisher who then edits, photographs, lays out and prints the publication. Wow, that's a lot of steps and I'm sure I have forgotten some!
And during this time, the project is on the hush-hush ... which is why so many designers post "secret sewing" photos of random blocks with the promise that it will be really cool when it's done. It's why when someone pops into my studio, I warn them with "you don't really see that quilt on the wall!"
Earlier this week, my Oh Christmas Tree wall hanging came back from the publisher. The pattern is the Winter 2017 issue of Quilter's World magazine which is arriving in mailboxes and hitting the newsstands right now.
The quilt is playful twist on a traditional quilt block - my favorite thing to design! And is a perfect way to use up some stash greens.
I hope you enjoy it and I would love to see the version you make of it.
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