A couple of markets ago, I was in the McCall's quilting magazines booth and one of the ladies there said to another, " oh, you need to meet Sandi, she's one of our designers." I felt like I had 'arrived'. One of THEIR designers, it was cool.
Well, I do have a quilt coming out in the next issue of McCall's Quick Quilts which ships out on the 17th of this month. This is special because it uses my line of fabric. They have named the quilt 'Split Decision', it's a perfect fit. I'll have kits for it my web site if you are interested. It's black and white with touches of green.
After that, I will have a block in the 100 Blocks by 100 Designers magazine which is put out by Quiltmaker magazine, this is also part of the McCall's group. They will be doing a blog tour of all the designers (that wish to) and the designers will be selecting reader that will get a free magazine. The only hitch is that you have to comment on the post. Easy enough.
Also, McCall's asked me to post the following note and link about a contest that looks exciting! Time is short but you never know, some of you may work better under pressure! I can't enter, bummer.
The McCall's Quilt Design Star™ 2012 contest has officially launched and is currently in the qualifying round phase, which continues through April 29, 2012. This year for the first time, the contest has 2 separate tracks for Amateur and Professional Quilt Designers. Don’t let the term Professional scare you…for the purposes of this contest, a pro is anyone who has ever received monetary compensation for an original quilt design. For example, if you’ve made money by self-publishing a pattern, making a quilt for a fabric company, or teaching a class based on your quilt design at a local shop, you’re a pro! Grand prizes this year include a sewing machine (a Pfaff quilt expression™ 4.0 with toolbox in the professional group and a Viking Sapphire™ 875 Quilt in the amateur group) and $500 cash to the winner of each group. Winning quilts will also be featured in McCall’s Quilting magazine.
http://www.mccallsquilting.com/contests/Quilt_Design_Star_2012.html
Happy Quilting,
Sandi
Congradulations on your block in the 100 Blocks!!
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to seeing your block in the 100 blocks mag. Thanks for having this giveaway.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you have been busy and congratulations on being recognized for all your hard work. The 100 blocks issue is going to be a great one and I'm so anxious to get my hands on one!
ReplyDeleteThe blog tour is great, I am really enjoying it!
ReplyDeleteI love this 100 Blocks tour, really neat "meeting" all the designers and seeing how their minds twist and turn when they design. Would love to win a copy of the magazine
ReplyDeleteOoops, did you know your were part of the blog tour on April 30 - around May 3? Or maybe they intended to send us to your website? Sure would love to see some of your work.
ReplyDeleteHi, a new blog is up now, it's short but it's there! Sorry for the delay!
DeleteWould love to win a copy of the magazine. Congratulations on your block!
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