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Giddiness!

Wowie zowie…. OK… I am so excited that I can’t believe it and had to share before I explode…….Art quilter makes good! I have two projects in Lark Books’ forthcoming book “Creative Quilting with Beads.” I was trying to track down how Quilt Divas, the local quilt shop in Rockland, Maine, can order it at wholesale (we’ll do a book signing and class), so I was on the phone with Lark’s customer service. While speaking to the rep, I remembered Amazon has had a lot of other list-members’ books online before publication date / available for pre-order, so I looked up this book……
Creative Quilting With Beads
MY PROJECT IS ON THE COVER!!!!! At least, the cover that is on the Amazon listing. We’ll hope that it stays the same… I can’t BELIEVE IT……. Me?????!!!!!!! I know that sometimes covers change, but still…… I’ll have to wait until publication to share my own pics of the notebooks and other projects from the Frayed Edges that are included (Lark has first publication rights, including even little old blogdom.)

Anyway, yes, I will have the book available for sale on my website when it is out mid-May-ish (release date is nominally May 6th, but we know those dates slide in both directions). I won’t be able to come close to offering the price Amazon can (it’ll be list price), but I can offer signatures! Eight of the 25 projects are by my mini-group the Frayed Edges, so thought I’d ask them to sign a bunch of copies so folks can have signatures from Kate Cutko, Kathy Daniels and me. (Of the five of us, 4 have projects in the book…3 of the 4 of us with projects in this book; Hannah was right in the middle of selling her house, moving and traveling to adopt a daughter in China at submission deadline, so obviously she was a bit too busy for book projects!) WOOOOHOOOO!

This project is a notebook cover…. I did two versions. This one fits a composition notebook, so it is vertical orientation. The other one is also pomegranates but with lime green and yellow for the table and wall and fits a 6×9 ish (whatever the standard size is) sketchbook / journal with a horizontal format. I chose those two items since they are standard size here in the US and readily available, but it would be easy-peasy to adapt the pattern to other shapes/sizes.

Anyway, I just HAD to share….now I can’t wait more than ever to see the finished book!

12 Responses to “Giddiness!”

  1. joyce Says:

    Congratulations! It’s easy to see why they put that piece on the cover. It’s beautiful.

  2. Maria Peagler Says:

    Sarah –

    Congratulations on being a cover girl! You need to commemorate your quilt being on the cover. Get a book cover and have it mounted and framed. I have seven published books and it’s easy to just shelve them and not have a lasting memory of them. Celebrate girl – you deserve it!!!!

  3. Jen Buettner Says:

    Oh Sarah, that is beyond AWESOME! I may just have to ask you for an autographed copy since you’re the cover girl!!

  4. natalya Says:

    congratulations! loove the pomegranates..

  5. Karoda Says:

    Sarah, I placed this on my wish list! How cool that your work is on the cover!

  6. Beverly Says:

    Congratulations, that is great news! It looks like 2008 will be a great year for you!

  7. Caitlin O'Connor Says:

    And to think, we knew you when… LOL! CONGRATS to you and the other frayed edges – WELL DONE, you clever and hard working lot, WELL DONE!

  8. Deirdre Says:

    I know you will be selling this, but I pre-ordered from your Amazon link – between their discount and the preorder special it was almost 40% off. even still I can’t wait to get it!

    Love the detail of your quilt. So how big was this piece? Is it just a portion or is it the whole quilt?

    Congrats again!
    😀 eirdre

  9. dee Says:

    You’re more famous…you’re more famous(you were always famous to me. This is the coolest thing and that is a beautiful piece. Doing a Happy Dance for you Sarah. It’s only what you deserve. w00t!

  10. Judi Says:

    CONGRATULATIONS Sarah!! Judi

  11. Joy Says:

    Congratulations hope to purchase one soon Joy in Australia

  12. denise aumick Says:

    Hi Sarah,
    Congrats on your cover shoot. Very appropriate for a *star*, you know….
    Denise