Whew! Graywood's third quilting book, Potholder Play, was sent out to the printer yesterday. We made our deadline! Now we'll see the first proofs early next week. Our preparation for the proofing stage has been careful and this is our third book. Hopefully, we'll have a minimum of changes and can move to the blueline stage right away.
Our books are marketed at Quilts, Inc.'s International Quilt Markets which are held twice a year. At the three day Market we meet with customers, take orders, display our products, network with other supplier to the quilting industry, and get a sense of where the industry is going. Many shops throughout the U.S. and Canada carry our books and patterns. In addition, our products can be purchased through our website, http://www.quiltinpigeon.com
So, what happens next is this. We see actual color printouts of all the pages and covers. We make corrections and additions; we try to catch any color correcting of photos that we know will be needed. Our changes are overnighted to the printer; they send another proof. The process goes on until everything is right. Then we see a final blueline proof and approve the printing.
If all goes well (and it should) our third quilting book will be here in mid-May. That will be quite an accomplishment -- three books since May of 2006. Can you tell I'm proud of the work?!
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