I have so much to SAY!! And it’s crazy that the only reason I get to say anything is because Bama dog has a hurt foot and isn’t getting a walk tonight as a result. Two huge work projects of mine have been completed and I couldn’t be happier about my experience at the Spring Quilt Market trade show in Minneapolis or with C&T Publishing’s Fall 2010 catalog. I’m going to talk about the catalog in this post and maybe get to Spring Quilt Market later on…doubtful though.
First, you can download the catalog and the other Fall 2010 seasonal print collateral pieces I’ve been working on from this page. All the images in this post can be clicked to enlarge.
I know print collateral is so ten years ago, but you have to understand my industry. Loyal, longtime customers of ours and even some of our authors, exist without the internet, and many many more of them still prefer print over digital. Our catalog is our lifeline to entire communities, like the Amish for example, and we won’t ever deny access (or marketing) to such contributors to the craft. After all, a google search for “amish quilt” brings up 219,000 results and the Amish aren’t even online! OK, the rebellious ones might be online, but those Amish probably aren’t the Amish that are big into quilting and have been on our mailing list for 20 years.
Although five Stash Books titles were published in the first half of 2010, the new imprint was officially launched with this catalog. The cover images all came from Fall Stash titles, and if you flip through the first pages of the catalog you will see that Stash Books is heavily celebrated. Here are a couple of page excerpts.
Now, here are a couple of upcoming C&T Publishing titles (as in, these are not part of the Stash Books imprint) by new C&T authors that I am excited about.
All three of these new C&T Publishing/ Stash Books authors have GREAT blogs where they post their work. If you want to see what’s on the cutting edge of modern quilting, check their links:
This 80-page catalog includes close to 400 books and products for quilters, sewers, crafters, mixed media artists, scrapbookers, knitters, and wanna-bes. It is hitting the streets as I write this – can you believe I start working on the next catalog for Spring 2011 in just a few weeks!?!