Sunday 30 December 2012

My First Published Article.....

I've been harboring a little secret, well trying to?  Seems like ages now, but way back beginning of August 2012, I was approached by Machine Quilting Unlimited magazine to do a 'little' tutorial on my Flourish wholecloth quilt.  

To be honest I was happy enough that this quilt won 3 ribbons on it's first outing at the Scottish Quilt Championships 2011 but was pleased to think others thought it worthy of further mention.

 I took it all step by step, have to say writing out the article was the easiest part,  uploading and sending 1500 words and 14 photographs was a little nerve racking but all went well even with our very slow archaic broadband connection.   All must have transferred over correctly and there were no rewrites, isn't technology wonderful?

Well, we got back from England late last night to find a hard copy of the magazine here on the doormat.  I am thrilled with the layout, it covers 6 pages, my photos look really great, what a pleasant experience!

You can buy your own hard copy or subscribe to downloads here at Machine Quilting Unlimited there are of course many more interesting articles, it's a fantastic magazine, one of the best 'WooHoo'!






17 comments:

  1. Wow!!! Congratulations!!! It couldn't have happened to a more deserving woman. Your blog is fantastic and your sharing of you work is soooo appreciated. You're truly an inspiration to us all.
    Maggie in Arizona (US)

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  2. Congratulations Kay!! This is very exciting news and I'm so happy for you. I think MQU is one of the best quilting magazines out there right now so to be asked to write an article is a wonderful.

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  3. Kay, congratulations and hugs!! Your quilting has really flourished since I have been following you! Now I can say "I knew you when...". Bravo!

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  4. A well deserved article. Congrats!

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  5. great looking forward to reading it when my copy comes in the mail....congrats

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  6. That's awesome!! I'll have to try and find a copy to see it.

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  7. Congratulations on being published....can't wait to see your piece in the magazine.....

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  8. Kay, it was great to open my magazine and see your article. I can't wait to try my own whole cloth! Thanks for such an informative article!!

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  9. Oh wow! Congratulations! How exciting!

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  10. Congratulations! Very exciting .....perhaps this is just the beginning. :-)

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  11. Congratulations Kaye - well done!!

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  12. Congratulations Kay and it is certainly a buzz to see your work in print. I am sure this will only be the beginning. Happy New Year.

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  13. love it - just arrived in the mail too :-)

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  14. Congratulations! How exciting for you! I just received my copy in the mail yesterday! Great job!

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  15. Congratulations Kay! I came home from a short holiday to find the magazine in my mailbox and I was thrilled to see your article. Great job! Can't wait for the next one ;)!

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  16. I got my copy yesterday and had a quick flip through but have penciled in a coffee and a curl up on the sofa tomorrow afternoon to really enjoy it. Well done Kay.

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