Although International Quilt Festival: Quilt Scene made its red carpet debut at the International Quilt Festival a couple of weeks ago, today it celebrates its World Premier on newsstands around the globe!
Assembling this publication was a labor of love for all involved--both our team here at Quilting Arts and the dedicated staff of Quilts, Inc., who put on the International Quilt Festival. In honor of this magazine's newsstand birthday, I have some behind-the scene pictures...
Louie, my Min Pin (who, by the way, is a total poser) tried to get in on the Quilt Scene action by jumping up and sitting pretty on this haystack alongside Brandon Mably's and Liza Prior Lucy's quilt. (Louie was a little miffed he didn't get a chance to model in this year's Quilting Arts GIFTS issue.) Sorry it didn't work out, Lou, but you're still featured in the digital subscription ad!
Dickens (my Maine Coon mix who weighs nearly 30 lbs.) notices how the quilt creates a little nook for him to hide inside the bales. (Don't even think about it buddy!) Side note: In the end, we didn't use any of the hay shots for this quilt as we felt they were a little too country for the look we were trying to achieve for this publication.
Above: We hauled an antique brass bed down the stairs to our living room, moved some furniture and folded up the rug, and got some really nice shots of Sarah Fielke's "Dotty Garden" quilt, the main cover image:
But one of the best parts of the shoot was having a visiting baby! Above baby Violet Rose Hudson poses for our amazing photographer, Larry Stein. Violet was such a happy, delightful baby and she did a great job posing for Patricia Bravo's "My First Play Mart" article. Many thanks to her mother, Briana Flemig, and Violet's aunt for taking the trek down to the Boston area for this photo shoot.
And one of the funniest moments of the shoot was getting the alpacas to stand still for Terry Grant's fabric birds article...
This video tells the story...
We really hope you enjoy our new publication!