The final black and white proofs ready for the printers.
I’ve finally done it!
Overnight and this morning I transferred all the files to my printers, and then all the files for the five other books I’m having reprinted at the same time! Only about a year later than I had originally anticipated.
What a HUGE amount of work this book has been. I have realised during this process that I am absolutely terrible at estimating how much time it is going to take me to do something. I thought this book might take a year to do, and as time has dragged on well past that year (to nearly two) I have on occasions become quite down about it. But recently I realised that this is the biggest book I’ve ever done, so of course it took a long time!
It has 160 pages, 3 pattern sheets, and 10 projects. It is the very first Hardanger book to include both left- and right-handed instructions (as far as I know, anyway!). The photo above shows the final black and white proofs, ready to go off to the printers. The actual book itself will be in full glorious colour, though.
I’m incredibly proud of it. And incredibly sick of it! Don’t get me wrong: I think this is one of the loveliest styles of embroidery that there is, but I’ve had quite enough of writing this book!
Over the next little while, the coloured proofs will come back to me for checking. This is the last point where any changes can be made. Hopefully I will find nothing that needs changing!
Then when all is approved, it gets printed. From there, the cartons of books get sent off around the world to me and my distributors. And then it gets sent out to retailers so that you can finally have it in your hot little hands!
In the next week I will get the page on my website ready for pre-publication orders. Thank you for your incredible patience in waiting this long. Only a few more months now, and you can have your copy. I estimate I will see my printed copies in about June (I’ll probably have more of an idea of that in the next few days) and then it will be a bit longer than that to get into the shops in various parts of the world.
HURRAH!!
White Threads is the blog of Yvette Stanton, the author, designer, publisher behind Vetty Creations' quality needlework books and embroidery products.
Congratulations!! Can’t wait to see it 😀
Thanks Jeanine! I can’t wait to see it either!
Well done, you! It is a well know thing that after you finish a book (and I suspect any major project), you have had enough of it. After I wrote my doctoral thesis, I couldn’t bear to talk about bones, Emden and the medieval period for quite a while. I am ok now :). Looking forward to order your book as soon as it is available. Have a nice day, Jessica
Thanks Jessica! Lovely to hear from you! I take my hat off to people who do doctoral theses. I cannot imagine being stuck on the one subject for 6ish years. 2 was quite enough for me.
Congratulations!
Thanks Rachel!
Congratulations! The cover is lovely! I’d love to see what’s inside.
Thank you Anne! In time, you will be able to see what is inside. 🙂
Douglas Adams, the writer, famously said “I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.” I’m glad that you were able to take the time you needed to finish the book to your satisfaction rather than rushing it to hit a deadline. I’m sure the book will be better as a result. And I’m sure you’ll get over being sick of it once the reviews and the comments from the readers come in.
Congratulations! There’s a huge amount of work in writing a book and seeing it through to publication. I don’t care what my credit card says, I’m buying this one! (BTW, do you know Janice Love’s books ‘Hardanger: Basics and Beyond’ and ‘Hardanger: Fundamentals Made Fancy’? They are written for right-handed stitchers but she includes some left-handed instructions.)
Am so looking forward to seeing what’s inside. With a beautiful piece on the front cover, it can only get better with each page, each project!
Thanks Elaine! Yes, I do have those books, but haven’t referred to them in years. I didn’t realise they have left-handed instructions. I’ll have to pull them off my shelf!
Thank you for your encouragement, Diane!
Great quote, Sue! With a little distance between me and it, I’m sure I’ll get over being sick of it too. There were just some pages that every time I arrived at them, I thought, “Oh, not you again!”
I look forward to seeing the new book! This is great news, not only for us, but I can see it’s a great relief to you as well 🙂 .
Thanks Gail. 🙂