Authors/Illustrators Bio/Imprint: The SoTA Sisters from the Land of Arts...The Elder (Jody) and her five sisters...Kathy, Elaine, Cindy, Rhona and Sherry..
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We all met at Rhona's to work on our first attempt as a group of publisher for our own book....And it (like all of us) is one of a kind...Rhona was development Editor...She is pictured here editing picture of quilts we have exhibited at the Twelve Months of Christmas Shoppe....
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The first draft is followed by rough drafts, which are unpolished versions. Cindy is laying out the first draft...this is what is called . Altered Board Book. Our Catalog Kathy... came up with the design for the board book...
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Jody and I are making what-knots to bind the book together...
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Sherry the Layout coordinator... placing the pictures.. of years past quilts...we had exhibited for the Christmas Shoppe...on each page..
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The printed story is Truth with a touch of Fantasy/ Fiction: we cut it into paragraphs and placed on each page with the pictures...Rhona took a picture of the front of the shoppe and we placed it on the front of the book...
I do believe there will be an upcoming Press Release of this one of a kind gift giving with pictures...Sorry but will not be found in Barnes and Noble as it is now OP/Out of Print...:0
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