Advice Summarized from Quiltnet &rec.crafts.quilting
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 10:28:08
From: Marina
Yes, I have gotten quilts published. My best luck was with the smaller
magazines, like "Quilt World". For those, I wrote an article and took
photos of my quilt, drew up the pattern, and sent the whole thing in
"unsolicited". They pay about $25 per page for articles and more if they
use your photos. You must send really excellent slides, not prints.
Quilters Newsletter is deluged with unsolicited articles so it is much
harder to get published in that magazine.
For most magazines, it is best to send a letter describing what you
want to write about and ask if they are interested. Most magazines will
send you their editorial guidelines which you should follow if you wish
to get published. Many quilt magazine publish requests for certain types
of quilts, watch their issues for that info.
If you have made a quilt from one of the magazines' patterns, they are
often interested in publishing it but you will usually not be paid. Look
in the specific magazine for their guidelines. I had a quilt published
in Quiltmaker magazine, they didn't like my photo so they asked me to
mail the actual quilt to them, I was not paid but they reimbursed me for the
postage. I've also had quilts published in a couple of books, I was not
paid but I got a free copy of the book. You do these things for the
glory, not the profit :-) Even the ones that pay, may take several months
to send you a check--often they plan their articles months on advance
and you are generally not paid until the article actually appears.
The Oxmoor House series of books is always looking for quilts and quilters
to feature, write to them for their guidelines. They also like to find
groups and guilds that make quilts together.