INTRODUCTIONS

Writing Magazine presents a selection of current submission calls from craft textiles publishers. We strongly recommend that you read back issues, familiarise yourself with their guidelines before submitting and check websites for submission details.

Love Patchworld & Quilting is a modern quilting magazine edited by Lorna Slessor. It features step-by-step projects for quilters at every skill level. Most of the magazine consists of quilt patterns, so it’s very instruction heavy. Commissioned content includes a column, which is always written by a quilter from the modern community, and occasional features that are usually written by quilters too. Lorna would consider contributions from writers if the right feature was pitched. All written content is paid.

Details: email: lovequilting@immediate. co.uk; website: www.gathered.how/ magazines-love-patchwork-and-quilting/

Love Embroidery, edited by Rachel Wood, gives modern stitchers all the information they need to create fresh, contemporary embroidery projects. Approx 80% of the content is project-based, so these tend to be physically designed and stitched items with instructions and step-by-step photos. Rachel is always happy to hear from new contributors who are able to not only write instructions clearly but also physically make the items.

Love Embroidery also has regular interviews, designer profiles and occasionally one-off features that come from pitches. Rachel welcomes pitches from freelancers, but asks them to bear in mind the incredibly niche nature of the craft covered by the magazine – for example, if you approach with a pitch about cross stitching or crochet, they simply won’t be interested, even though it might seem like a similar craft. All written content is paid.

Details: email: Love.Embroidery@ immediate.co.uk; website: www.gathered. how/magazines-love-embroidery/

Embroidery: The

Textile Art Magazine is published six times a year and edited by Jo Hall. Its readership is professional textile artists, makers, designers, students, teachers, students, curators, gallerists and enthusiasts. Content covers contemporary embroidery within the contexts of art, craft, fashion, design and culture,and historical and world textiles. Every issue features artist profiles, artist essays and reviews of the latest textile books and exhibitions. Embroidery does not include projects or how-to articles. Pitches are welcome for features up to 1,000 words and reviews up to 500 words.

Details: email: johalleditor@gmail.com; website: embroiderymagazine.co.uk

Making Stories is an independent, print and digital knitwear design publisher with Hanna Lisa Haferkamp as its CEO. It’s all about knitting sustainably and telling stories about makers and companies who work in sustainable and ethical ways. Each issue of Making Stories includes patterns and also creative content from diverse voices (essays, poems, short stories) around the issue’s theme. The August issue was ‘Campfire’ and the next call for submissions will be for the Spring/Summer issue for 2023 which will open early next year. Accepted submissions are paid.

Website: www.making-stories.com

Crafts Beautiful, edited by Jessica Elkin, is the UK’s most popular magazine for hobby crafters, covering a wide range including card-making, stitching, papercraft and knitting. The magazine only features a handful of written pieces per month which are managed by the editorial team, but Jessica is always keen to hear from new project designers with examples of their work. Accepted project ideas are paid for.

Details: email: jessica.elkin@aceville. co.uk; website: www.crafts-beautiful.com

Love Sewing, edited by Bethany Armitage, is the UK’s leading sewing magazine, aimed at sewists and dressmakers of all skill levels. Each issue includes patterns, projects, and Bethany loves to showcase new sewing techniques, in-depth features and interviews relevant to the dressmaking community and sewing projects aimed at confident beginners and beyond. She encourage writers or sewing project designers to pitch projects. The fees are dependent on the type of project or written feature.

Details: email: letters@lovesewingmag. co.uk; website: https://craftworld.com/cms/ love-sewing/