We are excited to invite you to contribute to our upcoming book entitled 101 One-Yard Wonders.
Inspired by the success of the One-Skein Wonders series for knitters and crocheters, we are expanding this approach to new, exciting projects for sewing enthusiasts like you! With this book, we are setting out to fill a need that so many of us have: what to do with that single yard of special, coveted fabric you bought on impulse.
For this collection, we're focusing on projects that take no more than one yard of fabric to complete. Yes, you can feel free to add trims, zippers, velcro, buttons, interfacing -- whatever additional stash stuff & notions might be necessary to complete the project. We only ask that your project uses one-- and only one--yard of a single fabric.
We invite you to contribute your original designs for home decorating items, baby items, personal accessories, toys, garments (for men, women, and children), outdoors, pets, seasonal projects ... whatever! The categories are open ended, and the possibilities are limitless!
We are pleased to be able to offer compensation to designers whose projects are selected. The deadline for submissions is August 31, 2008. Projects will be considered and selected as we receive them, so try to get them in sooner rather than later. The only stipulation is that your original designs may not have been previously published in a book or anthology.
If you would like to participate, you have a couple of different ways to submit your project idea(s)--the more the merrier!
1) If you have a completed project, send some good-quality photos of the item, along with a detailed description and the required submission information listed below, to oneyardwonders@gmail.com by August 31, 2008. Be sure to include your full name, email address(es), daytime and evening phone numbers, and mailing address. A short bio of yourself is optional, but encouraged. You can also mail these to us at:
One Yard Wonders c/o Crafty Planet 2833 Johnson St. NE Minneapolis, MN 55418
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2) If your project is just an idea right now, that's OK too. Send us a sketch of your proposed project, along with a detailed description (both as detailed as you can possibly manage) and the required submission information listed below, to oneyardwonders@gmail.com by August 31, 2008. Be sure to include your full name, email address(es), daytime and evening phone numbers, and mailing address. A short bio of yourself is optional, but encouraged. You can also mail these to us at:
If we select your design....
Remember, deadline is August 31, 2008. Please provide the following information with your submission: AboutYou.
Tell us about yourself.
If you have instructions written up already, provide them here.
Has your pattern previously been published? Is it currently or has it previously been available for sale? Describe. (Please note this will not necessarily disqualify your design from inclusion.)
If you send the completed item as your submission, we regret that we cannot return items that are not selected unless you include a self-addressed stamped envelope with your submission. Please note that selected items will not be returned.
We're hoping very much that you will want to be part of first One-Yard Wonder book, and look forward to hearing from you!
With best wishes,
Patricia Hoskins, Editor, One-Yard Wonders Rebecca Yaker, Editor, One-Yard Wonders Deborah Balmuth, Senior Acquisitions Editor, Storey Publishing
P.S. Feel free to pass this invitation along to other designing friends who may want to join in!
We don't currently have any way for you to upload photos through this form. Email any photos, illustrations, or other attachments to oneyardwonders@gmail.com. Thank you!