My newest sewing article is out, and I thought it might be interesting to explain how the process works.
Almost a year ago, I sent Sew News an email with the picture above. I said I’d like to write an article explaining how to make these 3 pillows I was working on. After 3 weeks or so, they got back to me and said yes, I have the assignment. At that point they sent a contract detailing what they wanted (process photos, instructions, patterns, etc). They also gave me a due date and told me what they would pay me. I got to work.
Prior to the due date, I packed up the pillows and mailed them to the Sew News office for a photo shoot. I sent the article, patterns, and photos of the process via email. Months later, I got paid. Months after that, I got the pillows back along with the latest copy of Sew News magazine with my article in it.
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jodie richelle 
Congratulations! Fabulous job ❤ It’s a very long process isn’t it, getting published 🙂 Your pillows are very attractive and their styled photograph shows them off so nicely!
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Thank you, Pauline. If you look at my photo and theirs, it is pretty apparent why they go to all the trouble of shipping the items back and forth, lol.
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Ha-ha! I did notice that Jodie, we all need a personal photographic stylist! My photography style is definitely aim and shoot, I always feel others would make a much better job 🙂 With the cushions being gone for so long it must have been like seeing them for the first time for you – which is always a treat for the creator I think.
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So funny, Pauline – I was just commenting on your blog. : ) Yes – it was really exciting to see them again – just in time for Spring!
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Congratulations! These pillows are so pretty. Thank you for sharing the process of publishing.
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Thank you – and you’re welcome! : )
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Love the pillows and the layout!
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Thanks, mom – the idea came from that one I made for you. : )
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Congratulations – I never realised how much effort (and patience) went into an article like that.
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Thank you, sir. The magazines I write for take nearly a year from plan to publication. Some are faster, surely.
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Last time I wrote for a magazine they had no computers and were using black and white photography. You still needed patience when waiting for the cheque! 🙂
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Congratulations! And well done!
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Thank you, Judy. : )
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Very well done, Jodie.
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Thank you, Derrick.
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Thought you might like to hear about Rhonda’s kitten escapade.
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Rhonda Shaw > Date: April 15, 2018 at 8:11:42 AM EDT > To: Kathie Boop > Cc: Libby Sellen > Subject: Re: .?? > > Let me see how much progress I make tomorrow with work. Brought kittens home from neighbors and put in barn. Mom didn’t like it. She moved one outside under bushes. I carried the other 2 to help her out. After checking on them realized her young one from last year was also there delivering her babies! So the original mom is taking care of all. It is amazing. All very tame. Kids came to play with them. Worried about rain so made them a shelter. > > Sent from my iPad > >>
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