So, I wanted to have a few working days under my belt before
I announced what, exactly, my big girl job is. If you look closely at the
picture above you can see that I am listed as a “Contributing Editor” for that
issue of McCall’s Quick Quilts. That is the freelance job I have been doing for
the last year. Well, my “big girl” job is that I am now and “Assistant Editor”
at McCall’s Quilting…OK…I kinda swoon a little bit just typing that.
Here’s my desk. I brought my quilt Miss Hannah in because that was my entry to the McCall's Design Star contest.
Already I can tell this job is going to be tons of fun. Just
this last week we had a sewing meeting. As in a SEWING MEETING !!!!!!! The
entire staff sat down and we sewed a quilt in about 2 hours. I can honestly say
that this has never happened to me before. I mean, seriously, how cool is that?
Here is a little bit about what we do. When we get ready to
start an issue, the quilts chosen for that issue show up at the office. This
alone is pretty darn fun because you get to see gorgeous quilts done in fabrics
that aren’t even for sale yet. And let me tell you, McCall’s has some really
top-notch designers. Here’s a shot of the quilts for the issue we just started
working on.
From here we have a big meeting to look over all the quilts,
discuss the various needs for the pattern writers and plan how the quilts will
be styled in photography. I participated in these meetings even as a freelancer
and they are fun!
After that the patterning editors (as in me) take the quilts
and start figuring out yardages and diagramming construction steps. What’s
great about this step for me is that it combines many of my engineering skills
with my quilting skills. I even get to use my calculator (be still my nerdy
heart).
AND if that wasn’t cool enough, another thing I have on my
desk is a giant set of colored pencils…because I get to color all my diagrams…swoon.
AND, I get paid for this!!!!!!
