ALL THE WRITE WORDS
All the Write Words—from an award-winning free-lance editor and writer...
That’s just what you’ll get when you enlist my services for your writing, editing, and copyediting needs.
Draw on my extensive publishing experience in fashion, sewing, quilting, and crafts to make sure that your information is presented in a professional manner, and in the style that your reader will understand and appreciate. How-to writing and technical editing are specialties.
Services include:
Contact me at barbara@joyofsewing.com or call (503) 892-8265 to discuss your project.
Give me the details and the deadline, and I deliver!
Book Publishers
Martingale & Co.,
That Patchwork Place,
www.martingale-pub.com
House of White Birches/DRG,
Palmer/Pletsch Associates,
www.palmerpletsch.com
Rodale Press, Inc.,
Smart Travel Press,
www.smartpacking.com
Krause Publications, Iola, WI
www.krause.com
Magazine Publishers
Sew News & Creative Machine Embroidery, CKMedia, Golden, CO
www.sewnews.com
www.cmemag.com
The Fabric Shop Network Newsletter,
www.fabshophop.com
Sewing Savvy, DRG,
American Quilter,
www.americanquilter.com
Corporate Clients
Independent Pattern Companies
Saf-T-Pockets Patterns,
www.saf-t-pockets.com
Clothes for You,
www.darlenemillercloz4u.com
Nutmeg Quilt Company,
“To me, a great editor is one who can improve my manuscript by 100% and leave me feeling like it is still my book. Barbara did it! Her attention to detail--
without being obsessive about it--
and her organizational skills
are truly amazing.”
Susan Foster, author
Smart Packing for Today’s Traveler
www.smartpacking.com
“I want you always for my editor. It is wonderful to work with someone who
is so professional!”
Judy Murrah, VP of Education for Quilts Inc. (www.quilts.com) and best-selling author of Jacket Jazz, Jacket Jazz Encore, More Jazz, & Quilt and Color Play
“Your projects are so creative and timely and your directions are so clear and easy-to-follow! I always look forward to seeing what you will come up with next!"
Karen Dillon, co-author of
Sew a Beautiful Wedding
“I was so impressed with your expertise when I first signed on to publish with That Patchwork Place.
I thoroughly enjoyed working with you and marveled at your abilities. Your high standards are lofty goals.
Carol Doak, best-selling author of
Easy Machine Paper Piecing; Easy Reversible Vests--to name just a few!
“I am thrilled with the job you did editing my book. You kept every one of my thoughts and ideas and re-wrote them so eloquently. I just love it! You are wonderful!”
Judy Simmons, fiber artist and author of Machine Needlelace
“Nobody knows how much you did to make a success of the first book in the International Quilt Shop Series published by
That Patchwork Place. We are proud of it and you should be too!”
Irma and Cees Eskes, owners
Irma’s Sampler,
Authored by Barbara Weiland
Secrets for Successful Sewing. Rodale Press, Inc.,
Clothes Sense; Straight Talk About Wardrobe Planning. (Co-author with Leslie Wood.) Palmer/Pletsch Publishing, 1984--a best-selling book with over 100,000 copies sold.
Serger Secrets. Rodale Press, Inc.,
Sewing Ultrasuede Brand Fabrics. (Co-author) Palmer/Pletsch,
Tailoring (Singer Sewing Reference Library). Cy DeCosse,
The Picnic Cookbook.
Plus
Hundreds of columns, how-to articles, fashion, and feature stories for SEW NEWS, Sewing Decor, Creative Machine Embroidery, Clotilde’s Sewing Savvy, McCall’s and Vogue Pattern magazines and the Serger and Sewing Update Newsletters.
Compiled & Edited by Barbara Weiland
Sewing Basket Fun, July 2005, House of White Birches,
Sew-Easy Designer Bags and Totes, January 2006, House of White Birches,
Sew-Easy Designer Pillows, July 2006, House of White Birches,
Easy Embellishments for Creative Sewing, January 2007, House of White Birches,
Sew It for Christmas, July 2007, House of White Birches, Oh! Christmas Trees, 1994, That
