Quilts: Editing Checklist

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Issue:

Quilt title:                                                                                        Patterns:

Spot check:

___Title(s) and subheads
*spelling
*style/wording consistency

___Folios

___Bullets/symbols and indents

___Step numbers
*consecutive order
*style: font, spacing, tabs, etc.

___Orientation: compare styled photo to QAD & flat photo

___Credits
___Designer
___Photographer
___Machine quilter

 

Materials list:                                                                                   Techniques:

___Order of fabrics same as order of use?

___Fabric uses (in parentheses) correct?

___Check sizes:
___Backing
___Batting
___Quilt
___Block(s)

___Phrases included for yardages, measurements, and pressing?

 

Cut Fabrics:                                                                                     Notes:

___Fabrics in same order as Materials?

___Fabric names match Materials?

___All pieces used during assembly?

___Size progression from large to small?

 

Diagrams (or how-to photos):

___Number order correct?

___Text reference for every diagram?

___Notes and measurements correct?

___Pressing arrows included where needed?

 

Assembly steps:

___Fabric names correct/consistent throughout?

___Measurements of pieces same as Cut Fabrics?

___All cut pieces, units, segments, etc. used?

___Finished sizes correct for blocks, units, quilt center, etc.?

___Step references correct?

___Subheads accurate?

___Units named consistently?

 

See also Quilts: Editing Guide.

 

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Quilts: Block names

Quilts

Check block names against Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns by Barbara J. Brackman.
• If a block is found in Brackman, capitalize it; if not lowercase it.
• If we can determine that a block has been formally named by a designer, capitalize it.

In addition, capitalize these block names:
• Corps of Discovery
• Courthouse Steps
• Four-Patch
• Nine-Patch
• Rail Fence
• Square-in-a-Square

Lowercase
• hourglass (the four-triangle square, not the Hour Glass blocks referenced in Brackman)

 

 

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Quilts: Cut Fabrics

Quilts

Cut fabrics in the order they’ll be used. They should be listed in cutting order in Materials.

Standard phrasing
Cut pieces in the following order.

Patterns are on Pattern Sheet 2. To make pattern templates, see Make and Use Templates, page 104.

Border strip measurements are mathematically correct. You may wish to cut your strips longer than specified to allow for possible sewing differences.

Cut border strips lengthwise (parallel to selvages).

From solid white, cut:
7—4″ squares, cutting each in half diagonally for 14 setting triangles total (you’ll use 12)

From solid white, cut:
7—4″ squares, cutting each diagonally twice in an X for 28 triangles total.

From each red print, cut:
4—4″ triangles, cutting each in half diagonally for 8 setting triangles each (you’ll use 30 of 32)

Enough 1″-wide bias strips to total 300″ (For details, see Cutting Bias Strips, page 104.)

To felt wool, machine-wash it with a hot-water-wash, cool-rinse cycle with a small amount of detergent; machine-dry on high heat and steam-press.

 

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Crafts: Book reviews

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Two models for the treatment of book information follow. Other formats are acceptable for particular audiences. Use consistent treatment within a publication, although you may choose to present the information within a story differently from how you handle it in a buying guide (e.g., omitting price in story-page references).

At Home with Herbs by Jane Newdick; Storey Communications, Inc., Schoolhouse Rd., Pownal, VT 05261; 800/441-5700; 1994; 224 pages; U.S. $29.95, Canada $41.95

Countryside, Garden & Table: A New England Seasonal Diary by Martha Adams Rubin; Fulcrum Publishing; 1993; $19.95

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Crafts: Credits

Crafts

Project designer credit
Used at the editor’s discretion to recognize a person who has designed a project.

Sewer/Fabricator/Workroom, Prop stylist, Photo stylist credit
These roles generally should not be credited on page unless the person’s work significantly contributes to the creative success of the project. (Exception: Freelance food prop stylists, who may be credited every time.)

Examples:

  • A sewer executes three pillows in predetermined fabrics and designs. No credit given.
  • A sewer is hired to create three window treatments in determined general styles. Sewer chooses fabrics, determines how fabrics will be combined on each treatment, executes treatments, adds trims, makes hardware suggestions. Credit may be given.
  • A sewer is hired to create a duvet cover in a given style with certain fabric, but then makes significant improvements in design or suggested technique. Credit may be given.

Food editor for nonfood magazines
A food editor may receive an on-page food editor credit for his/her work on stories in a nonfood magazine. When a food editor is assigned to do all the food for a specific nonfood issue that includes significant food presence, the food editor (staff or freelance) may be listed in the masthead, in lieu of on-page credit.

Credit for staff
Members of the Meredith art/editorial staff are eligible for produced by or project designer credit. However, the editor of a title should avoid repeated self-crediting within an issue; twice per issue is a suggested maximum. If you’re unsure about crediting a staff member, check with your supervisor.

Pickup credits
Credit photographers for all pickup photos.

Field editors are not credited for picked-up content.

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Crafts: Knitting, Crocheting, Tatting Abbreviations

Crafts

Use these abbreviations in instructions copy.
Do not punctuate or put in opposite typeface.

beg beginning
bet between
bl block
cc contrasting color
ch chain
cl cluster
cont continue
cr close ring
dc double crochet
dec decrease
dpn double-pointed needle
ds double stitch
dtr double treble
est establish (established)
hdc half double crochet
incr increase
incl including
k knit
lp loop
mc main color
p purl (knitting) or picot (tatting)
pat pattern
prev previous
psso pass slip-stitch over
r ring
rem remaining
rep repeat
rev sc reverse single crochet
rev st st reverse stockinette stitch
rnd round
RS right side
rw reverse work
sc single crochet
sk skip
sl slip
sl st slip stitch
sp space
sr small ring
ssk slip next two stitches singly to right-hand needle knitwise, insert tip of left needle through front loop of both stitches and knit together
st stitch
st st stockinette stitch
tog together
trc treble crochet
work even continue making the pattern over the same number of stitches without increasing or decreasing
WS wrong side
wyib with yarn in back
wyif with yarn in front
yf yarn forward
yo yarn over
yrn yarn ‘round needle
* repeat whatever follows the * as indicated
( ) work directions in parenthesis the number of times specified
[ ] repeat between brackets as indicated

 

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