It was an exciting moment for me when the new issue of Simply Crochet Magazine popped through our letterbox and landed on the doormat! I actually felt quite overwhelmed (in a good way!) For not only do I have a design published in there but I’m also mentioned in the contributors section and have a full back page feature too!! For me that’s just so exciting! 🙂 🙂
I designed these trims which can be used for all kinds of edgings or borders…
As always when designing for magazines, these were on my hooks many months ago and I hadn’t seen them since sending them in. So to see them in print and attached to some jeans as intended is really great. 🙂
I’d been contacted by the magazine quite a few weeks ago to say they wanted a photo and a quote for the contributors section. What to use as a quote?! That became quite a family discussion with all kinds of suggestions flying around…
…until I settled with “Oh I do like to crochet beside the seaside!” 🙂 Of course I could have said “crochet makes me happy”, or “i love crochet” or “crochet has taken over my life – in a good way!” but somehow the fun quote which my husband actually suggested (!!) seems to sum it up and link back to my coastal inspired themes… 🙂
And finally the most overwhelming moment was when I turned to the back page and saw that I was in the ‘Hooky Treasure’ feature! I’d previously been approached by the magazine to take part in the feature but I didn’t know which issue of the magazine it would be in, so to have it in issue 71 together with a design, is pretty special! And my Dad said the loveliest thing when I told him – he said “you know you’ve arrived when you’re on the back page in a magazine!’ 🙂 That was special… xx
This project is so special to me in so many ways which is what I talk about in the article… I am so happy with the write up! 🙂 🙂
So there you have it… I hope you don’t mind me sharing this exciting moment with you… for those of you lovely people who have followed my blog for a long time, you’ll know that this is quite an achievement for me! Thank you so much for your kind words and encouragement…
Happy Crocheting Everyone… 🙂 🙂