about - resumé

my resumé

CRAFT SERVICES, LLC, 1985-present: Independent author, editor, book producer/packager, photostylist; teacher and lecturer; PR & marketing consultant. Focus on quilting,
home-sewing, do-it-yourself decorating, keepsake crafts, innovative, fast and fun techniques.

Book Producer/Packager:

Rodale's Successful Quilting Library (RSQL) series, volumes 8-15 (Rodale, 1998-2002)

Hired, contracted, and managed editors, photographer, art director, quilt teachers as chapter-writers, samplemakers, illustrators, and models
Scouted talent and archetypical quilts to illustrate each major technique
Edited all copy and accountable for all content
Photostyled 15-20 chapter openers plus 150-300 step-by-step photos per volume
RSQL books have been consistent top-sellers and Crafter's Choice selections

Quilts To Come Home To, by Joy Hoffman & Darlene Zimmerman (EZ Quilting/Wrights, 2002)

Helped authors plan the book: quilt designs and text formats
Hired, contracted and managed photographer, art director, illustrator
Styled all photos, wrote/edited all copy, guided book design and production

Creations in Miniature: 101 Tiny Treasures to Stitch & Craft (Krause, 1998); Book of the Month Club (BOMC) - Crafter's Choice selection

Served as author, editorial manager, and photostylist, as well as book producer
Planned and designed half the projects, assigned others to artisans
Hired, contracted and managed photographer, art director, illustrator

Book Author:

Skinny Quilts & Table Runners (Martingale/That Patchwork Place, 2008)

15 projects from today's top designers, with names beloved in the quilting world
Eclectic collection of styles and techniques
Great for innovative decorating and high-impact gifts

American Quiltmaking: 1970-2000 (American Quilter's Society, 2004)

Researched the era extensively through published accounts and by conducting dozens of interviews with VIPs and celebrities in the quilt world
Collected hundreds of images, contracting all releases and permissions

The Parents Party Book, (Golden Books Adult Publishing Group, 1999)
Country Living Country Paint (Hearst/William Morrow, 1998); BOMC selection
Country Living Handmade Country (Hearst/William Morrow, 1997); BOMC selection
Halloween Fun, 101 Ways to Have a Safe and Scary Halloween (Berkley Press, 1993)
Country Living Country Quilts (Hearst/William Morrow, 1992); selling more than 100,000 copies in its first 2 years; reprinted in soft-cover in 2003
The Country Look and How to Get It (Hearst/William Morrow, 1991); a main selection of the Better Homes and Gardens Book Club and a BOMC selection
Great Little Quilts, 45 Crib and Doll Size Antiques, With Patterns and Directions, (Harry Abrams, 1990); a main selection of the Better Homes and Gardens Crafts Club and the Better Homes and Gardens Country Club

Writer:

"Scrapbooking, Cyberstyle," U.S. News & World Report, Sept. 13, 2004
"Close-Knit Cafés" (knitting cafés) U.S. News & World Report, April 18, 2005
“A Crafty Plan for Summer” (kids' crafts) U.S. News & W.R., June 20, 2005
“The New Knitting Cafés,” Yarn Market News, Issue #2, Fall 2005

Magazine Editor: (Short list of publications for which I held the senior position)

Country Accents Crafts & Crochet, Christmas Crochet, Christmas Crafts,
White Christmas Crafts, GCR Publishing Group, 1994-1996)
Woman's Day Crafts & Needlework (Woman's Day Special Interest Publications, 1995)

Book Editor: (Partial list)

The Quilter's Catalog, by Meg Cox (Workman Publishing, 2008)

Accidental Landscapes, by Karen Eckmeier (self published, 2008)

Asian-Inspired Quilts, by Lonni Rossi (self published, 2006)

Fast, Fun & Easy Fabric Bowls, by Linda Johansen (C&T Publishing, 2003); top-seller
Threaded Together, The Pink Ribbon Quilt Project (Crafter's Choice/Bookspan, 2002)
String Quilts with Style (American Quilter's Society, 1999)
Crafting with Flea Market Fabrics, by Deborah Harding (Reader's Digest, 1998)
Victorian Quilt Block Designs (Friedman/Fairfax, 1996)
Better Homes and Gardens Picture*Piece*Quilt series (Meredith Press, 1994-1995)

STAFF POSITIONS
Editor, McCall's Craft Books — 1984-1985
Editor/Dept. Chair, Needlework, Sewing, Crafts, Woman's World Magazine — 1981-1984
Copy Chief, Book Editor, McCall's Needlework & Crafts — 1979-1981
Production Editor, Woman's Day Special Interest Publications — 1977-1979

PUBLIC RELATIONS & MARKETING CONSULTANT
Quilt-Pro Systems: Researched and developed branding strategies and marketing recommendations for makers of quilting software— 2003-2004
Fujifilm: Manage and produce a PR/publicity campaign of photo-crafts projects for newspapers, magazines, e-newsletter and website — May 2004-present

LECTURER & TEACHER
Slide lectures, presented to quilt guilds, lecture groups, and museum-goers: — 2002-present

"Quilters Who Dared," "A Magical History Tour of Quilting," "Not for Mother's Day Only-Art Quilts That Pay Homage to Mom," "Memory Quilts," "Art Quilts to Make You Laugh or Cry"

Workshops for adults: — 1992-present

Quiltcampus.net online teacher: Button, Button, YOU'VE Got the Button, 3D Flowers, Embellishing with Buttons & Button-Making, Stenciling and Stamping, Fabric Bowls

Workshops for children:

Quiltmaking for Project Linus, Cool Crafts, — 1994-present

Fused Little Art Quilts, Embroidery

Religious school teacher, grades 4, 5, and 6 — 2002-present
Secondary school English teacher: Baltimore, MD and Glenolden, PA — 1973-1977

EDUCATION
Master of Arts in Teaching, Brown University, Providence, RI — 1973
Bachelor of Arts, Cedar Crest College, Allentown PA (cum laude) — 1972