Author guidelines for Threads Magazine

The basics:
Threads is a bimonthly, how-to magazine celebrating garment sewing, design, embellishment, and machine and hand embroidery. We’re always looking for new authors to help us bring fresh, exciting ideas, techniques, and information to our readers. If you’ve never written anything before, don’t worry. We work with many first-time authors and are far more interested in your excellence in your craft and your innovative ideas than in your ability to spell or punctuate a sentence (that’s where our editors come in). We’re interested in articles about construction and embellishment techniques, materials, tools, and design. We want the magazine to include both classic and innovative techniques, which produce the best results in the most streamlined manner possible.

Our point of view
Our emphasis is on teaching techniques, developing skills, understanding finishing details, and providing ample inspiration to help readers begin to create their own uses for this information. We focus on providing the basic information readers need in order to sew successfully.

Threads presents casually elegant, beautifully constructed, wearable garments and accessories. We’re interested in exceptional examples of the techniques we present, whether their design is classic or cutting-edge. Because we feel that inspiring our readers is key, we work hard to create lively photography, illustrations, and layouts that enhance the technical information presented and make the magazine both accessible and a pleasure to read.

Article proposals
If you would like to write an article for Threads, start by sending us a proposal. Here’s what to include: a brief one- or two-paragraph summary of the article you have in mind; an outline of the ideas and points you’ll cover; sample photographs of work illustrating the topic (quick snapshots are fine) or supporting fabric swatches if you have them. The idea is to give us an overview of what you’re proposing with enough details and supporting information to help us carefully consider your proposal.

We would be happy to discuss article ideas with you. If you have questions, feel free to call us at 800-309-9262 (from outside the United States, call 203-426-8171). If you are ready to submit a proposal, you may send it via postal mail to the following address:

* Threads magazine
The Taunton Press
63 South Main St.
Newtown, CT 06470-5506

You may also email your proposal to th@taunton.com

All the guidelines can be found on the Threads website.