Designer Guidelines

Maggie’s Crochet
New Designer Guidelines

How would you like to partner with us on your designs?
Over the years I have sold hundreds of my crochet designs to
various publishers. I still think about some of these brilliant
designs as if they were long lost children that I put up for
adoption, never to be seen again. To prevent this from
happening to you, and to help you grow a business of your own,
I have come up with a ‘partnership’ idea.  This partnership
enables you to retain some publishing and distribution rights
so you don’t have to give up all rights to your designs.

This partnership provides you (the designer) with the technical
editing of your design and photos.  We then publish your design
on our website and you get the edited pattern and photo to
sell on yours - forever!

If you have created designs that are original, new, unique and
totally your own, you can possibly partner with us for extra income!

Guidelines & Process:
1. Email or mail clear, good-quality photos of your designs.
Include information on yarn, thread and any other materials used.
Also, include hook size(s) and finished size(s) of item or garment.
Include a self-addressed stamped envelope for the return of photos.
Please include a daytime phone number.
Email: designdepartment@maggiescrochet.com.
Mail: Maggie’s Crochet, PO Box 2227, Kernersville, NC 27285
2. Include your suggested design fee.
3. We may accept your design right away or we may ask you to send
samples for further review. From this point you can send
design ideas, swatches and or sketches.
4. If your original design is accepted we will send you a contract.
5. Once we have photographed and edited your pattern, we will send
you a copy of the PDF file and photo, enabling you to publish the
pattern and sell directly to crocheters, using our photograph
and the edited pattern. Our partnership will allow you the right
to sell the pattern on your personal websites such as Ravelry,
Patternfish.com, Etsy, etc. This partnership will enable you to
focus on designing while building your business and brand.
This agreement does not allow you to sell to any other publishers,
websites or yarn companies.

If Your Design Is Not Accepted:
We will return all materials to you. Please, please, please,
do not get discouraged!!  Over the years, as a designer,
I have received hundreds of rejection letters!!! Keep Trying! 
Watch our monthly Top Twenty newsletters and featured items on
MaggiesCrochet.com to see the types of patterns we are looking for.

We look forward to partnering with you!

Any Questions: Email: DesignDepartment@MaggiesCrochet.com
Phone:336-992-0054   Fax: 336-992-0059
705 Graves St. Kernersville, NC 27284