Not guilty! (Kerrie Allman mix up)
Quick post to try and correct anything out there in Internet land which may reference me and my e-mail address as being the publisher of failed, lousy craft magazine, Modern Quilting, before my honest reputation is damaged...I am not she, you're actually looking for Kerrie Allman, previously of All Craft Media. Here's why you might be getting mistaken...1) I indeed used to be a craft magazine editor - but my publication was Popular Crafts magazine which was published by MyHobbyStore but is now known as MyTimeMedia and I left a couple of years ago. Said magazine has been rebranded as Handmade With Love since. I also write for it's sister publication Popular Patchwork, but as a contributor only and not regularly.2) I like quilting too.3) I tried to set up a rival magazine last year called Fabricate, but I failed to raise the funding the project needed through Indiegogo. I never received the money because of this and Indiegogo refunded everyone back as their system does on a regular basis for other campaigns.4) I have posted previously praising Modern Quilting magazine and was even aiming to be a contributor (and several of my friends were, and weren't paid)- however I never got the last issue and I received a really shocking quality issue 5. This was pointed out in this blogpost.5) I am also called Kerry and live in the UK. But I spell my name correctly and I'm a northerner!6) I have been involved in internet discussions about said magazine and poor staffing, mostly on Ravelry which is where most of the craft spies inhabit ;)So, Internet land, I'm sorry (well actually, I'm not) but I'm not the conman you're looking for, here's a fab reference for more background info and to try and set you on the way to get your refunds, etc though I suspect it's too late and has properly liquidated by now...http://sewhappygeek.co.uk/index.php/tag/modern-quilting-magazine/Here's another fantastic link from someone doing great investigative work: http://pompoms.wordpress.com/kerrie-allman-a-brief-history/And because I can't blog without a picture, my Punctuation quilt has nearly finished being quilted!
