After a friend asked Georgie Munro from FishPetals Do Fly how to turn a product idea into a successful business, she decided to break the potential steps down for us all. Do you have a great product idea?
I’m happy to introduce my new venture, Craft Industry Alliance, a trade organization for craft professionals. Please read about our mission and consider joining our community!
Fiona Pullen, author of Craft a Creative Business, also runs the UK-based The Sewing Directory and Craft a Creative Business. She stopped by earlier this year with thoughts on how to cope with a sense of isolation when working from home, and now she’s back with a thorough discussion about whether it’s ever worthwhile to work for free.
What do you think? Do you ever work for free, and if so have you found it’s ever been worth your while? Or do you think working for free under any circumstances no matter how beneficial devalues the industry as a whole? Do you use any calculations to decide if it is worth taking an unpaid job?…
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Fiona Pullen, author of Craft a Creative Business, runs the UK-based The Sewing Directory. She gave us some excellent ideas for How to Cope with the Sense of Isolation When Working from Home earlier this year, and now she’s back to get you thinking about whether you are ready to run your own business and if you have what it takes to succeed…
More and more “gray market” and non-traditional fabric sellers are competing with online as well as brick & mortar businesses for sewing and quilting industry dollars. We might be getting a great deal on products, but at what cost? Both consumers and manufacturers need to do a better job of weeding out the sellers who threaten the viability of shops with strong business models–those who are growing the industry, contributing to a healthy economy, and providing customers with great products and service .
Fiona Pullen runs the UK-based The Sewing Directory and has a new book out chock full of excellent advice, Craft a Creative Business. To kick off the book’s US release she gives us tips for how to cope with the sense of isolation when working from home and offers up FIVE copies of the book for a giveaway!…
Abby Glassenberg is a sewing pattern designer, craft book author and teacher. She writes about small business and the sewing industry on her While She Naps blog. We appreciate Abby’s upfront discussions about the online sewing and craft industry, and we asked her to participate in our Sewing Resolutions series to help give us all a fresh start to the new year. If you own a creative business you may be setting work goals right now, and Abby’s tips for bookkeeping will likely come in handy!
Virginia Lindsay from Gingercakes, author of Sewing to Sell, stops by with her thoughts on pricing handmade items to sell. Plus there’s a giveaway!…
I recently had the pleasure of talking with Kathy Mack of Pink Chalk and Abby Glassenberg of While She Naps for Abby’s regular podcast. In it Kathy and I talk about running and closing our fabric shops, reinventing our businesses, and more. One of the things I brought up toward the end of the podcast was a bit of a ramble about following your passion to a point. I think it would be great to keep the conversation about doing what you love going here. Take a look and share your thoughts.
Wendy Buss from Thimblenest is an organized sewist! She showed you how to tame your stack of PDF sewing patterns and now she helps you sew multiple items quickly and efficiently…
Abby Glassenberg joins us to share how her business really started to take off with this little duck! Abby tells us a little about why you might want to turn your love of sewing into a pattern business, and gives you a glimpse into her new eBook on the topic…
It’s that time again when we reflect on the year and look forward to new goals and new beginnings! Tara Swiger joins us today to share some thoughts about how to propel your crafty dreams for 2014 into reality.
While writing for your blog, you need to keep two audiences in mind: your readers who already know and love you, and search engines who will help direct more readers your way. Luckily they both thrive off the same thing–unique quality content. Need some ideas for great content? Below are 20 proven types of blog posts that you can use once a year or every week. Fill up your calendar, stick to your deadlines and publish a blog you can be proud of.
Learn about the craft book publishing process with Susanne from C&T Publishing…
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