Download or read book How to Start Maintain a Profitable Sewing Business written by Becky Reed and published by Innovations Press. This book was released on 2006-01-04 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to market your sewing skills and build a profitable sewing or craft business.
Download or read book Marketing Your Sewing Business written by Barbara Wright Sykes and published by Collins Publication. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Project Teen written by Melissa Mortenson and published by C&T Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please the pickiest tech-savvy teens and tweens with these 21 trendy projects you can sew. Most of us would agree that sewing something that teens will like is, without a doubt, a challenge. In Project Teen, Melissa Mortenson, sewist and mother of three teenagers, shares not only her 21 teen-approved designs, but also invaluable tips and tricks for sewing for this unique (a.k.a. picky) age group. Whether you make a stylish tech cover, a cushy study pillow, or a personalized quilt, your teen will love these handmade gifts as much as you love them. • 21 projects, specifically for teens and tweens (ages 11+), including quilts, T-shirts, tech covers, totes, accessories, and so much more • Lots of inspiring ideas and designs for the perfect gifts • Get the 411 on what’s cool when it comes to fabric and style—so that your teen is sure to love what you make! Praise for Project Teen “Mortenson has a good eye for what teenagers actually need and want. . . . Something here will appeal to that trickiest of demographics, making the book a worthwhile buy.” —Publishers Weekly “Project Teen is a fresh, mod, fun way to sew for the tweens/teens in our life - kids, grands, nieces & nephews. The projects meet the ever changing needs of kids, from travel blankets and tablet covers to simple bags to store everything in.” —Generation Q Magazine
Download or read book How To Start A Sewing Business written by Hui Sterkel and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-09-19 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You can start a small business by taking advantage of your sewing skills. By offering services, such as clothing repair, custom tailoring, and button replacement, you can create a steady income with a business that has returning customers. You have the choice of starting as a home-based business or setting up a shop in a retail location. Your success will depend on the quality of your marketing and customer service, as well as the quality of your work. What you will find in this revised edition is everything else it takes to run your sewing and alterations business from home including business setup step-by-step in exact order, bookkeeping, taxes, business plan, business entity formation, policies to consider, skills assessment, how to prevail alongside the competition, tools of the trade, HOW MUCH MONEY you can make PLUS many juicy stories about my personal experience. An easy 100 page read you can explore this world and check it all out for yourself to see if it's a match and/or inspirational to your desires before you leap.
Download or read book How to Start Sewing Business written by Michael Davie and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-10-28 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You can start a small business by taking advantage of your sewing skills. By offering services, such as clothing repair, custom tailoring, and button replacement, you can create a steady income with a business that has returning customers. You have the choice of starting as a home-based business or setting up a shop in a retail location. Your success will depend on the quality of your marketing and customer service, as well as the quality of your work. How To Start a Sewing Business is a simple and easy-to-apply book in which you will discover the essential first steps to take to start your business on the road to profit, in the shortest time possible.
Download or read book Do You Sew for Profit written by Barbara Wright Sykes and published by Collins Publication. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How to Start and Operate a Profitable Clothing Alteration Business written by S Denise Hoyle Mba and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make $30,000, $40,000 and more per year doing clothing alterations! Do you love sewing? Do you need a little extra money? Or a LOT of extra money? Would you like to stay home with the children instead of working a 9 to 5 job? Would you like to be in control of your own time? Does financial independence sound exciting to you? How about a new car? Would you like to take a "real" vacation this year? Clothing alterations could be your answer! A lifetime of success can be yours simply by turning your sewing abilities in a profit making direction. Your success is closer than you may think! There are people everywhere in NEED of the service you can provide! Who would be your customers? Teachers, secretaries, doctors, dentists, friends, neighbors, sales people - nearly EVERYONE in your town would be a potential customer. We'll show you how to contact them and how to get them to refer you to all of their friends and co-workers. Turning your sewing hobby into a money making business can be done with VERY LITTLE money up front. In fact, we'll show you how to get started with NO up-front money! We've even included a whole NEW section on special services YOU can provide, that no one else in town has even thought of! You'll be the ONLY one offering these services, and your excited and happy customers will be back on a regular basis, and they'll be telling their friends about your work! "How To Start and Operate A Profitable Clothing Alteration Business" is a COMPLETE MANUAL for your part time or full time alterations business. Virtually ANYONE can be a success in this business if they make up their mind to do it and start TODAY! "How to Start and Operate A Profitable Clothing Alteration Business" includes: -How to start your business -How to price your alterations -How to get customers and KEEP THEM -SPECIAL services you can offer that nobody else offers! -SAVE your customers many $$$ by offering THIS additional service -How to get FREE advertising for your business -How to keep records of customers -How and where to advertise -How to set YOUR OWN HOURS -How to achieve a professional image -Sample advertisements, forms & customer record sheets -Where you can get thread and notions at WHOLESALE PRICES! If you follow the easy-to-understand step-by-step instructions and advice given throughout this golden opportunity manual, you can have your clothing alteration business "up and running" within a few days! All you need are a sewing machine and your sewing ability and PRESTO! you're ready for business. You do not need a lot of money to become a success in this business - just sewing ability and a willingness to follow the instructions in this complete manual.
Download or read book How to Start a Home Based Sewing Business written by Bryan Westra and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-01-05 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One year, for Christmas, I bought my wife a sewing machine. She nearly threw it at me. I offered her a $200 gift card in exchange for the machine, I'd get to keep it. She agreed. I taught myself how to sew, started using the power of the internet to start a profitable home-based sewing business, and today, well, I have made a lot of money from that sewing machine (a lot more than $200...lol). It is funny how one mistake can turn out to be a whole new career path for someone. This was the case with the sewing machine. I love sewing and it is a great way for me to relax and still make a sizeable monthly income. This book teaches you how to turn your passion for sewing into profits beyond measure. Even is you are an inexperienced sewer or someone who just happens to have a random sewing machine laying around your house, you can instantly start an at-home business that could quite literally replace your income, possibly retiring you. Grab a copy of this book and start making money with your machine!
Download or read book Sewing Machine Repair As a Home Business written by Reuben O. Doyle and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-28 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine your own PART TIME sewing machine repair business bringing in thousands each year! Sewing machines need to be serviced AT LEAST once per year or more if problems come up in the middle of a sewing project. Sewing machines in places of business (dry cleaners, hospitals, schools) need to be cleaned and adjusted QUARTERLY. When you consider the fact that there are 85 million or more sewing machines in homes today, not counting another ten million sewing machines in grade schools, high schools, colleges, dry cleaners, tailor shops, hospitals, major department stores, prisons, homes for children, correctional homes, there is a NEVER ENDING SUPPLY of sewing machines that need to be cleaned, adjusted, timed and repaired. "Sewing Machine Repair As A Home Business" teaches you EVERYTHING you need to know about how to repair sewing machines. We assume that you have had no previous experience in repairing sewing machines. However, if you have had some experience with sewing machines you will learn how to use your knowledge to your best advantage. Step by step instructions as well as hundreds of illustrations and diagrams show sewing machine parts, proper adjustments, cleaning, timing, changing and adjusting tensions. We teach you how to properly clean and lubricate machines; how to check out troubles such as needle breakage, skipped stitches, breaking thread, thread jamming in the bobbin; how to select the correct needle, plus much, much more. "Sewing Machine Repair As A Home Business" gives detailed information on how to start up and run this business as well as sample ads to run, customer information cards, how to charge customers, plus hints and tips on how to get customers, and sure fire methods of getting dozens of referrals from your customers! Also included is a listing of wholesalers where parts and sewing items can be purchased at wholesale cost. We teach you how to make additional sales after the repair job which can add HUNDREDS of dollars to the profits you're already enjoying. We suggest that you go to some yard sales or flea market and buy a cheap used sewing machine or two. These will be your "practice" machines. Following the instructions in "Sewing Machine Repair as a Home Business" you'll have these machines running smoothly in just a little while. And, don't forget, you can turn around and sell the machines you've repaired to make back the money you spent on them PLUS SOME PROFIT! TRAIN AT HOME! You don't have to quit your present job to get into the lucrative field of sewing machine repair. One or two evenings a week will get you in business in just a few weeks. A little more time spent in reading "Sewing Machine Repair as a Home Business" and working on your "practice" machines will get you out into the real world of sewing machine repair in just a couple of weeks! Work when YOU want to work! Ignore inflation! Command big money for your services! Easy to get started! Earn more part time than many people do working 40-60 hours a week! No special tools needed to do this tremendous business! As a sewing machine repairman for over 30 years, I have seen just about every type of sewing machine problem that there is. It is this 30 years of experience that I have put together in one clear, easy-to-read, easy-to-understand book that will get YOU started quickly in this "better than any other home based money-making business". "Sewing Machine Repair as a Home Business" gives complete instructions on exactly how to repair a sewing machine and continues on through to how to advertise and market your services, plus it gives all the forms and samples needed to get in business quickly. "Sewing Machine Repair as a Home Business: * Gives step-by-step instructions on how to repair 90% of sewing machine problems.* No special tools required.* One simple test will fix over 25% of all repair jobs.* 10 point maintenance check list tells immediately what the problem is.* $50 to $100 per hour PROFIT.
Download or read book How to Start a Home based Fashion Design Business written by Angela Wolf and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012-12-04 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will be a priceless resource for those considering adventuring into the fashion industry, yet not knowing how or where to start. Comprised of detailed information, How to Start a Home-based Fashion Design Business will be a guide for the aspiring designer to plan and execute a successful home based business. This material will not only provide a fashion realm, but will show how to create additional revenue streams in the sewing field. This book will be the "one stop shop" for the small designer.
Download or read book Grow Your Handmade Business written by Kari Chapin and published by Storey Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addresses all aspects of turning a creative interest into a profitable business, covering business planning, licensing, budgeting, time management, and legal issues.
Download or read book The business of Sewing written by Barbara Wright Sykes and published by Collins Publication. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Business of Sewing written by Barbara Wright Sykes and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells how to start a dressmaking business, and discusses business plans, location, financing, professionalism, organization, marketing, and expansion.
Download or read book DIY Couture written by Rosie Martin and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-05-07 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The DIY Couture collection is 10 stylish, easy to make pieces of clothing that can be endlessly reinvented in different fabrics, textures and colours. Anyone who enjoys sewing and creating something unique will love using this book to make their own couture wardrobe. The book begins with a Useful Techniques section, followed by Collections: inspirational photographs of the pieces styled different ways. Next, each of the 10 garments, from a Goddess dress to a cool romper suit and hoody, is clearly explained, including a spread showing all the variations (e.g. fastenings, necklines and hems) possible for each garment. Finally, clear step by step illustrations and photographs show you how each piece is made. With no complex sewing patterns, even beginners at sewing can make their own beautiful clothes. With simple, visual instructions and cool styling, DIY Couture will inspire people to join the handmade revolution. Where eco-fashion meets street style, this is the antithesis of fast-fashion. Absolutely no patterns required!
Download or read book Craft Business Power written by Jason Miles and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-01-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides step-by-step directions for starting a craft business. Topics include: building the brand, price principles, auctions, taking photos, different marketplaces, promotion, and product launching. The authors present an in-depth case study of a crafts business that has achieved financial success in just five years.
Download or read book Starting an Etsy Business For Dummies written by Allison Strine and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-08-15 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The easy way to build an online craft business from scratch Starting an Etsy Business For Dummies offers expert advice for artists and entrepreneurs looking to build an online craft business from scratch. You'll get invaluable information on setting up your online shop, writing compelling item descriptions, photographing your work, engaging the Etsy community, understanding fees, and finding your muse when it takes a holiday. In the last couple of years, the DIY movement has transcended the big-box hardware stores, and has taken on a new format in the savvy crafting arena. Etsy.com boasts an astonishing 1.9 million members, and there are tens of thousands of craft and hobby bazaars held each year across the United States. Starting an Etsy Business For Dummies shows you how to create, manage, and successfully sell handmade wares, vintage goods, and DIY supplies using the world's largest online handmade marketplace. Learn to sell your handmade wares, vintage goods, DIY supplies online at Etsy.com Create and manage your own successful Etsy storefront Merchandise your unique creations and drive buyers to your shop If DIY is your domain, Starting an Etsy Business For Dummies gives you the skills, knowledge, and know-how to create a successful business that pays.
Download or read book S E W written by Diana Rupp and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A how-to manual for sewing beginners covers how to choose and use equipment and materials, laying out fabrics and patterns, and tricks and advice for cutting and sewing.
