It’s interesting to see that people in countries other than ours use quilting and fabric art to commemorate the lost in wartime. Quilts have long been associated with war in the United States. Either women made them to send to those on the war front, to sell for raising funds for war efforts, or to […]
With so many gadgets to choose from nowadays for cutting, measuring, making templates, and sewing quilts and fabric art, it’s often difficult to know which to buy and use. When I began making quilts, we didn’t even have rotary cutters. I recall my amazement and joy when a friend showed me how she cut through […]
This promotional idea applies mainly for quilting businesses with a shop in the home where customers stop by? How do customers know you’re open for business?
You probably have a sign. Is it homemade (a piece of plywood smeared with paint or poster board with lettering in permanent marker) or is it professional looking. When I operated a […]
Yvonne Russell, of Grow Your Writing Business, asked me to write a guest post, Virtual Blog Tours - The Latest Innovation for Promoting Your Writing . Going on a virtual blog tour has become a popular technique for promoting one’s writing business and books. I’ve hosted a number of writers at my author blog, Mary Emma’s Potpourri of Writing […]
What a marvelous idea Noreen Crone-Findlay had to begin the festivities for her daughter Chloe…a bridal tea. Noreen blogs at Hankering for Yarn and Chloe at Tangled Thread.
Since I enjoy tea myself and often write about it in “one of my other lives” as a newspaper columnist of the Country Kitchen column, I thought the […]
Essentially, look before you leap before setting up your quilting or fabric arts home business. I’ve mentioned before the need to check out zoning regulations pertaining to your home before you decide to set up a quilting business, particularly one that involves customers/clients coming to your home. (However, online business might be affected, too, in some areas.)
I just […]
Laura Spencer, at Work From Home Momma, has a helpful post about offline promotion, Five Tips for Promoting Your Home Business Offline. So many people these days concentrate on online promotion (which is great). However, they forget that offline promotion is still valid and, in most cases, necessary. You can translate Laura’s advice into tips for […]
The hottest technique right now for authors to promote their books is the blog tour or virtual book signing. I’ve been hosting these at my author blog, Mary Emma’s Potpourri of Writing, and would like to do some here.
If authors of quilting and fabric art books have never considered virtual book tours, or thought they […]
Over at Home Biz Notes, guest blogger Yvonne Russell provides advice and suggestions for operating a home based bookstore, whether it’s one where customers come to your home shop or you sell solely online. In Start Your Own Specialist Home Based Bookstore, Yvonne discusses how to research before starting your business, how and where […]
Quilter Jane Burch Cochran utilizes multitudes of beads and buttons for her extraordinary and eye-catching works of fabric art. Combining her training as a painter with love of fabric, along with beads and buttons and other embellishments, she creates spectacular pieces like “Crossing to Freedom” which hangs in the Group Entrance of the Freedom Center in Cincinnati, […]
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