Quilting Biz
Although I’ll be giving business advice for quilters from my experience and what I’ve learned from others, I’ll find additional resources for you where you can glean insight into business techniques to help you.
Jean Murray, who now blogs at Home Biz Notes, where I wrote for two years, has begun a series I think you’ll find […]
Mary Emma Allen, Quilting Entrepreneur
I’ll briefly summarize why I can provide you with quilt business information. In addition to operating a mail order quilting business from my home for several years, I’ve written about quilts, quilting, and quiltmakers. For 8 years I wrote “The Business of Patchwork” for the now obsolete Quilt World Omnibook. […]
Quilting Biz Information
Since many quilters/fabric artists eventually turn their hobby into a business, to develop full or parttime income, I plan to write periodic posts on this topic. These hopefully will prove helpful for you.
Here are topics I can cover:
Various types of quilting businesses
Developing a quilting blog to promote your business
Interviews of quilters in business
Online versus […]
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Customer service and customer relations are very important for maintaining your business. What are some of the tips to keep in mind when we encounter customers who may not be entirely satisfied with our service or product.
We must realize that satisfied customers often pass along the word about your business. However, angry ones may be […]
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Here are some more ideas from the Arts Bloggers to “get your creative juices flowing,” as my mother used to say.
Cloudy skies on fabric with Tangled Thread
Follow this step-by-step tutorial to create your own hand-painted fantasy skies on fabric.
Book Arts Resources at Layers Upon Layers
Book arts resources to either get you started or […]
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Are you beginning to see signs of a slowdown in your quilting business? Perhaps not yet, and perhaps you won’t. But it’s good to be on the lookout so that you can make changes if you do see this occurring.
We’ve been discussing, at Home Biz Notes, ”signs of the times” to look for that indicate your […]
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The topic of copyright looms large in the quilting world with so many quilters making quilts and related items for sale these days. Those who create original designs naturally don’t want them copied for sale or competitions.
Those who use patterns designed by other quilters and published in books, magazines, and elsewhere often are confused regarding […]
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Do you find it frustrating when you receive a very informative quilting ezine then discover it’s not online as well. I just realized I no longer had the directions for a project because I’d deleted the e-mail newsletter. (Even putting newletters in folders becomes cumbersome because I can only store so much.)
So I searched the […]
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Networking throughout the quilting world enables you to meet and know people globally. Due to the Internet, you can reach many more people than your grandmother did at her quilting bees.
The b5Business Channel, where I write Home Biz Notes, collaborated on a collection of posts about this topic.
I think you’ll find the many views on networking interesting and informative. You can […]
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FRIDAY FEATURE
If you have a quilting business or shop (online or walk-in), do you feature specials or an attraction one day a week…or month? Do you look for these specials where you shop?
As I browse the mail coming to my e-mail box, I’ve noticed, over the course of time, that Fridays seems to be a […]
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