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Blogging has become an important part of many quilters’ lives, as well as numerous other people. It keeps them in touch with others, lets them express themselves and their creativity, helps them promote a business, and makes them happy.
(Just take a look at the article, Blogging, How it can Expand Our Creative & Personal Growth, in […]
Stop! Look! Listen! Find out what regulations are involved if you decide to start selling some of the quilted and fabric art items you make, teach workshops, hold shows, open a fabric shop, etc.
Will there be regulations that restrict you from doing this from your home? Or in another location? Will you need a business license? […]
Learning techniques from other businesses may act as a springboard for your quilting business, even if the others don’t involve quilting, patchwork or fabric art. I read about a fun home business recently and think you might learn from this family…at least how to “find a need and fill it.”
This is the Christiansen family in […]
If you’ve been following the “apprentice” type competition at the b5media Business Channel, you may be interested in viewing our team’s ideas for the challenge for Week #4.
Kay’s problem for week #4 involves her business expanding too rapidly for her to fill her Christmas orders. (Kay has started a business producing chef’s aprons and hats for children.)
What’s […]
If you are following the b5media Business Channel “Apprentice” type contest, you may like to know that the PROS were announced the winners in Week#2 entries. The post, If You Handle “Made in China” Items in Your Home Business, with the accompanying sample press release, Get the Lead Out of Toys Day, (posted at Home Biz Notes) were the […]
You’re excited about your quilting or fabric art business. You’re making items you enjoy, giving talks, teaching workshops, and/or writing books. It’s something you basically enjoy. You work for yourself, from your home, and can be somewhat flexible about your hours.
However, no matter how much you enjoy this venture, there will be times when […]
Quilters and fabric artists, who are earning their living from their art, may desire to look into retirement plans for the self-employed. Perhaps they’re doing this parttime and have a retirement plan where they work or a spouse has one. Yet they might never know when they could be depending on their parttime work for full […]
In a previous post, Would You Like an At-Home Quilt Bookstore?, I mentioned the idea of operating a bookstore for quilters, either from your home, online, or in conjunction with a quilt fabric shop. Yvonne Russell, of Grow Your Writing Business, who wrote a post about this on Home Biz Notes, also contributed information recently […]
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 […]
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 […]
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