Sarah J. Doyle | July 21, 2008
There is no such thing as “luck” when starting, building or running a business. Just because you’ve decided to open your business in your home doesn’t mean that you can just “float” and the business will succeed. There are some serious things for you to think about, plan and execute in order to have the best possible [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | July 20, 2008
Stacy Schlyer of StacySews.com says she’s a self-taught sewer who’s been sewing for 9 or 10 years. “After spending maternity leave watching Sandra Betzina’s program on HGTV I finally decided to take the plunge and start sewing myself. I purchased a (relatively) inexpensive machine, a few basic notions, a pattern and material and set to [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | July 19, 2008
We’ve talked about fabric scraps previously and the need to save them and categorize them for easy access. Today, we’re going to talk about two craft items that can be made out of your scraps — to be used by yourself, given as gifts, taken to a craft fair or put on ebay. Anyway you [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | July 18, 2008
Sarah Calhoun grew up on a farm in eastern Canada and has worked outdoors for most of her life. She used to wear her dads old hand-me-downs as work pants but was constantly having to pull them up or adjust them. Four years ago she was working on a fire-restoration project in California, and had [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | July 17, 2008
Romualdo Pelle is a Master Tailor with a shop in Madeira, Ohio just outside Cincinnati. The 73 year old Mr. Pelle has some big name customers from the business and entertainment world, including Neil Armstrong and his wife Carol. Most of his work, from measuring clients and drawing patterns to cutting and sewing fabric, is [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | July 16, 2008
Tension problems with your sewing machine can simply ruin a good day of sewing! What frustration it is, when you finally can get at those sewing or alteration projects, only to have breaking thread, knotting thread, needles breaking, etc. In most cases, according to Reuben Doyle, author of Sewing Machine Repair as a Home Business [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | July 15, 2008
I used to be a big fan of Modern Sewing, Inc., they had this really neat master CD you could get that had hundreds of patterns for men, women and children on it and you could plug in your measurements then print the patterns. You paid for the number of prints, all the different pattern [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | July 14, 2008
The goal of Sewing Business.com is to give information, tips and inspiration to those who have a small to medium size business AND for those who would like to earn a living through their own endeavors.It has come to our attention that we’ve told you how to become an expert in your field and how to [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | July 13, 2008
In Mineral de Pozos, Mexico, the remaining women left behind in this mostly abandoned mining town have started their own community business named “Munecas Mina” (dolls from the mine) where they make dolls wearing traditional Mexican outfits in order to earn a living. The women only make about $150 a month each but they say [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | July 12, 2008
Jiffy Grip non slip slipper sole fabricJiffy grip fabric has non slip rubber raised dot grippers on one side that makes it a perfect fabric for bottoms of childrens footed pajamas, house slippers and children’s soft sole leather shoes. Other uses for this fabric includes gluing it to lamp bases to protect furniture, put it under area rugs and [...]
