Sarah J. Doyle | December 20, 2010
A couple weeks ago I posed a question about “Why do you have a website or blog“? We have gotten quite a few responses to that question which brings up another question — does your website or blog have to be perfect? The term “perfect” means different things to different people! To some people it [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | December 13, 2010
There are literally millions of people scanning and surfing the internet constantly. They may be looking for something specific, or just have a vague idea of what they might want, so are just surfing to see if something “clicks” with them. This is where your planning comes into play. While individuals are surfing the web, [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | December 10, 2010
This post is to pass along some information about how and why I stock up on fabrics this time of year. Each of us that are in a sewing related business have a tendency to use a LOT of certain types of fabric. For example, those who are in the quilting field, whether it’s regular bed [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | December 6, 2010
What made you decide to start up a website or a blog? What is the purpose for it? Have you actually thought about why you wanted to set up the website or blog? For some people it was sort of a “peer” pressure thing — my friends all have blogs, so I wanted to keep [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | November 29, 2010
How many times has your sewing machine “konked” out on you in the middle of a major project? Every time it happens I know you’re thinking “there HAS to be a better and easier way to get this machine running again and not have to drag it down to the repair shop”! Well, the SewMachineRepair.com [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | November 24, 2010
Everybody who has a blog or website knows that one of the measures of success is the amount of traffic that comes to the site or blog. So how can you increase the traffic – or in other words, how do you get people in cyberspace to know you actually have a blog or website. [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | November 22, 2010
While this may not normally be the time of the year for cleaning out those closets (little late for fall cleaning and a little early for spring cleaning), but after reviewing an earlier post about “National Clean Out Your Closet Week”, I started thinking about some things that could possibly be cleaned out NOW and [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | November 15, 2010
Whether you’re already marketing your products online or just getting started, there are some very specific things you need to know. We’ve all heard those stories of huge fortunes being made by selling this product or sign up for that program. I truly believe those “huge fortunes” are mostly a myth because every dollar we’ve [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | November 8, 2010
For a lot of people giving away something for free to make money is a very strange concept, after all, we’re all in business to MAKE money, not give stuff away free! Think about it — right now McDonalds has their monopoly game going, so how many times have you slipped into McDonalds to get [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | November 3, 2010
During your garment construction, you’ll be using a variety of stitches, including basting, gathering and hemming stitches. Shown on this post and following posts are some of the more common stitches you’ll be using, along with instructions on how to make the stitch, and where they are typically used. BASTING: Hand basting is [...]
