Sarah J. Doyle | October 25, 2010
We have repeatedly talked about finding / making / coming up with products to sell. If you can make the best kitchen decor items in your town, maybe it’s time to start making them to sell! Same thing applies if your holiday decorations get “oohs” and “aahs” from all your friends, relatives and neighbors, perhaps [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | October 20, 2010
Sewing A Separating Zipper The separating zipper is best sewn in before any facings or hems are in place. To begin (A), machine baste the opening closed, then press the seam open. Finish the seam if necessary with a zig zag stitch. With the wrong side up, position the closed zipper face down [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | October 11, 2010
Last week we did a discussion on why guest bloggers could be important to your blog, as well as why YOU could be important to other bloggers in the role of “guest blogger”. Today I’d like to go over a few pointers on how to choose the RIGHT guest blogger. ** The first thing you [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | October 7, 2010
While we’re on the topic of installing various types of zippers, I thought this would be a great time to give some extra tips, hints, pointers and “did you know” information about zippers. You may already be aware of some of these little tidbits, but hopefully you’ll see something that you didn’t already know, or [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | September 27, 2010
Unless you’re the type of person who has no intention of making any money from your blog or website (which I’m sure are NONE of us!), we’re constantly looking for new products to make to sell or new patterns to put online as well as new items to add to our craft fair inventory. Most [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | March 8, 2010
MAYBE Spring is right around the corner! We’ve had such a long cold and wet winter here in the “sunny” south that I for one, am looking forward to some warmer weather. Now is the time to get your business geared up for spring and summer sewing, and if I might add a note here [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | February 15, 2010
Anybody who is in the sewing/crafting/alterations business would probably laugh at the title of this post. In the past I would have laughed as well. Denise, over at ShopperStrategy has a post entitled “How To Make $100/Hour Clipping Coupons” that I found very interesting. Apparently the Wall Street Journal has an article written by Brett [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | January 25, 2010
A few weeks ago I had a call from a lady who wanted information about our Profitable Clothing Alteration Business book. She told me she had been doing garment sewing, but that the sewing had been really slow so she was wanting to start taking in alterations. She said she needed more information about alterations [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | January 18, 2010
We talk so much about how to increase your profits, increasing your services and encouraging you to step “outside the box” to add those extra dollars so necessary in this drab economy. Today I want to mention adding affiliates to your website or to your blog to generate income. Actually, once the affiliate “button” is [...]
