The Wall Street Journal claims that “even Mom is getting stiffed this year!” A recent National Retail Federation survey found that consumers plan to spend 11% less this year on gifts for mom, down to $123.89 from last year’s average of $138.63.The study showed that although people don’t plan to forgo the holiday altogether, the […]
Archives for April 2009
Have You Considered Teaching Adults To Sew?
We hear so much about teaching children how to sew; bringing back the sewing hobby by teaching the youngsters, but have you considered doing adult sewing classes?Previous posts to this blog in the “Industry News” section tells about how the sewing hobby is becoming more popular during the recession, and how fabric stores and individuals […]
Elias Howe – Inventor of the Lock-Stitch Sewing Machine
Elias Howe grew up in poverty in Spencer, Massachusetts on his parents’ farm. Born in 1819, he was sickly as a child and had difficulty performing chores around the farm, but he did them anyway. He later got rich from his invention and patent of the lock-stitch sewing machine, considered one of the great breakthroughs […]
Are You Ready For The Wedding Season?
Is your sewing and craft business getting geared up for the wedding season which traditionally begins the month of June??If you’re not already sewing and crafting wedding items — favors, gifts, satin roses for filling with rice to “shower” the bride on her special day, and a variety of other things associated with weddings and […]
Springtime Means Picnic Time
With spring breaks from school and warmer weather here, one just can’t help but want to hit the road to a park or someplace for a picnic. We’ve already taken our grandkids to a couple of parks to play, and of course to have our picnic. They LOVE picnics, and we usually throw in a […]
How Many Customers Do You Have?
Do you know exactly how many customers you have? If a customer comes in to pick up some work you’ve done for them, and they bring a friend who sees and buys an article from your customer waiting area, do you get any basic information from that person, or do you just take their money […]