Virginia Lindsay

Sewing to Sell-The Beginner's Guide to Starting a Craft Business

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The creator of Gingercake Patterns shows you how to share your passion for sewing with the world by starting a successful home business.  
Maybe you started sewing just for fun. But now you’ve developed the skills and vision to turn your creative outlet into something more. Making the leap from hobbyist to professional can be intimidating—but Virginia Lindsay is here to help you get off the sidelines and sew your way to a job you truly enjoy.
Drawing on her own experience, Lindsay guides you through every aspect of starting your own craft business, from finding your personal sewing style to creating a product line, identifying customers, equipping your studio, pricing and selling your work, marketing yourself, designing your own patterns, and handling the business and legal side of sewing. And that's not all! Virginia also shares 16 projects (all customer-tested) that you can personalize to start sewing and selling right now.
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386 printed pages
Original publication
2014
Publication year
2014
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  • Josefine Nygaard Martinussenhas quoted2 years ago
    Buy a corkboard or a large poster board. Pin or tape up pictures, ribbons, colors, and fabric scraps that you like, and anything else that you think is “you.”
  • Josefine Nygaard Martinussenhas quoted2 years ago
    Authenticity

    It can be hard to put a specific name to your personal style, and trying to do so can artificially constrain you. Are you a romantic because you like ruffles? What if you like ruffles and bright colors? What if you like ruffles, bright colors, and only organic fabrics? What’s important is that you know what you like and what you want to make. Making what you think is beautiful and useful is a surefire way to create a successful business— authenticity matters so much in a handmade business.
  • Josefine Nygaard Martinussenhas quoted2 years ago
    with all jobs, some parts you will really like and other parts will be a challenge for you to enjoy. But treating yourself like a professional, with a boss who demands hard work and expects the best (yes, that boss is you)

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