How to Start a Quilting Business
From the monthly archives:
From time to time, I get requests to pass along information about quilting-related charities, and I’m more than happy to help. Below is a message from Teddi Irwin about In A Good Way, Inc., a halway farm based in Oregon. I’ll let Teddi explain the rest:
Glad you’re back. I am involved with an organization trying [...]
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One of the top questions I received recently was about starting a quilting website, or improving an existing website. I’ve been developing websites for well over 15 years, and have spent a lot of time evaluating the best ways to get things done. I’ve coded sites by hand, used Front Page and Dreamweaver, and have [...]
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I have another website called My Parent Magic that I’m also starting back up. On that site, I offer tips for helping parents keep the magic in their relationship with their children. And I’m giving away some Halloween Certificates that you can use for your children, or if you’re a teacher, bring them into your [...]
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I’m answering my first question from the Quilting Business community today, and it comes all the way from Israel. Here’s the question:
Hi,
I am an about-to-be unemployed high-tech writer who has been quilting 15 years. I have loads of experience with many quilting techniques that I have learned over the years. I enjoy wallhangings and quicker [...]
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Based on the comments on the site, and the emails I’ve received, I’ve decided to do a weekly Questions and Answers article where I answer 1 – 3 questions you’ve submitted. To make things easier, please send your questions to me via the Contact page. And, here are a few hints to getting your question [...]
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In response to all of the questions around quilt pricing, I’ve created a quick quilt pricing calculator that will help you focus your thoughts on quilt pricing and get you thinking about some of the other factors you should consider when pricing your quilts.
The Calculator is pretty self-explanatory (there are two worksheets – one for [...]
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Thanks to everyone who responded to my first couple of emails in a while with a resounding “YES! Keep me on your mailing list. It’s great to know there are so many wonderful quilters out there who want me to keep (or really re-start) doing what I’m doing here at the Quilting Business [...]
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