Sewing to Sell - The Beginners Guide to Starting a Craft Business

Posted on 05 July 2017 by Virginia Lindsay

You love to sew How many of you wish you could make a living from sewing Help to live the dream with this practical guide from professional sewist and pattern designer Virginia Lindsay. New Read [ Sewing to Sell - The Beginners Guide to Starting a Craft Business ] Author [ Virginia Lindsay ] – kino-fada.fr Excellent resourceThis book is an excellent resource for anyone wanting to take the plunge into starting a sewing business Nearly every aspect is covered, though I do wish s littlehad been said about t...Handy GuideVery basic tips and ideas to help guide through ideas of various ways of selling your sewing projects Very informative Love the addition of tips for packaging ideas, business cards, and postcards.Really helpfulSewing to Sell is a book that was featured on my library s Overdrive site one day It made me curious so I found the paperback copy and checked it out.There is a variety of topics covered in this and Virginia Lindsay even shares some of her basic, sewing patterns towards the end If you are new to the idea of selling your handmade crafts and want to get an idea of how to go about it, a read through of this book wouldn t hurt In the past, I have read posts on selling one s crafts from Pinterest Sewing to Sell is a book that was featured on my library s Overdrive site one day It made me curious so I found the paperback copy and checked it out.There is a variety of topics covered in thi...As someone who has sewn her whole life and a sometimes crafter, I was interested to see what this book had to say There is some very basic knowledge here about selling online and at craft shows The author also includes some of her own patterns for users to try out However, the disadvantage is that the instructions are not clear or easy to follow at least for me, although I admit they aren t always on traditional patterns, like Vogue, Simplicity, etcThe other negative for me is the aut As someone who has sewn her whole life and a sometimes crafter, I was interested to see what this book had to say There is some very basic knowledge here about selling online and at craft shows The author also includes some of her own patterns for users to try out However, the disadvantage is that the instructions are not clear or easy to follow at least for me, although I admit they aren t always on traditional patterns, like Vogue, Simplicity, etcThe other negative for me is the author s choice of fabrics throughout the book Everyone s taste is different, I know, and this doesn t have anything to do with the writing of the book However, I found it distracting.There s a lot in the book about how to photograph your items for sale online, but then not much said about social media, which seems like an imbalance if you are going to try and take on a side topic like photography Surely, they are equal in weight when...I thoroughly enjoyed this book even though I ve been selling my original sewing designs for the past few years I wish I would have had this resource at my fingertips back when I was starting out The chapters on photographing projects for online viewing, pricing and packaging, and selling through various venues were very valuable and user friendly I thought the author was incredibly generous to gift 16 of her or...The beginning was written for someone who has never sewn before Most of that content should have been left out The business part was just touching the surface of the topic I like how this book is different from other sell your crafts books in that she gives you instructions to make a variety of items gives everyone permission to sell them as well So I t...This was a fairly informative book with some cute little projects that the author permits you to make for sale I feel like this would be a good resource for the person who is very nervous about starting to sell handmade items, but is a little bit duh for readers who have experience with business and law I felt like it could have been a bitpractical with the set up part of running your own business, but I understand, as requirements vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction Overall, it This was a fairly informative book with some cute little p...Good book with useful advice It reads easy, with interviews and interesting examples, which I appreciate I didn t want a textbook I think it is a very good place to start if you are interested in turning your hobby into a small business If you want details about a certain topic, this isn t for you I would definitely consider it an introduction, with cute patterns as a good starting board I think it provides a good way to get the gears moving, so to speak, and I can research topics I wish t Good book with useful advice It reads easy, with interviews and interesting examples, which I appreciate I didn t want a textbook I think it is a very good place to start if you are interested in turning your hobby into a small business If you want details about a certain topic, this isn t for you I ...She gets five stars because she shares patterns for free People sell and publish patterns and basically never really want you to use them, or try to control your use to making it one time then storing the item in a vault It can get crazy Virginia Lindsay makes the effort to cover all the bases on how to start up and succeed in a craft business, and wants so much for us to succeed and be happy that she provides 16 attractive, usable, and sellable patterns Good for her I hope she sells lots o She gets five stars because she shares patterns for free People sell and publish patterns and basically never really want you to use them, or try to control your use to making it one time then storing the item in a vault It can get cr...

Sewing to Sell - The Beginners Guide to Starting a Craft Business

05 July 2017

Virginia Lindsay