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Category Archives: Sewing as a business

Crafty Superstar book provides tip on how to make money using your sewing or crafting talents

April 6, 2010 – 1:19 am

Whether you sell your sewn and crafted items on eBay, at local fairs, or just to friends, there’s money to be made utilizing your talents, but most of us don’t know how to make our skills work for us.
Hands-on crafter and author Grace Dobush tells us how in Crafty Superstar, a 160-page how-to for aspiring [...]

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Trained Sewing Instructor workshop scheduled for San Francisco

February 27, 2010 – 8:12 pm

We’ve finalized the details for the Trained Sewing Instructor workshop in San Francisco. The dates are June 10-12, 2010 at the Hilton Garden Inn, San Francisco Airport North, 670 Gateway Blvd,  South San Francisco, CA 94080.
The TSI workshop was recently noted in an ASG Notions article on Sewing for Fun… And Profit. Here’s your chance [...]

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Amish Country Quilt Show update

February 20, 2010 – 2:40 pm

We’re expecting the Buckeye Event Center in Dalton, OH to be a busy place at the Amish Country Quilt Show this year! As some of you know, we moved the event to Dalton from Walnut Creek – the site of last year’s Expo – because the Expo Center we were using has closed. The new [...]

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Trained Sewing Instructor Program teaches business skills for becoming a sewing teacher

January 26, 2010 – 2:49 pm

2010 Locations include Dalton, OH; Orlando, FL; Atlanta, GA; San Francisco, CA; and coming soon to the Midwest
If you are interested in a business or career teaching sewing to others, you may be interested in the Trained Sewing Instructor program. The intense 3-day workshop, located in various cities each year, is business training to help [...]

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What is a sewing lounge?

December 4, 2009 – 1:03 pm

A sewing lounge is a relatively recent term for our industry and it refers to a place where you can go to sew with others. There may be people there to help you, there may be sewing machines and sergers available for use (either free or for a small fee), and sometimes there are regularly scheduled [...]

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