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Quilt Shop
Thinking about starting a Quilt Shop in southern Ohio. Any advice or
thoughts. Starting research to see how much or what all I need to do to get started. Lisa |
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Hullo Lisa
This subject has been aired many times on the group. I don't have any information myself, but just wanted to suggest that you might like to try Googling our group archives on the topic to see if you can find the very full answers that there have been. .. In article , writes Thinking about starting a Quilt Shop in southern Ohio. Any advice or thoughts. Starting research to see how much or what all I need to do to get started. Lisa -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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I wish you lots of luck and I also wish I were you. It must be the dream of
almost every quilter to open their own LQS. Be sure and let us know when it's up and going and include a website so we can order on line. {{{{{{Hugs}}}}}}} Shirley wrote in message ... Thinking about starting a Quilt Shop in southern Ohio. Any advice or thoughts. Starting research to see how much or what all I need to do to get started. Lisa |
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wrote: Thinking about starting a Quilt Shop in southern Ohio. Any advice or thoughts. Starting research to see how much or what all I need to do to get started. Lisa Just got back from a retreat and one of the lectures was on this topic. The first thing the speaker said (to which every shop owner agreed) was "don't open a shop if you ever plan on making another quilt; there's no time" The quilt designer list just had this topic too. The standard advice was to open a quilt shop the average lay out is....$100,000, 16 hour days 7 days a week and three years to make a profit. It's a tough job to own your own business. People think, oh I will put out a few bolts of fabric and people will come but it's really very hard. Seek out classes: check out your local community college for small business courses, take a visit to Sylvia Landman's website, order up pertinant issues of The Professional Quilter magazine, seek out seminars and workshops geared to quilt shop owners and network, network, network with shop owners at quilt market. marcella |
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Being in business for yourself is as much fun as natural childbirth.
BTDT (not quilt shop) Nancycog in MD |
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Gosh, maybe I should open a business, then! ;-P
-- Wendy http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm de-fang email address to reply wrote in message ... Being in business for yourself is as much fun as natural childbirth. BTDT (not quilt shop) Nancycog in MD |
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I couldn't have said it better myself! Only my pain lasted 10 years
(profitable yes) but as the years went on it sucked the life out of me! -- Sugar & Spice Quilts by Linda E http://community.webshots.com/user/frame242 |
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Amen. The fun of the hobby goes away when you're worried about making
expenses, advertising, ordering the right fabric in the right quantities, etc. Then there's always the person who says, "I used to quilt, but now I have a 40-hr a week job". Merrystitch "nana2b" wrote in message news I couldn't have said it better myself! Only my pain lasted 10 years (profitable yes) but as the years went on it sucked the life out of me! -- Sugar & Spice Quilts by Linda E http://community.webshots.com/user/frame242 |
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