1234Irene

Great thread! Thanks!

Raggiemom

Loving all the ideas!

primbears

Everything is in the price. If it is cheap enough it will sell. Make your price tags visable at first glance. Don't make them open a cutsey folded tag. Use good props which draw attention. After 30 plus yrs of shows all over the USA, this is very important.

Z Any Mouse

I had lots of success selling aprons and table runners last year. This year my potholders and embellished towels are popular. I'm leary of craft shows. At the last one I had to pay the entrance fee and donate an item from my booth (a $45.00 bag). I didn't sell a single thing, and the only thing that moved off my table were the free candy canes and mints I had out. Very discouraging! However, the exposure is good and you never know when someone from that show will contact you later about a bigger project, like a quilt.

Brandi

I agree small items would sell faster. I used to do craft shows years ago and I enjoyed doing that. Like yousay it is hard work. I don't think crafts shows are as popular today as they were a few years back. I hope they come back with the way money is today and is going to be for a while. Good luck and post of yours items.

Ramona Byrd

Be careful with that. If you use licensed logos, you could get shut down and all your inventory confiscated. There could also be a huge fine assessed.
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so my thinking would be, if you make things out of your states pro-teams, they may sell well.
You can't legally do that.[/quote]
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Okay, what if you make your own version of what the logo should be like? I remember one I made for my Dallas/Ft. Worth grandson who was a Cowboy fan. I didn't know anything about football teams so made him a small throw with cowboys and a few footballs tossed around. He loved it, might even still have it for his own son.

Might be cute to have a cowboy leading a horse and running bent over carrying a football. Not wearing a cowboy hat but a helmet (no logo on it).
I might even do that for GGS...

MargeD

I haven't done a craft show in a while,in fact, the last craft show I did with a friend I didn't sell anything, but I didn't have a lot, having given everything to the church holiday fair. For years I have made items for my church's holiday fair: Table runners, placemats, aprons, pot holders, baby quilts, doll quilts, etc. Except for maybe the last couple of years with the economy so bad, usually everything I make sells out. At the last craft fair a woman just down from me was selling her quilted items so fast, I couldn't believe it. My girlfriend suggested that maybe if I sold placemats with the matching napkins, they might sell better, as some would want the matching napkins and maybe a napkin ring. It might not be much help, but the above has been my experience.

fosseldaughter

What about neck coolers ?

watterstide

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Okay, what if you make your own version of what the logo should be like? I remember one I made for my Dallas/Ft. Worth grandson who was a Cowboy fan. I didn't know anything about football teams so made him a small throw with cowboys and a few footballs tossed around. He loved it, might even still have it for his own son.

Might be cute to have a cowboy leading a horse and running bent over carrying a football. Not wearing a cowboy hat but a helmet (no logo on it).
I might even do that for GGS...[/quote]

i haven't sold anything with team logos, but i have made the casserole carrier for my brother for Christmas using U of M fabric, lap quilts,baby stuff with pistons and lions fabrics to give as gifts. i am sorry for the suggestion,and would not want anyone to get into trouble

as someone mentioned above, just using the colors of your favorite local team..that would work!

watterstide

There are tons of free tote bag patterns on line..

http://www.jcarolinecreative.com/Mer...c?Screen=HOWTO

http://blog.imaginefabric.com/2009/0...e-handbag.html

http://www.jcarolinecreative.com/Mer.../tote_bag.html

http://angiequilts.blogspot.com/p/an...panel-bag.html