I have a DREAM!
03-24-2011, 01:03 PM
#51
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Iowa
Posts: 589
Sounds great to me. I have always wanted a small store to sell homemade things. But with the prices of store rental and the economy I don't think it will happen any time soon. BUT don't give up your dream, I'm not and I am 60yo.
03-24-2011, 05:27 PM
#55
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Ottsville, PA
Posts: 469
Lots of great suggestions. How about offering trips to the big National Quilt Shows like Sisters, Paducah, Houston. Most guilds offer trips to more local shows but acting as travel guide to some of the biggies (maybe even other countries) would be great.
My dream is to convert my large 1750's barn into a studio space. Downstairs would be a wood shop for DH and upstairs my space with huge windows to look over the fields and skylights for lots of sun. Of course a nice spot to relax with a cup of coffee and peruse some great quilt magazines is a must too!
My dream is to convert my large 1750's barn into a studio space. Downstairs would be a wood shop for DH and upstairs my space with huge windows to look over the fields and skylights for lots of sun. Of course a nice spot to relax with a cup of coffee and peruse some great quilt magazines is a must too!
03-24-2011, 06:00 PM
#57
Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 282
Originally Posted by cindit
How about adding yarn, if there is a market for it? It might appeal to more people and you might be able to get a quilter to knit or a crocheter to quilt!
LARGE inventory, She carries plastic template material
etc. and all sorts of notions, about anything anyone could
want. She also has yarn, has had tating lessons there. And
it's an older downtown building, so has an upstairs and they'
have over-night sew-ins, and evidently they have a 'ball' up
there. She also does machine quilting of course. Has sure
built it up.
03-24-2011, 06:16 PM
#59
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Georgetown TX
Posts: 4,375
"Material Things" is a wonderful name for a lovely dream. I have a friend who opened her own small town shop and she runs exhausted all of the time. It is a lot of work......hours are long. If you would love to do it.....go for it!! We girls can do anything! Good Luck and when you open make sure we heard about it :-D
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