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    Sewing to Sell—The Beginner's Guide to Starting a Craft Business: Bonus—16 Starter Projects • How to Sell Locally & Online
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    Sewing to Sell—The Beginner's Guide to Starting a Craft Business: Bonus—16 Starter Projects • How to Sell Locally & Online
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    Sewing to Sell—The Beginner's Guide to Starting a Craft Business: Bonus—16 Starter Projects • How to Sell Locally & Online

    By Virginia Lindsay

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    About this ebook

    You love to sew. Don't you wish you could make a living from your sewing? You can, with the help of this practical guide from professional sewist and pattern designer Virginia Lindsay. Everything you need to know to start sewing for profit is here, from finding your personal sewing style to creating a product line, identifying customers, equipping your studio, pricing and selling your work, marketing yourself, designing your own patterns, and handling the business and legal side of sewing. And that’s not all! You also get 16 projects that you can start sewing and selling right now.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherC&T Publishing, Inc.
    Release dateNov 1, 2014
    ISBN9781607059042
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    Sewing to Sell—The Beginner's Guide to Starting a Craft Business: Bonus—16 Starter Projects • How to Sell Locally & Online
    Author

    Virginia Lindsay

    Virginia Lindsay is the designer behind the PDF pattern shop Gingercake Patterns and the author of a popular sewing blog. She has authored two books and has several patterns published by Simplicity. She lives outside of Pittsburgh with her family. gingercake.org

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