How to market your sewing skills and build a profitable sewing or craft business.

Please the pickiest tech-savvy teens and tweens with these 21 trendy projects you can sew. Most of us would agree that sewing something that teens will like is, without a doubt, a challenge. In Project Teen, Melissa Mortenson, sewist and mother of three teenagers, shares not only her 21 teen-approved designs, but also invaluable tips and tricks for sewing for this unique (a.k.a. picky) age group. Whether you make a stylish tech cover, a cushy study pillow, or a personalized quilt, your teen will love these handmade gifts as much as you love them. • 21 projects, specifically for teens and tweens (ages 11+), including quilts, T-shirts, tech covers, totes, accessories, and so much more • Lots of inspiring ideas and designs for the perfect gifts • Get the 411 on what’s cool when it comes to fabric and style—so that your teen is sure to love what you make! Praise for Project Teen “Mortenson has a good eye for what teenagers actually need and want. . . . Something here will appeal to that trickiest of demographics, making the book a worthwhile buy.” —Publishers Weekly “Project Teen is a fresh, mod, fun way to sew for the tweens/teens in our life - kids, grands, nieces & nephews. The projects meet the ever changing needs of kids, from travel blankets and tablet covers to simple bags to store everything in.” —Generation Q Magazine

You can start a small business by taking advantage of your sewing skills. By offering services, such as clothing repair, custom tailoring, and button replacement, you can create a steady income with a business that has returning customers. You have the choice of starting as a home-based business or setting up a shop in a retail location. Your success will depend on the quality of your marketing and customer service, as well as the quality of your work. What you will find in this revised edition is everything else it takes to run your sewing and alterations business from home including business setup step-by-step in exact order, bookkeeping, taxes, business plan, business entity formation, policies to consider, skills assessment, how to prevail alongside the competition, tools of the trade, HOW MUCH MONEY you can make PLUS many juicy stories about my personal experience. An easy 100 page read you can explore this world and check it all out for yourself to see if it's a match and/or inspirational to your desires before you leap.

You can start a small business by taking advantage of your sewing skills. By offering services, such as clothing repair, custom tailoring, and button replacement, you can create a steady income with a business that has returning customers. You have the choice of starting as a home-based business or setting up a shop in a retail location. Your success will depend on the quality of your marketing and customer service, as well as the quality of your work. How To Start a Sewing Business is a simple and easy-to-apply book in which you will discover the essential first steps to take to start your business on the road to profit, in the shortest time possible.

Make $30,000, $40,000 and more per year doing clothing alterations! Do you love sewing? Do you need a little extra money? Or a LOT of extra money? Would you like to stay home with the children instead of working a 9 to 5 job? Would you like to be in control of your own time? Does financial independence sound exciting to you? How about a new car? Would you like to take a "real" vacation this year? Clothing alterations could be your answer! A lifetime of success can be yours simply by turning your sewing abilities in a profit making direction. Your success is closer than you may think! There are people everywhere in NEED of the service you can provide! Who would be your customers? Teachers, secretaries, doctors, dentists, friends, neighbors, sales people - nearly EVERYONE in your town would be a potential customer. We'll show you how to contact them and how to get them to refer you to all of their friends and co-workers. Turning your sewing hobby into a money making business can be done with VERY LITTLE money up front. In fact, we'll show you how to get started with NO up-front money! We've even included a whole NEW section on special services YOU can provide, that no one else in town has even thought of! You'll be the ONLY one offering these services, and your excited and happy customers will be back on a regular basis, and they'll be telling their friends about your work! "How To Start and Operate A Profitable Clothing Alteration Business" is a COMPLETE MANUAL for your part time or full time alterations business. Virtually ANYONE can be a success in this business if they make up their mind to do it and start TODAY! "How to Start and Operate A Profitable Clothing Alteration Business" includes: -How to start your business -How to price your alterations -How to get customers and KEEP THEM -SPECIAL services you can offer that nobody else offers! -SAVE your customers many $$$ by offering THIS additional service -How to get FREE advertising for your business -How to keep records of customers -How and where to advertise -How to set YOUR OWN HOURS -How to achieve a professional image -Sample advertisements, forms & customer record sheets -Where you can get thread and notions at WHOLESALE PRICES! If you follow the easy-to-understand step-by-step instructions and advice given throughout this golden opportunity manual, you can have your clothing alteration business "up and running" within a few days! All you need are a sewing machine and your sewing ability and PRESTO! you're ready for business. You do not need a lot of money to become a success in this business - just sewing ability and a willingness to follow the instructions in this complete manual.