Let your excellent quilting designs and projects become your home based business. Add business principles to your sewing passion and you are on your way to a substantial income from the comfort of your home.
You would be able to quilt part time or full time:
You are the boss.
You work when you want to work.
Play when you want to play.
Sleep when you want to sleep.
It is your personal schedule.
Your sewing hobby is ready to be taken to the next level. It is ready to be introduced and sold to the world about you. People have already paid you for your custom made quilts. It is time to expand your quilting line and sell to the general public.
Knowing what people have paid and what other quilters are charging for their quilting talents, you have discovered that you are able to compete with the best of them.
Your current charges for the custom made quilts of your design and sewing talents have brought the income you asked. There is no doubt in your mind that you can be financially successful as a home based business.
More importantly when you compare the financial difference between working for an employer and selling your quilts; the quilts win the most income. Being self employed will give you the freedom to make the amount of income you desire.
You are realizing that you have a suitable line of quality quilts for selling and it is time to open a business. You will discover, as others have, that quilting is one great home based sewing business.
Here is a checklist to get started:
Choose a name for your business.
Get proper permits and licensing for your home based business.
Have your business cards, flyers, and brochures printed.
Install a separate phone line or cell phone for business calls.
Set up a computer as a working tool for both quilting and maintaining business records.
Compile a practical list of selling outlets including online retailing.
Have available bookkeeping supplies. A notebook is excellent.
Set up your work schedule in your home.
There is one problem that arises when you work from home. Tell people that you work from this hour to this hour. If you do not you will have interruptions from family, friends, and neighbors and will get frustrated because you are not able to get your work done.
Review your lifestyle and choose the best time with the least amount of interferences. I have found that blocking my time works the best and if there is someone else in the home I have a general rule.
My rule iswhen I am in the living room I am open to social gatherings. When I am in my work area I am working. Do not disturb. This system works very well or me and it discourages any hurt feelings.
I enjoy being an entrepreneur and if you ready to get started in the quilting business visit the home page of Tricia Deed at http://www.infotrish.vpweb.com/ and review "Want to Quilt up a Storm and Make Money While You Do It?".