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“How to Start Your Own Quilting Business"

March 2006

Chuck Smith is one of the foremost authorities on the business of quilting and has been selling this product for over 3 years now with great success.

The book is aimed at people who want to discover the secrets of making money with your quilting passion and either selling your own quilts or offering quilting service to others.

The book is for people who want to earn a healthy living either part-time or full time.

Chuck has several books available “How to Start Your Own Machine Quilting Business” and “How to Start Your Own Quilt Shop” which have helped thousands of people start their own quilting business.

This latest book is for people who don’t want to invest heavily into a quilting machine but would
like to know how to sell their handmade quilts and work on the marketing of their beautiful hand-made quilts.

It will show you many different ways of starting, running and marketing your own quilts. The book is150 pages and packed with hundreds and hundreds of useful tips for getting your quilting business off and running.

Chuck Smith also supports all the people who buy his products. He keeps in touch with all of his subscribers, (I’m one of them) giving useful information when he emails out and also runs a very informative Quilters Tips website.

Some of the things you will discover in Chuck’s book are:-

. How to set up and run your quilting business.
. He takes you by the hand and guides you through the
the most basic ways to get started.
. He includes an excellent section on marketing your
quilting business.
- the life’s blood of a business – without customers
- coming into your business it will quickly die.
. Discover the secrets of selling your quilts on eBay
. Discover how to exhibit at craft fairs to get maximum
exposure and sales. Also find out what’s selling in
your area and then how to set your pricing accordingly.

Chuck throws in a whole lot of incredibly valuable bonuses as well
i.e. Quilting Business Directory
Special Report when Selling on eBay
101 Patchwork Patterns
Quilting Business Primer
Start-Up and Recurring Cost Calculator
Machine Quilting Report
Publicity Manual
And a Time Management Guide

And to top it all off he also offers a 100% money back guarantee if not
totally satisfied.

All in all a great product with some very valuable bonuses.

I’m giving it a 9 out of 10

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Where To Find The Best Quilting Fabrics

Looking for quilting fabrics can be a fascinating journey and I find it's always interesting for have a little history to call upon.

Quilting Fabrics Through The Ages

By Sigrid Gangsoy

Quilting fabrics date back thousands of years and examples can be found in Japan, China, Korea, India, England, Scotland, Ireland, Scandinavia and Europe. The oldest example of quilting fabric is thought to have been found near the border between Mongolia and Siberia in a Scythian chieftain’s tomb and is thought to be as old a AD200. Many of the intriquite spirals and cross-hatching is still being used by quilters today when practicing the art of wholecloth quilting.

Another ancient form of quilting was when shoes were made from quilted fabrics. Usually the shoes were made from quilted felt and patched with leather to give them added strength.

Quilted garments were one of the oldest forms of clothing and in ancient times were used as a form of armour. This gave people an elevated level of protection against arrows and spears. When gunpowder and gun power was introduced this level of protection was no longer afforded and quilted garments in military battles gave way to more advanced types of clothing for battle.

It is said that the art of quilting fabric originated in the East and Japan has a long history of quilting. In the earliest times quilts in Japan were generally articles of bedding. In fact the word quilt is derived from the Latin” culcita” meaning a mattress or pillow.

One of the earliest quilts from Japan is the futon being a thick mattress generously padded with cotton wadding. The Japanese originally slept on the futon on the floor and depending on the season would have a lighter or heavier quilt on top.

Japanese Buddist monks were expected to renounce all materialism and adopt the “Kesa”, a patched robe made from recycled fabrics.

In England, several hundred years ago quilting was a thriving cottage industry and generally produced warm and comfortable bedding for protection from the cold and miserable winters. Nowadays people are still quilting and derive a lot of pleasure out of producing quilts which are more of an artwork or tell a story.

Many have forgotten that patchwork and quilting are two different and distinct crafts and only over the last hundred or so years have merged together. Originally patchwork fabrics were not quilted and when quilters worked on project the cloth was "wholecloth".

Professional quilters in England applied their skills to many different articles of clothing as diverse as petticoats, babies bonnets and coats.

The making of quilts can be produced in many different styles, some examples being Mosaic Patchwork, Crazy Patchwork, Country Style Quilts, Wholecloth Quilts, Stripy Quilts and also more contemporary quilts.

By Sigrid Gangsoy

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