Originally Posted by
happyquiltmom
Ditto ghostrider.
You need to get carried by a distributor (such as Checker) in order for quilt shops to find your patterns.
this is not true! there are many designers who avoid checkers..mainly because of the low $ amount checkers will pay you, their practice of not ordering from you until they have sold "X" # of patterns to shops(which is actually on Backorder to the buyer), and many other practices that are not fair to the designer!
There are pattern only wholesalers that are easier to work with, or you can self publish & self promote by going to market, or smaller quilt shows. Make sure you are a designer forum, PM me and I can give you the names of a couple good ones! Make sure your patterns are tested well, get a blog up and going and sell from there!