We are blessed to have a fabric store that offers quilting classes only 7 miles away. Prices are better than Joanne's too. Our walmarts around CT stopped selling fabric early this year. I was told they are all going out.
The fabric store owner said VIP fabric was a big line at Walmart and were the only American made fabric left. Now that their biggest customer (Walmart) is gone, they are going to china with their fabric.
If our little fabric store can make it, so can you. Don't try to be too big and do too much at once. Hold classes that others teach and give them the course fee. Hopefully the students will purchase the fabric for the classes from you, and expose them to your other goods.
She has no other employees, just herself, so that cuts down on overhead too.
Carol :mrgreen: