DonnaRae I have worked in a couple fabric/quilt shops years ago and yes it is tough coming home with a full pay cheque!!! I too remember putting new products and fabric meters away under the counter so I could pay for them on payday. This was especially done if we saw something come in that would DEFINETELY sell very very fast! We wanted our stuff FIRST before the customers!! LOL
I looooooooooooooooove teaching quilting!!! Its soooo addictive and I get such a rush when I see how many wonderful colour selections my students use for their quilts!! I tend to take lots of photos of my students working away on their quilts!! When I taught quilting in the quilt shop I loved buying the gadgets and gizmos we sold at the store and use them at the classes.. this boosted sales big time for the store!!! I do it still even though I'm not teaching out of a fabric/quilt store anymore but at a local community center. One of my students started her own home based fabric shop. She started with me 1 1/2 years ago. She became sooooo addicted she started ordering TONS of fabrics wholesale and sold them out of her home. She also brings in some great notions, gadgets and gizmos!! I promote her every chance I get to my students. It works out great cause when I order from her I get discounts!!!! Sometimes freebie things that I can use in class for demonstrations!! :)
I had a couple people in this forum ask if I might be interested in teaching something here online.. I'm seriously putting some big thoughts into doing it. I haven't never taught anything online, so not sure how I will do with putting my points across. But hey I am ALWAYS up for the challenge!