Fabric by the Bolt Wholesale Pricing
#12
Super Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Alaska
Posts: 2,356
Maybe this is her dream to open up a shop. Sometimes collecting information and making sound choices is the best way to go.
If she is in education- maybe she is looking for a career that will provide for her family. Some places do not pay their teachers very much.
If she is in education- maybe she is looking for a career that will provide for her family. Some places do not pay their teachers very much.
#14
I have 2 sisters, we're in our late 20's and early 30's. We all sew, we're all crafty, and come from an extremely artsy/creative family (mostly educators, except for me, I'm the black sheep in medical sales). One of my sisters has 2 children, for which she has a hard time finding cool, modern clothes, blankets, burp cloths, etc. We've always gone to craft shows and said, "we should do this" so....we finally are. Our generation isn't interested in the things at craft shows that were cool in 1992. We want colorful, bright, polka dots, chevron, modern, but still cute. We are doing a few shows to test the waters and may go online, but we're starting at the local level first. We are spending the weekend, piecing together our business plan and making decisions. We are still in the process of getting our tax ID (SO a pain in the butt, btw. If anyone out there can help us with tax ID's, LLC's vs. partnerships, etc., preferably in Pennsylvania, we will love you forever!). With that being said, of course Riley Blake can't discuss pricing with us until we have that done. See the catch-22 there? Being the perfectionist that I am, I wanted to be as accurate as I could as I was laying the numbers out for the sisters. So....there you go. NOW you know me, you know my story, probably more than you ever wanted to know, and hopefully provided you with a legitimate reason for why I was asking. Thank you again to those who helped. I am the quilter of the group and I've seen some interesting posts as I was skimming the site. I look forward to reading more when I have some spare time!
Cheers!
Katie ☺
#16
Super Member
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Midwest
Posts: 5,051
Katie,
Perhaps this is premature but one idea for you is to consider attending a Quilt Market when the time makes sense for you in your planning. You can research when and where the shows are on this site. http://quilts.com/home/index.php
Market is a great way to glean lots of info for your new business adventure.
Fab Shop News is a great magazine for fabric retailers.
Good luck!
Sandy
Perhaps this is premature but one idea for you is to consider attending a Quilt Market when the time makes sense for you in your planning. You can research when and where the shows are on this site. http://quilts.com/home/index.php
Market is a great way to glean lots of info for your new business adventure.
Fab Shop News is a great magazine for fabric retailers.
Good luck!
Sandy
#19
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Maryland
Posts: 539
I just noticed you are from Maryland and you mentioned PA in one of your posts. May I ask where you are thinking about having a shop since I too am from MD? There can never be too many quilt shops in an area!
#20
I agree, this is not top secret info. What harm can she do with it. Vendors won't give her wholesale prices unless she has a business ID#.
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