Woven and Finished Towels
The telling of this story about weaving towels has been rather protracted. Sorry about that. We left the story when I had finished...
Tutorial: reversible, reusable gift bag
This post is about how I developed the sewing pattern for reversible fabric gift bags. Math alert: this post uses math calculations. Some...
The process of a custom order through Etsy
I have had a store on Etsy for a while now. Recently I received a custom request from a person on the other side of the country from me....
Business owner worries
Since coming back from vacation I have been focusing on finishing up the projects for the contest that I plan on entering. I watched the...
To Etsy or not to Etsy
Etsy is a very large online marketplace. Nope, it's an extremely humongous marketplace. Maybe some years ago when it was just getting...
Summer Sale
We have noted that people are spending time with their families this summer. How do we know? Let's see, there are fewer people at church,...
Setting things up
When I started my business I knew that I could not take just any photos of our products. That would just never do! So I browsed Etsy...
Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics
With all apologies to the reputed quote from Mark Twain, I'll just stick to statistics. The last 30 days I've had my Etsy store open...
How to get that balance
This whole thing of starting a new business has been interesting. I'm still working on getting the balance right. Perhaps that will...
Sold! WooHoo!
A friend of mine knew that I would be opening a business, and asked me to make a field service bag for her. She is a Jehovah's Witness,...
And so it begins...
Yesterday I opened our Etsy store, and started adding items for sale. I now have three whole listings. New processes do take a while to...
Flour Sacks
In the "olden days" (1976-1977) I, Thread, spent time in Guatemala for my church. At the time it was popular among my cohort to make...
