Studio Habits: Keep a List
This is the first in an occasional series about building studio habits to ease your workflow. As we hit the middle of January, and I read across my social media feeds of everyone's epic plans [...]
Why Stealing Patterns is Like Killing the Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs
It has happened AGAIN. Yep, stealing patterns, stealing content, copying pages from books. This time, it's in a Facebook group known as the Worldwide Quilting Group. The administrator, Sandy Stubbs, has been scraping tutorial and [...]
WASWI: Asking for better than you get
Here's part of an email I just sent to a company that buys patterns from me. Yet again, my payment was not made in a timely fashion. I sadly deal with more than one company [...]
The Personal and the Political
Yes, I've been quiet of late. It's been one helluva season... I moved house and studio in early December, my delightfully dodgy heart landed me in the hospital (again) during the holidays, I'm sore and [...]
WASWI – One of My Patterns Has Been Plagiarized
I'm pretty steamed. I've discovered that someone who bought my Chunky Wee Zippy Pouches pattern has ripped it off, obviously believing the "just change 5 things or X percent and you're safe" nonsense. Whatever the nuts [...]
The High Cost of Discount Pricing
Everybody loves a bargain. Scoring something on sale is a modern day hunter/gatherer coup of the first order, a proof positive that you are conducting your life with thrifty adult aplomb. But the push for [...]
WASWI – Raising your prices, not working for free
There have been some great discussions out on the interwebs, of late, covering some thoughts on pricing and working for free. These are definitely worth your time! First: Karen McTavish on the Crafty Planner Podcast. At [...]
WASWI – How you use your time
A friend messaged over the weekend, asking for help to price a commission. We went over the costs of materials, and the time it might take to make. Yes, it does come down to time [...]
WASWI – Saying NO (or more Snappy Comebacks)
Recently, Karri G wrote with this question: "What do you say when someone wants you to make them a copy of a pattern without sounding holy than thou?" First of all, can I just say [...]
WASWI – Legs of the same table
We need each other. Every person, in every role in the quilting industry, whether it's on the buying side or the selling side, from the CEO to the fledgling sewist, is necessary. Absolutely necessary. Every [...]