The "Business" of Sewing: How to Start, Achieve and Maintain Success, Vol. 1 [Paperback]

Barbara Wright Sykes (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 12, 2004

See what other sewing professionals are charging through sample price lists from Home Decor, Bridal, and Children s, Custom Tailoring, Alterations, Hats, Art-To-Wear and more. Learn how to obtain money for you business through a list of organizations and lending institutions. Discover payment methods you can offer your customers and how to get a merchant account for credit card sales. You ll gain knowledge on how to collect money on past due accounts. Save by buying in bulk with a list of suppliers and a sample letter to contact them. Determine what type of business is right for you and how to increase your knowledge to make more money. It also covers: business and financial plans; studio design, networking; time management; tackling your fears; turning sewing into a business and making the transition; how to avoid getting frustrated; industry statistics. *Extensive Resource Directory, charts, illustrations and graphs included.

Note: The "Business" Of Sewing: Vol. 2, is available in this dynamic series and has additional information not included in this book.

The Business of Sewing has received rave reviews from: Nancy Zieman of Sewing With Nancy, McCall's and Simplicity, LA Times and more. All three editions of The Business Of Sewing continue to be our best sellers.

Be sure to see all of Barbara Wright Sykes Sewing For Profit products.

Barbara Wright Sykes sewing for profit BOOKS:
Do You Sew For Profit: Wholesale, Retail, Consignment
Marketing Your Sewing Business
Pricing Without Fear
The "Business" Of Sewing Vol. 1
The "Business" Of Sewing Vol. 2
The "Business" Of Sewing

FORMS offered here for sewing professionals:
Forms On Computer Disc
Home Decor - Interior Design Forms
The Marketing Forms CD
Marketing Graphics Forms
Deluxe Marketing Forms

The "Business" Of Sewing on AUDIO CD series:
Take The Fear Out Of Pricing
Marketing Your Sewing Business
The "Business" Of Sewing
The "Business" Of Sewing Audio Album (Get all 3 and save).

Be sure to see Barbara's new book: Good Lovin' Ain't Easy

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Sykes has created a guide that enables the home sewer to combine management skills and creative talents into a home-based sewing business. The assumption here is that one already is proficient at sewing. The author offers a broad range of suggestions, tips, and guidelines, ranging from evaluating personal assets and skills and setting up a sewing office to developing and managing a business plan and overcoming emotional roadblocks. Chapters detail client interaction, time management, record keeping, and advertising. Sewers will find invaluable the specialized sample forms, including consultation/work and consignment agreements, pattern adjustment checklists, project worksheets, and price lists based on time and motion studies. This is a useful handbook for developing a custom sewing service.

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Collins Pubn (March 12, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0971782415
• ISBN-13: 978-0971782419
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,431,814 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Barbara is no stranger to success. She hosted a popular radio talk show on KACE, and is the author of Good Lovin' Ain't Easy, Overcoming Doubt, Fear and Procrastination, Pricing Without Fear and numerous books, audio's, forms and software. Barbara has been a frequent guest on television and radio, making 125 radio appearances in one year including: KTLA, BET, WGN, ABC, CBS, Crook and Chase and Home and Family.

Barbara has been recognized and praised by leading newspapers and magazines such as the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Income Opportunity, and Health Magazine. She received the prestigious "International Woman of the Year" award for her contribution in the fields of business and psychology, ranking Barbara Wright Sykes in the company of such notables as former President Reagan's daughter Maureen Regan, noted attorney Gloria Alred, journalist Linda Ellerbee, actress Mariette Hartley, news anchor Kelly Lang, and Renee Taylor of The Nanny TV show.

As a business consultant for professionals desiring to start, achieve and maintain success, Barbara founded the firm Barbara Wright & Associates in 1979, she has consulted with: California State University, Midwestern State University, Union Bank, Dept. Of Agriculture and Vogue Magazine, among others. While commissioned by the fashion industries noted designers, tailors and sewing professionals to assist them with pricing, market analysis and business expansion, Barbara penned her first business text book, entitled The "Business" Of Sewing.

In demand as a business consultant, KTLA's popular morning show "Making It" featured Barbara Wright Sykes as one of Southern California's leading business consultants, speakers and authors. Barbara has been a featured writer for many magazines and newspapers such as Inland Business Journal, Computer Update, Threads and Vogue Magazine.

Barbara's novel, Good Lovin' Ain't Easy, is the first installment in Sykes amazing books where she raises the stakes as she negotiates the characters in and out of life-changing experiences. She is the master of witty dialogue, steamy love scenes and suspense-driven plots. Sykes' novels are exhilarating to read. One reader had this to say:

"Sykes' incorporates her uncanny insights into relationships and the human psyche to deftly weave a mesmerizing tale about sincere, but flawed, characters we can relate to. The characters, and their actions, ring true, allowing her reader to experience vicariously the joys, fears, heartbreaks and triumphs of individuals they come to know intimately."

Ms. Wright Sykes is a multi-talented author whose intellectual range spans from novels, to business and psychology. As a speaker, constantly in demand, she stimulates a broad wave of discussion as she guides individuals to reach levels of success in both their personal and professional lives.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful, September 15, 2005

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Daniel Nielsen "daniel" (Pelzer, SC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The "Business" of Sewing: How to Start, Achieve and Maintain Success, Vol. 1 (Paperback)

I found the book to be very thorough and comprehensive. The author obviously has been in the business a long time and knows how to share the information she has learned.