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Insider´s Guide to Quilting CareersWritten by Merry May and Linda Hahn, the Insider's Guide to Quilting Careers introduces you to a variety of areas to consider as a quilt professional, including owning a shop, teaching, longarm quilting, publishing, appraising, vending, fabric design and more. Includes forms to use, resources and extras, such as articles on the Internet, accounting, copyright and insurance. Published 2009. | $24.95 |
Create Your Perfect Quilt Studio - MP3 DownloadThe PQ Café brings you another enlightening discussion. This time Morna McEver Golletz and Lois Hallock talk about how to create your ideal quilting studio. Lois is a quilter, a professional engineer and a professional organizer. She has successfully designed more than 100 quilt studios and written several magazine articles on the process. More details can be found here. | $17.95 |
Creating a Marketing Strategy for Your Quilt Business - MP3 DownloadJoin publisher, editor and quilt business expert Morna McEver Golletz in the PQ Café as she discusses one of her most requested topics, Creating a Marketing Strategy for Your Quilt Business. In addition to her role as CEO of The Professional Quilter, Morna has run a quilt business, taught quilting, created patterns and sold her work through craft shows. Download this MP3 recording of the teleclass and listen at your leisure. More details are here. | $17.95 |
Digital Essentials for Quilters with Gloria Hansen - CDProfessionally recorded CD of 1-hour teleclass with Gloria Hansen. Gloria provides an enlightened preview of her 14th book, Digital Essentials, the Quilt Makers Must Have Guide to Files, Images, and More, which was published by Electric Quilt. She shares how to protect the copyright of your images on your Web site, the difference between PPI and DPI and when each is used, tips for preparing quilts for digital show entry and more about using digital images. Price includes shipping. Click here for more information about this recording. | $24.95 |
Digital Essentials for Quilters with Gloria Hansen - MP3 DownloadMP3 download of 1-hour teleclass with Gloria Hansen. Gloria provides an enlightened preview of her 14th book, Digital Essentials, the Quilt Makers Must Have Guide to Files, Images, and More, which was published by Electric Quilt. She shares how to protect the copyright of your images on your Web site, the difference between PPI and DPI and when each is used, tips for preparing quilts for digital show entry and more about using digital images. Click here for additional information about this teleclass recording. | $17.95 |
Get Organized, Finally - MP3 DownloadHave you tried a variety of methods to organize your quilting "stuff"? Do you buy every new organizing gadget you see? Do the organization methods you've tried just not work for you? Is your studio space disorganized and inefficient and you know it could be improved, but you don't know where to start? Or you try, and it doesn't work? Join Morna McEver Golletz and Debra Lipp, professional organizer, designer and quilter, for a lively discussion that's sure to help you Get Organized, Finally! Get this downloadable MP3 recording for just $17.95. Additional details are here. | $17.95 |
Ins & Outs of Longarm Business - CDCD recording of teleclass with Linda Taylor, longarm quilter and teacher. In this lively discussion you'll learn how to set your prices. how to market your longarm business, how to communicate effectively with your customers, how to manage your workload, how to make a profit at your business, and more. Additional details are available here. | $24.95 |
Ins & Outs of Longarm Business - MP3 DownloadMP3 recording download of teleclass with Linda Taylor, longarm quilter and teacher. In this lively discussion you'll learn how to set your prices. how to market your longarm business, how to communicate effectively with your customers, how to manage your workload, how to make a profit at your business, and more. Additional details are available here. | $17.95 |
INs & OUTS of Pattern Publishing - CDCD Recording of 1-hour teleclass with Ann Anderson, founder of Quiltwoman.com, a pattern publishing and distribution company. Ann has been publishing patterns and books for quilt and fabric projects for nine years. Ann shares how to how to protect the copyright of your pattern designs, how you can make money as a pattern designer, how to market your pattern line, and much more. Click here for additional information about this teleclass recording. | $24.95 |
INs & OUTs of Pattern Publishing - MP3 DownloadMP3 download of 1-hour teleclass with Ann Anderson, founder of Quiltwoman.com, a pattern publishing and distribution company. Ann has been publishing patterns and books for quilt and fabric projects for nine years. Ann shares how to how to protect the copyright of your pattern designs, how you can make money as a pattern designer, how to market your pattern line, and much more. Click here for additional information about this teleclass recording. | $17.95 |
422 Tax Deductions for Businesses and Self-Employed IndividualsAuthor Bernard Kamoroff, CPA, says you get a raise every time you find a legitimate tax deduction and he offers you 422 deductions you never heard about, deductions your accountant forgot to ask you about, deductions your software program got wrong, and deductions the IRS chose not to list on their tax form. Published 2010. Annual update sheets available. 224 pages. | $23.95 |
Bookkeeping: A Practical SystemGeared to the bookkeeping novice, this book covers simple cash method, double entry system, setting up accounts and IRS expense categories. Examples are from real-life quilt businesses. Practice worksheets are included. Published 1990. | $15.95 |
Bookkeeping: A Practical System - PDF VersionGeared to the bookkeeping novice, this book covers simple cash method, double entry system, setting up accounts and IRS expense categories. Examples are from real-life quilt businesses. Practice worksheets are included. Published 1990. | $10.95 |
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Judges Perspective - CDCD Recording of The Judges' Perspective teleclass hosted by Morna McEver Golletz and featuring NQA Certified Judges Jane Hall and Scott Murkin. Learn what criteria judges use when judging a quilt show, the relationship between design and workmanship from the judge's standpoint, how you can improve your chances at winning a prize or ribbon, how you can become a judge and more. This teleclass is geared to quilters interested in learning more about the judging process, either as a quilter or as a judge. Additional details are here. | $24.95 |
Judging QuiltsThis collection features 19 critical essays on judging written by NQA Judge and Master Judge Katy Christopherson for The Professional Quilter. | $20.45 |
Photographing Quilts for Juries and PublicationThis reprint comes from the popular and now sold-out Marketing Quilts. It does not cover digital cameras. | $13.95 |
Publish Your Patterns!: How to Write, Print and Market Your DesignsWritten by Nancy Restuccia for the novice designer, the book provides the basics and more for getting your pattern business off the ground. Major sections include From Idea to Paper, The Marketing Approach and Business & Legal Issues. Includes index and appendices. Published 2001, Revised 2009. | $24.95 |
Sell Your Crafts on eBayAuthor James Dillehay shows you step-by-step more than 200 tactics, tips and tricks to profit with your art and craft items from eBay's millions of buyers. Published 2007 | $21.95 |
Small Time OperatorWritten by Bernard Kamoroff, CPA, and now in its 26th edition, Small Time Operator is filled with the nuts and bolts of turning your idea, hobby, skill or trade into a successful business of your own. It covers permits and licenses; financing your business; finding the right location; creating and using a business plan; choosing and protecting your business name; whether or not you should incorporate; a complete and simple bookkeeping system; hiring employees; federal, state and local taxes; buying a business or franchise; dealing with - and avoiding -the IRS, insurance; contracts; pricing; trademarks; and more. Published 2005. Includes current Update Sheet. 224 pages. | $23.95 |
The Basic Guide to Pricing Your CraftworkAuthor and professional craft artist James Dillehay gives you the tools to become more profitable and competitive when pricing and selling your art and craft work. Discover basic formulas for pricing craftwork when selling retail or wholesale; learn how to price one-of-a-kind pieces; discover ways to use pricing strategies to increase sales; learn how to keep records and boost cash flow income; learn if you are really making a profit; and learn how to manage your time and workspace to reduce your labor costs and boost productivity. Published 2007. 160 pages. | $17.95 |
The Basic Guide to Selling Arts & CraftsAuthor James Dillehay makes selling crafts easier with these profit-making secrets. Learn how you can earn big profits selling high-demand art and crafts items. Includes everything you'll need to know to start your own business; succeed at craft and trade shows; sell to stores, interior designers and corporations; pricing tips; extra income ideas; and more. Used as a training manual by the Association of Creative Craft Industries (ACCI) in its Professional Crafters course. Published 2007. 224 pages. | $19.95 |
The Basic Guide to Selling Your Crafts on the InternetAuthor James Dillehay teaches you how to use hundreds of free resources to earn extra income from home selling craftwork on the Internet. If you are already marketing your work offline, discover how to increase your sales 10%, 20% or more. Learn how to create a Web site that sells; use the guide's step-by-step marketing plan to make your site profitable; discover 10 top secrets to ranking high in search engines; discover 8 ways to use e-mail to boost profits; find more than 40 Web sites that will link to your site free; discover ways to earn extra money through affiliate programs; and more. Published 2007. | $21.95 |
The Challenge of JudgingDesigned as a workshop notebook, this book covers the philosophy of judging, sponsor responsibilities, the actual judging process and critical judgment. Included are 14 ranking systems, a form for judging masterpiece quilts and a forum discussion among professional quiltmakers on judging. Published 1990. | $20.45 |
The Challenge of TeachingDesigned as a workshop notebook, this book covers what to teach, where to teach, instructional methods, lesson plans, course outlines, teaching adults, teaching special students and handling difficult situations. Includes a section on professionalism, ethics and standards. Published 1990. | $18.95 |
The Creative Woman Ěs Getting-it-all-Together-at-Home HandbookWritten by Jean Ray Laury, this classic resource covers the following topics: Finding Time, Finding Space, On Being Superwoman, The Playpen in the Studio, Coping with the Mess, Shifting Gears, Getting Started, Coping with Deadlines, Supporting Yourself. Published 1977. | $13.95 |
The Directory of Grants for CraftsAuthor James Dillehay offers step-by-step help to writing a winning grant proposal. Learn how to locate grant programs that give to projects like yours, understand their application guidelines and submit a proposal. Book lists more than 1,000 foundation, corporate and government grant givers, craft artist in residency programs, craft and art in public places, money for foreign studies and more. Published 2007. | $24.95 |
Judges Perspective - MP3 DownloadMP3 download of The Judges' Perspective teleclass hosted by Morna McEver Golletz and featuring NQA Certified Judges Jane Hall and Scott Murkin. Learn what criteria judges use when judging a quilt show, the relationship between design and workmanship from the judge's standpoint, how you can improve your chances at winning a prize or ribbon, how you can become a judge and more. This teleclass is geared to quilters interested in learning more about the judging process, either as a quilter or as a judge. Additional details are here. | $17.95 |
Making Work at Home Work for You - MP3 DownloadJoin Morna McEver Golletz and special guest Debbie LaChusa for and enlightening discussion, Making Work at Home Work for YOU: How to get out of struggle, leave frustration behind and succeed with less effort. Debbie has been where you are - stressed, overloaded and burned out - and she managed to find a way to "have it all." Today she has a career she loves that earns her a great income and the ability to be home with her children. Listen as Debbie shares the secret to creating a marketable business that enables you to make a great living doing what you love to do working from home. Download instructions will follow your purchase. Details are HERE. | $17.95 |
Mastering Color - CDMorna McEver Golletz hosts this PQ Café teleclass discussion with Maria Peagler mastering color for quilters. Maria, an award-winning quilter, is the author of the new book Color Mastery. During the class she shares ten principles for using color to create stunning quilts and ways for you to develop your own color skill (you won't look at the color the same way again). She challenges myths you may have about working with color. The class is perfect for quilters at any level and teachers and shop owners who want to understand color better. Additional details here. | $24.95 |
Mastering Color - MP3 DownloadMorna McEver Golletz hosts this PQ Café teleclass discussion with Maria Peagler about mastering color for quilters. Maria, an award-winning quilter, is the author of the new book Color Mastery. During the class she shares ten principles for using color to create stunning quilts and ways for you to develop your own color skill (you won't look at the color the same way again). She challenges myths you may have about working with color. The class is perfect for quilters at any level and teachers and shop owners who want to understand color better. Additional details here. | $17.95 |
Use Video to Promote Your Business - MP3 DownloadHave you ever considered Video as a promotional tool for your business? Does it seem too complicated or maybe you think it's not a worthy investment? if so, you'll find this discussion between Morna McEver Golletz and Bonnie McCaffery to be informative and relevant. Bonnie shares the how-to's and why's of creating DVDs for demonstrating your products to classes or at shows. Some of the topics covered are: how can you use video to promote your shop, classes and products on your website; how-to DVDs are an upcoming trend in the craft/quilting industry; the mark-up on DVDs make for terrific profits; learn the basic process for filming and producing DVDs. Additional details are here. | $17.95 |
Writing Quilt Books & Articles - CDThe PQ Cafe and Morna McEver Golletz host a conversation with Jake Finch about writing to expand what she calls your "Quilt-fluence." The CD recording of this teleclass covers how to get started writing magazine articles or books, how to write a query, where to pitch your idea and more. And don't be surprised if your quilting career really takes off as a result. Click here for additional details. | $24.95 |
Writing Quilt Books and Articles - MP3 DownloadThe PQ Cafe and Morna McEver Golletz host a conversation with Jake Finch about writing to expand what she calls your "Quilt-fluence." This MP3 recording of this teleclass covers how to get started writing magazine articles or books, how to write a query, where to pitch your idea and more. And don't be surprised if your quilting career really takes off as a result. Click here for additional details. | $17.95 |
Teleclass CD CollectionPQ Café is offering a special package of six of the most popular recordings from the Business Series teleclasses in it's first CD collection. These recordings include discussions with Gloria Hansen (Digital Essentials for Quilters), Ann Anderson (Ins & Outs of Pattern Publishing), Linda Taylor (Starting/Running Your Long Arm Quilting Business), Maria Peagler (An Introduction to Mastering Color), Scott Murkin and Jane Hall (The Quilt Judge's Perspective), and Jake Finch (Writing for Publication). Priced separately, the CDS are $24.95. We have packaged all six for just $92 plus $5 shipping; that's a 35% discount! It's like buying 4 and getting 2 free! | $97.00 |
Issue 108, Summer 2009Professional Profile: Lazy Girl Joan Hawley is Anything But; Studio Tour With Quilter Erin Underwood; Marketing Your Designs: Patterns or Books?; Shopping for Health Insurance; On Judging: Evaluating Surface Design; Social Networking Online, Part 2 | $9.99 |
Issue 107, Spring 2009Professional Profile: Teacher of the Year, Margie Engel; Meet the nominees; Quilting Around the World; IRA Options for Quilteres; Holding a Longarm Open House; Social Networking Online. | $9.99 |
Issue 106, Winter 2009Professional Profile - Myrna Ficken: Longarm Quilter on the Move; Studio Tour With Debbie Babin; What Colors Will Sell in 2009?; Are Your Goals SMART?; Business Survival in Tough Economic Times; Entering Judged Shows: How & Why; Preparing for the Hard Drive Crash. | $9.99 |
Issue 104, Summer 2008Professional Profile: Linda Beach - Looking at the Big Picture; Develop a Blog as a Marketing Tool; Studio Tour With Paula Rostkowski; Recordkeeping; Phrasing Judging Comments; For Good Digital Prints, Know Your DPI | $9.99 |
Issue 103, Spring 2008Professional Profile: Teacher of the Year - Susan Shie; Meet the 2008 Nominees; Studio Tour With Karen Eckmeier; Insuring Your Business; Hosting a Longarm Special Event; Image Protection and the Web | $9.99 |
Issue 101, Fall 2007Professional Profile - Fools Rush In: An Interview with June Underwood; Evolution of a Quilt Studio; 14 Pricing Strategies; 15 Tips for Marketing Your Longarm Business; Don't Get Caught in an Internet Scam. | $9.99 |
Issue 100, Summer 2007Professional Profile: Designer Pat Sloan; Teaching at Shows and Conventions; Networking: In Praise of Small Groups; 17 Tips to Keep Your Home-Based Crafts Business Thriving; Judging: Evaluating the Quilting; DVD Publishing, Part 1 | $9.99 |
Issue 97, Fall 2006Professional Profile: A Conversation With Nancy Crow; What Colors Will Sell in 2007?; Copyright Concepts Applied to Real Situations; Inventory: To Count or not to Count?; A look at New Products for Longarmers; Electronic Organizers Come of Age | $8.99 |
Issue 96, Summer 2006Professional Profile: Telling Tales With Teddy Pruett; A Funky Class Possibility; Copyright and Quilters; Employee or Contractor: Which Did You Hire?; NQA Certified Judging Program; Technology Forum: Avoid Infringement | $8.99 |
Issue 95, Spring 2006Professional Profile: Teacher of the Year Hari Walner, 2006 Teacher Nominees, Demystifying the Art Consultant, Longarm Forum - The Times They Are a-Changin', Digital Image Submissions | $8.99 |
Issue 92, Summer 2005Professional Profile: Designer Maggie Walker; How to Sell One Design Twelve Tmes; Ten Tips for Working at Home; Selling at Wholesale Trade Shows; Insuring Quilts; Search Engine Optimization | $8.99 |
Issue 91, Spring 2005Professional Profile: Teacher of the Year Ami Simms; Meet the 2005 Teacher Nominees, Starting a Critique Group; The Basics of Pricing; Image Resolution | $8.99 |
Issue 89, Fall 2004Professional Profile: Elizabeth Busch; Teaching in Your Home Studio; Make Your Patterns Sizzle and Increase Sales; Color Trends for 2005; Accounting 101; Tapping Into the Power of Online Communication (Part 2: The Blog) | $8.99 |
Issue 88, Summer 2004Create an Artist-in-Residence Opportunity; The Power of Testimonials; Making the Leap to Gallery Exhibition; Building Your Business Library; Distributor Pricing; Tapping Into the Power of Online Communication (Part 1) | $8.99 |
Issue 84, Summer 2003The Synergy of Success; The Art of Appraisals; Buying a Longarm Quilting Machine; Longarm Machine Models Comparisons; Couples in Business, Part Three; Balancing Your Days Instead of Your Life; Into the Hands of Quiltmakers: Inkjet Printing on Fabric, Part One. | $8.99 |
Issue 83, Spring 2003Teacher of the Year: Linda S. Schmidt; Couples in Quilt Businesses, Part Two; Copyright Confusion: What is Fair Use; Accounting Systems for Small Businesses; Everything you Wanted to Know About CD Burning but Were Afraid to Ask | $7.99 |
Issue 79, Spring 2002Teacher of the Year: Schley Sisson Brandt, Marketing 101 - Identifying Your Niche, Test Driving a Quilting Machine, Understanding Sales and Use Tax, Understanding and Controlling Web Graphics, Part 2 | $7.99 |
Issue 68, Summer 1999Grading the Teacher, Market Patterns with a Model Program, Stage a Solo Show in Six Short Weeks, Simple Answers to Your Business Questions, Computer Hoaxes, Chain Letters and Tall Tales | $7.99 |
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