Doree Mending Service
August 17, 2011
Many people do not have time or the knowledge to mend their torn
clothing. Oftentimes these otherwise perfect clothes end up in the trash
or donated. People are throwing away their money buying new clothes,
when all they need to do is have them mended. By offering a invisible mending service, you can save people a lot of money.
Many people do not want to take their clothes to a dry cleaner or tailoring business because they feel like they'll be overcharged. Who wants to pay 10 dollars to have a t-shirt mended? By offering a basic invisible mending service at a cheap rate, you will entice customers to bring you their basic mending. You will make money and the customers will save money.
List what you are will to mend (t-shirts, dress shirts, missing buttons, torn seams on pants, etc.) and what it costs to fix them. For instance, you could charge five dollars to fix a t-shirt, eight dollars to patch jeans, and one dollar per missing button.Make many copies and put them on numerous community boards. These community boards can be found in grocery stores, libraries, and many times at your local City Hall. Make tear offs at the bottom of the flyers with your name, phone number, and a phrase like "cheap invisible mending." Sometimes people tear these off, but forget what they were for. By putting "cheap or "inexpensive invisible mending" on your tear off, you're guaranteed that no one will forget.
Another good idea would be to include pick-up and drop-off service, but this is up to you. It may get you more clients, but it will take away time from your invisible mending work and will take you away from home, which is why you're starting one of the many jobs from home in the first place.If you're really good with a sewing machine and have many different types of sewing supplies, then you can go one step further and offer tailoring services. Tailors do more than just invisible mending. Tailors will take-in or let-out clothing, otherwise known as altering, and some even make clothing. Sometimes tailors include dressmakers. This is another skill you can add to your invisible mending at home business, or you can have it as a main at home business. There are many types of sewing jobs from home.
You will need an area where you can do all of your work if you run an at-home tailor business. Tailors have a lot of equipment and need a lot of space. Also, if a client needs to try on a dress to get it sized for altering, it would be nice if you could offer that client a little bit of privacy instead of fitting him or her in your living room while your family watches the television.
Nevertheless, you don't need a lot of sewing knowledge to start one of the many sewing jobs from home, just some basic invisible mending skills and simple marketing. Using covered buttons as an accessory is a growing trend in monogramming and embroidery, with many embroidery shops offering a wide selection of customized fabric covered buttons. Many of these embroidery shops are realizing that they by owing their own button machine, their covered button product can be greatly increased.
Many people do not want to take their clothes to a dry cleaner or tailoring business because they feel like they'll be overcharged. Who wants to pay 10 dollars to have a t-shirt mended? By offering a basic invisible mending service at a cheap rate, you will entice customers to bring you their basic mending. You will make money and the customers will save money.
List what you are will to mend (t-shirts, dress shirts, missing buttons, torn seams on pants, etc.) and what it costs to fix them. For instance, you could charge five dollars to fix a t-shirt, eight dollars to patch jeans, and one dollar per missing button.Make many copies and put them on numerous community boards. These community boards can be found in grocery stores, libraries, and many times at your local City Hall. Make tear offs at the bottom of the flyers with your name, phone number, and a phrase like "cheap invisible mending." Sometimes people tear these off, but forget what they were for. By putting "cheap or "inexpensive invisible mending" on your tear off, you're guaranteed that no one will forget.
Another good idea would be to include pick-up and drop-off service, but this is up to you. It may get you more clients, but it will take away time from your invisible mending work and will take you away from home, which is why you're starting one of the many jobs from home in the first place.If you're really good with a sewing machine and have many different types of sewing supplies, then you can go one step further and offer tailoring services. Tailors do more than just invisible mending. Tailors will take-in or let-out clothing, otherwise known as altering, and some even make clothing. Sometimes tailors include dressmakers. This is another skill you can add to your invisible mending at home business, or you can have it as a main at home business. There are many types of sewing jobs from home.
You will need an area where you can do all of your work if you run an at-home tailor business. Tailors have a lot of equipment and need a lot of space. Also, if a client needs to try on a dress to get it sized for altering, it would be nice if you could offer that client a little bit of privacy instead of fitting him or her in your living room while your family watches the television.
Nevertheless, you don't need a lot of sewing knowledge to start one of the many sewing jobs from home, just some basic invisible mending skills and simple marketing. Using covered buttons as an accessory is a growing trend in monogramming and embroidery, with many embroidery shops offering a wide selection of customized fabric covered buttons. Many of these embroidery shops are realizing that they by owing their own button machine, their covered button product can be greatly increased.
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