How to make money by sewing

On the shelves there are fewer and fewer quality items at affordable prices, and everyone wants to look fashionable and elegant. Therefore, you can make good money on sewing.

You will need

• - business plan;

• - registration documents;

• - premises;

• - equipment and supplies;

• - staff;

• - advertising.

Instruction manual

1

To make money on sewing skills, you need to decide where and what you want to direct your efforts to. You can provide services for the repair or fitting of finished products, sew clothes according to the standards of customers, make interior items (curtains, tablecloths, bedspreads, pillows, etc.), create stage costumes.

2

To get started, you must register with the tax office. It will be enough to become an individual entrepreneur.

3

Next, you should choose a room for work. You can become the owner of the studio, or you can fulfill all the orders at home. In the first case, it is better to be located in the city center, in a crowded place. The pavilion in the clothing market is perfect, such an arrangement will immediately attract customers who need to fit purchased items in size. In the second case, you will save on rent and repair, but you should prepare for the fact that strangers will constantly visit your home. Therefore, for fitting and sewing, it is necessary to allocate a separate room.

4

You will need sewing equipment and various supplies. Among them are a sewing machine, an overlock, scissors, needles, patterns and patterns, threads, crayons and other useful trifles.

5

If you decide to become the owner of the studio, then you will need additional working hands. You can find a seamstress by announcement or through the labor exchange. Before hiring a person, be sure to check the quality of his work.

6

The methods for finding customers will depend on the direction of tailoring that you have chosen. To attract individuals, standard advertising tools, such as placing advertisements in local media and distributing leaflets, are suitable. You can also give out your business cards to clothing and fabric dealers, or even conclude an agreement on fitting clothes for their customers. To receive large orders from legal entities, it will work most efficiently by offering them directly their services. Cold calls, sending out commercial offers, personal meetings can give your result.

Useful advice

A more complex, but interesting and promising option in tailoring is to create your own clothing line. In this case, you should have designer talents, or have a good artist on staff. You can sell manufactured goods through your own network of stores, or through other entrepreneurs.