Binding and Edge-Finishing Guide - Book Review

Title: Ultimate Binding and Edge-Finishing Guide

Author: Deonn Stott

Publisher: Landauer

Publication Date: February 6, 2024

Length: 80 Pages

About the Author
Deonn Stott is the owner of the longarm quilting business, Quiltscapes, and has worked with Riley Blake Designs for the last 10 years.

More Than 16 Techniques to Finish Your Projects Perfectly Everytime
The author provides detailed tutorials for finishing quilts and other sewing projects. The book is illustrated with beautiful color photographs. There are also links to video tutorials that complement the text.

My Thoughts
I chose this book because I had an old quilt with a loose binding. The stitching had come out and it needed to be repaired. I am not a quilter but I have had some experience with sewing. I found that this book offers much more information than I needed. However, I did successfully repair my quilt.

The target audience for this book is quilters. The author shares detailed information about binding materials, preparation, and application. The color photos are very clear and helpful. Ms. Stott knows that a quilt takes many hours of work and tedious stitching. The binding is an extremely important part of finishing the quilt. This book will help you design and apply a binding that will survive many years of use. 

Quilters will find this book extremely useful. Highly recommended!

MY RATING: 5 STARS OUT OF 5

Thank you to Net Galley for this excellent reading opportunity!

Book Review: Craft Business Power by Jason G. Miles

Craft Business Power: 15 Days To A Profitable Craft Business

Authors: Jason G. Miles and Cinnamon Miles

Publisher: Liberty Jane Media

Date: January 6, 2013




About the Authors 
Jason G. Miles is co-author of Craft Business Power - the Amazon #1 Best Selling Book. His previous books include Pinterest Power and Price It Like Picasso.
In 2008 he co-founded Liberty Jane Clothing, an online retail business that has grown to become a thriving six-figure business. With over 200,000 digital guidebooks downloaded, and thousands of raving fans, Liberty Jane has become a powerful brand in their small niche.

Cinnamon Miles is the co-founder and lead designer at Liberty Jane Clothing, a company she co-founded in 2008 by selling a single item on eBay. Cinnamon is also an official Brand Ambassador for Bernina, the world's premiere sewing machine company.

Building a Profitable Craft Business
Jason and Cinnamon Miles started their craft business like many crafters do. Cinnamon started making doll clothes for her daughter's American Girl Doll on her home sewing machine. 

In January of 2008, Jason asked if he could list one of the doll outfits on eBay. This outfit sold for $39 and was the beginning of a successful crafts business that is based on doll clothes and patterns.

"Craft Business Power" explains how Liberty Jane Clothing has grown to include the following divisions;

• LibertyJaneClothing.Com - retail outlet for designer doll clothes.
• LibertyJanePatterns.Com - over 200,000 doll clothes patterns in pdf format.
• LibertyJanePartners.Com - the company encourages and assists sew-from-home entrepreneurs in using the patterns as the basis for their businesses.
• The Cutting Room - a membership site for partners and people interested in growing their craft business. It gives you direct access to Cinnamon and Jason as well as a whole set of additional benefits.

Mr. Miles shares detailed information about each step in the development of Liberty Jane Clothing. Jason is responsible for the financial and marketing side of the business. Cinnamon is responsible for the creative designs and production side of the business.

This book provides an in-depth case study of a crafts business that has achieved amazing success in just five years.

My Thoughts
"Craft Business Power" provides "insider information" that is not available in many books about launching and running a crafts business. 
Many artists and crafters do not have the information or experience they need to promote and SELL their products. They concentrate on CREATING instead of marketing.

This book demonstrates exactly how a business can be built by combining marketing expertise and creativity. I highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to start a home crafts business. (The information in this book will be beneficial to ALL home business owners).

GOOD NEWS! I bought this book last week with my own funds but just discovered that this Kindle book is FREE on Amazon TODAY!

My Rating: 5 Stars out of 5

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