It Pays To Be An Old Sew-And-Sew

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November/December 1977
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As for the money: Depending on how much time I want to spend at the sewing machine, I can make from $35 to $75 per week, working a total of three and a half days. (I devote all weekends to my family and spend the other day and a half cleaning house.) In hours, my commitment ranges from about 10 hours per week in the summer (when I do a lot of picnicking and gardening) to 25 or 30 hours a week during the winter.

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As home businesses go, then, I rate custom sewing "one of the best"!

BUT WILL IT WORK OUT IN THE COUNTRY?

Perhaps you're thinking that you'd like to start a home sewing business of your own, but-because you live away out in the sticks-no one will travel to find you. I doubt that!

Although I live in a good-sized city (our city limit, in fact, adjoins that of Atlanta, Georgia), most of my customers do not live near me at all. (I was astonished to discover that women in search of a good dressmaker are not the least bit reluctant to drive 20 or 30--or more-miles out of their way.)

So if you live out in the country, don't be afraid to set yourself up as a work-at-home seamstress. Chances are, you'll get plenty of business. And anyway, you'll never know that it "can't be done" until you try.

MAYBE YOU SHOULD GIVE SEWING A TRY

Who knows? A home sewing business may be just the entrepreneurial venture you've been looking for. As I said earlier, a custom sewing enterprise requires only a modest investment to set up, entails virtually no overhead, and doesn't take much advertising. (Word of mouth brings me all the business I can handle.) Not only that, but you can keep an eye on your youngster(s) as you work. . . and the money's not bad, either.

Try making clothes for others and you may find-as I have- that it pays to bean old sew-and-sew!

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