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Tales Of A Fourth Generation Textile Executive: The Sewing Revolution Of 2018
Throughout history there have been various revolutions that have helped to shape the world as we know it. I am hoping that my grandiose self proclaimed Sewing Revolution is no different. I just need all of you to get with me by stoking the revolutionary flames. We can achieve this by embracing the revolution and spreading the art of quilting in whatever way suits us best. Know that we are all in this together because I am only one person and I can’t be the only force behind what will hopefully be a game changer for the fabric industry. People keep asking me, “Scott, what do you mean by…
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Tales Of A Fourth Generation Textile Executive: 45th Birthday Musings
Since I announced that my goal was to have given away 45 free sewing machines by my birthday on December 4, it is no secret that today is my birthday. Deflated yeah. Deflated happy birthday to me. With that, here are some birthday musings to start off my 45th year on this planet and about my 14th year in the fabric industry. Please don’t wish me Happy Birthday. Please don’t surprise me with any cakes or people jumping out from behind doors. I don’t want to have a heart attack and I hate surprises. If I was 21, that would be another story….but I AM NOT 21, I am more…
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Tales of a Fourth Generation Textile Executive: Our Team Rocked Schoolhouses!
I hate to tell it how it is, but I am going to. All of the schoolhouses that the Studioe Fabrics & The Blank Quilting Corp. sponsored at quilt market rocked and I got to witness most of them. Don’t take my word for it though, take it from all the people that stopped me to say how relevant and helpful our sponsored schoolhouses (SH) were. “So much better than those SHs that become showcases for new lines, which is what schoolhouse is clearly NOT supposed to be,” said one happy customer. (Please note that where possible I linked the schoolhouse on Youtube so that you could witness this for…
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Tales of a Fourth Generation Textile Executive: The Results Are In
You remember when I did that April fools blog where I said I was fired from blogging by my dad and brother? I know that was so long ago, but I just found this blog and it makes me laugh and hope it makes you laugh too. I also don’t want to waste it. Hopefully all my readers caught that it was an April’s Fools joke. Hopefully! Omg, is nobody reading my blogs anymore? Hello! I think I just heard a pin drop. Anyway, to those who are still reading, at some point, I eluded to the fact that I didn’t really know if many people were reading my blogs.…
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Tales Of A Fourth Generation Textile Executive: 2018…The Year Of The Sewing Machine
Happy Monday To All My Favorite People, I am going to reveal a secret to all you shop owners out there. Some may already know the secret, but others may not and I hope that this perhaps opens your eyes to new opportunities that will help to increase your profits and improve your business in 2018 and forward. As you know, since the summer, I have been giving away free sewing machines to those facing difficult circumstances in their lives. No doubt sewing relaxes people, helps to relieve stress and also distracts from stress. All good things if you ask me. If you take a closer look at the free…
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Tales Of A Fourth Generation Textile Executive: Let’s Start A Sewing Revolution Together…..1 Machine At A Time
Happy Monday Friends, I have been on such a high lately from giving away free sewing machines. Who would’ve thought? Not me! I just called my shrink and told her to tear up my prescriptions because I think I am cured….for now that is. Anyway, to bring you up to speed on Scott’s Free Sewing Machines (SFSM), I have given away nearly 30 machines since the summer (that doesn’t include 7 for the Freedom House from my BFF) and I have vowed to give away 45 by my 45th birthday on December 4th and 50 by the end of the year. Now that you are up to speed on the…
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Tales of a Fourth Generation Textile Executive: The Big Macher Induction
Yup, you guessed it. It’s a big macher induction at the quilt market. (Please refer to my big Macher blog if you don’t know what I am talking about). It’s so cool to be in the presence of quilt industry royalty. Today I asked big Macher number 1, Pepper Cory (left) to induct big Macher number 2 and here you have it in a Kodak moment. I hope (no pun intended) you know who she is, but if not, allow me and Pepper to introduce you to Hope Yoder of Designs By Hope Yoder. She is a new designer for the Blank Quilting Corp among other things.…
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Tales of a Fourth Generation Textile Executive: Interesting Evening
it is 1140 pm and there is so much noise outside from the World Series game just finishing. People are so rude. Don’t they know I am trying to sleep bc I have a busy day tomorrow and an early breakfast. I might as well share a story about my evening. Tonight I had dinner with a lovely group of industry big machers. Not only that though, we had a very special surprise guest. Could you guess who it was? I had an amazing representative from The Freedom House, a place where kids are saved from human trafficking, join us for dinner. She spoke so eloquently about the organization.…
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StudioE Fabrics Designer RSVP Program Takes Flight
We are inviting authors, pattern makers, and template designers (micro-influencers) to create a 16″ block with Peppered Cottons in their personal and unique style. We will feature the designer and their block right here on the Studioe Blog and on our Studioe Fabrics Facebook page in a manner that highlights their career, talents and skills including showing off the block they produced for StudioE Fabrics. We will show a few of the early Designer RSVP blocks at the upcoming October 2017 Schoolhouse, and show some of the early blocks in our booth at Quilt Market. What we want to do is to show this concept to shop owners in the…
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Tales Of A Fourth Generation Textile Executive: Quilt Market
Happy Monday Folks, In anticipation of the Quilt Market in Houston, that begins later this week, I wanted to share some words of wisdom so we can all maximize the potential of Quilt Market. As an industry, there is nothing we all need more than to have a successful show. No matter how things play out, my team and I are going to keep a positive attitude, keep our heads up, have smiles on our faces and work as hard as we can to SELL FABRIC! What we aren’t going to do is be Debbie Downers, bashing on what might be the weaknesses of market. There is no more time…