How to Sew & Sell your Products on Etsy

Have you ever thought of selling the beautiful things you sew online, through Etsy or your own website? 

I considered that too, over 12 years ago, and I haven't stopped since! 

My Etsy Success Story Sewing and Selling Online

Thousands upon thousands of washcloths later (I'm the founder of @FairfaceWashcloths by the way), I've decided to share everything I wish I had known when I first started sewing my own products and selling them on Etsy, and sharing it all with you!

The things I've learned and systems I've developed helped me not only scale my production from the low double digits to 1,000's of washcloths cut and sewn each cycle, but also expand to our own website, create more products, host a popular podcast and more. 

How to Sew, Scale & Sell your Products on Etsy

I often say to myself, I didn't struggle through the learning process to get to where I am today, just to keep it to myself. It's meant to be shared! Just like our amazing washcloths are...and the reason I started sharing them in the first place was because they had helped me so much.

I want to give you the tools and information I wish I had 12+ years ago when I first started selling my handsewn products online, so I created a load of courses to help walk you through each step, called Cut, Sew, Grow!

Our CUT, SEW, GROW! Courses will be coming soon and I couldn't be more excited! 

If you want to take the leap and start sewing and selling your own products on Etsy or your own website or local fairs, 

1. Go to FairfaceWashcloths.com/courses 

2. Sign up for our waiting list

3. Follow @CutSewGrow in Instagram

4. Listen/Subscribe to the Cut, Sew, Grow Podcast on Apple, Spotify + read our show transcription or listen through your browser

Any questions? Leave a comment below!

xo Shannon

Valentine Shag Heart Pillow: Taffy Pink and Snow White

Planning to {give your heart away} this Valentine's Day?

Looks like I just did.

Remember this white fleece shag heart pillow I made a while back?

I had a request for one with a pink heart

Just in time for Valentine's Day.

And to my surprise, a couple hours after posting this shaggy heart pillow, it was featured in an article in the examiner.com and in an etsy treasury for Valentine's Day gift ideas. Oh, how sweet it is! xo

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Fabric Cutting Table: what do you use?

Forever and a day I've needed a table to cut my fabric on.

I've cut fabric sprawled out on the floor.
Hunched over the coffee table.
Down on my knees on the kitchen linoleum.
Knee high to a tv tray.
You name it, I've probably cut fabric on it.

Well, last night as I was cutting out terrycloth and flannel to make an order of washcloths, I reached my limit. Trying to cut out precise squares on anything other than a reasonably sized table is more of a chore than it ought to be. So I said out loud for the umpteenth time, "I really need a table to cut my fabric on!" (and yes, you could probably hear the exclamation point).

My husband, eager to please his woman in distress, jumped on the computer and announced that he'd found something on slickdeals. It was a camping table. "Uh, honey, I sew. I don't camp." 
I had my doubts.

It turns out, this Coleman camping table was on clearance (to my husband's delight) from $50 down to $11. It was 32" x 48", fold-able and light weight for easy storage, and had an adjustable height to 27" high. I'm short, so it just might work. So my prince-to-the-rescue ran off to Home Depot in the snow to get my cutting table.

I cut out a few more pieces of fabric using my new table and it wasn't too shabby. It's a little manly looking but was everything the package said it would be. Except, of course, for the fact that it will never see a campground. Welcome to my world.

*If you're interested in finding this deal (whether for camping or sewing), I've included it here, for as long as it lasts.

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