The Quilt Shop: Conversations in Quilt and Sewing Retail Like Sew

Todd Warnock shares his experiences as owner of Palmetto Stitches & Quilts.

Lauri McAlpin and Spencer Wright talk about how to understand your customer profile by catering to your region. Before opening her shop in southern Arizona, Lauri was a fabric sales rep. She shares the unique perspective of a shop owner who has worked with some of the industry's top distributors and suppliers.
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Jacob Curtis and Spencer Wright talk about how a better understanding of your quilt store’s cash flow will help you be more successful. Jacob’s work consulting with and running a quilt shop gives him insight into the challenges many retailers face everyday.

Jacob discusses how he helps retailers use the data collected from their systems to keep their business open and running. This improved view of the business enables shop owners to transform their business from a struggle to a joy.
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Spencer Wright and Sandy Labby discuss how Sandy combined a career in education with a love for sewing. When a previous owner of the quilt shop she worked with decided to retire, Sandy was called to pick up the sewing education portion of the business by her community.

Sandy tells how helpful the local small business development center was in showing her how to compliment her skills with small business experts to get started. From business plans to software to naming her business, she leaned on experts and friends to get the expertise she needed.
-- GUEST BIO --Sandy Labby has been an avid quilter for over 40 years. She started Sew Much Class in College Station, Texas to support everyone’s journey to their creative happy place.
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Spencer Wright and Heidi Kaisand discuss important topics in the quilting industry. Heidi shares some of her insight into how to better understand your customers and maximize that information, as well as how to build an audience for your sewing store by hosting retreats.

Heidi also talks about her experience as the publisher of Creative Retailer helps broaden her perspective on retail trends to apply to hers and other small businesses.
-- GUEST BIO --Heidi Kaisand runs Hen & Chicks Studio in Conrad, Iowa. In addition to successfully managing a retail quilting and retreat studio Heidi is the publisher of Creative Retailer, a trusted source of information and resources to improve their specialty businesses. 
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Spencer Wright and Sean Roylance answer Like Sew point of sale users' questions and give some insight into the software.
They look at some of the questions about how to run or start a quilting business. They also look forward to what is on the roadmap for Like Sew.
-- GUEST BIO --Sean Roylance founded Like Sew with the idea of helping quilters to create new quilt designs. However as new problems for quilters and quilt shop owners presented themselves he grew the software company to be the full-service point-of-sale system it is today.
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