quiltmonkey Posted November 14, 2011 Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 OK I just printed this out and it looks GREAT! In fact I'm going to share it with some of my newbie longarmers here in town. They will appreciate it. One thing you can add to the end of your hand out is "NO PITA Customers, Puhleeeze!" (just kidding) ;) Sandy, here's a thought for more door prizes: Maybe you could throw in a couple of 30% off coupons toward Darlington Longarm Quilting Services? People would appreciate your generosity and heck you might even get some more customers too! :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Darlington Posted November 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 April...I already made 50 copies of my handout, so I can't add that now. However, it is a great suggestion and I will include that in my "talk" tomorrow night. Shana...I'm glad your think it will helpful for your newby quilters (and for the problem quilters, too). I love the idea of handing out coupons as extra door prizes. I will now skip over to "Word" and make up 3 coupons. I love that idea. Thanks!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Darlington Posted November 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 I just read my first post where the attachemnt is and it says it has been downloaded 99 times!!!!! WOW! I'm thrilled that so many people are interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie in Ok Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Thanks for Sharing it is good for my own inexperienced knowledge and will be able to share with those who want to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Darlington Posted November 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 You're very welcome, Bonnie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tevera Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 This is great Sandra, I really appreciate you sharing your hard work with all us LA quilters! And that goes for all the LA'rs that share their hard work here, LOVE LOVE LOVE this forum!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamb850 Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Thanks, Sandra, for putting this together, and thanks to all the people who shared their ideas with you! Your article was well written and comprehensive! I hope to share it with my quilting friends at our next meeting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisee Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 yes, the great part about being part of this forum family is that everyone is prepared to share and info that will help others. THANK YOU! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Darlington Posted November 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 So...last night was the Round Robin workshop at my Guild. I had about 60 people. All of the feeback was very good; I'm so glad they liked it. Several people commented that they never realized the decisions that went into longarm quilting. I think the biggest shock to people was that most of us prefer our backings loaded so the seams run horizontally; I talked about the "hammock effect." They didn't have a clue about that, although one woman said her longarmer insists on the backing seams running vertically, so I replied that one of the main points that I wanted to make in my lecture was that each person should ask their longarm quilter what he/she prefers and how important the communication is between the customer and the longarmer. Fortunately she got my point rather quickly. They loved the handout, the batting samples and the door prizes (and the chocolate that I brought). I only made 50 copies of my handout, so I talked to the Guild president and she OK'd it to go into our Dec newsletter so everyone who didn't get a copy, plus the members who weren't there, could print out their copy. So again, thank you all for sharing your ideas with me. Oh, and they were impressed that I included all the names of the people who contributed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 I'm so glad it was a success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miss jacque Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 Great job! I have a coupe incidents that caused me to change my take in form. You would not think it would happen but it does. A lady needed it done by Christmas. I bumped her up, called her and 20 days later she finally had the money to pay. I started adding a 5.00 per day storage fee, that begins accumalating 5 days after they are notified. Since doing that I have not had anyone postpone picking up a quilt. jacque Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bekah Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 Oh Sandra and all who contributed to this wonderful document THANK YOU. And thank you for giving us permission to use it. I am so glad your presentation went well. All of your door prizes and packet hand outs sound wonderful and what a wonderful gift to all the quilters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Darlington Posted November 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 Thanks, Bekah. ....and, you're welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 So glad it went so well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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