The first Christmas I was selling t-shirts, I was up all night in the lead up to the Christmas markets madly sewing so I had enough stock to sell.
I learned my lesson. Since then, I work on my Christmas over the course of the year. Every time I spend time cutting and sewing, I prepare one or two Christmas t-shirts.
By doing this, I have stock already prepared, ready for the Christmas rush, so I don't spend all night sewing my Christmas t-shirts. Personalised t-shirts are still available, but as much as possible, I try and have the basic designs done ready to add the personalisation.
This saves me a lot of time and stress, and means that I am ready to go when people order. I also play with some new designs during the year in my quieter times so they are also ready to go for the Christmas markets.
My tip: if you make your own stock, spread the making of it through the year.
A lot of my selling is at markets. After my daughter decided to play markets with my receipt book and cash box, I had to review how I did things.
Sally here with my school holiday tip. Over the school holiday period, I extend the expected delivery times on all my t-shirts, even when I have items in stock.
A while back I did some brainstorming and came up with a list of all the different places I can sell my t-shirts. So, for my post, I'm going to share my list with you. I don't sell through all these places, at least not yet. It's giving me some ideas for the future. I hope you find it useful.
Hi. My name is Sally. I'm married to Christian and we have 3 gorgeous kids. I sell kids t-shirts with aplique designs. I do all the sewing myself.