Research

It's been a couple of weeks since I've been able to sit down at my sewing machine again. Tonight was the first night after a long break and it was nice to start creating again. Laundry was piling (again) and the house was looking really nasty so I had to sacrifice time away from my business to do chores. Ugh.

A few weeks ago, I sent out a bunch of bibs to my testers. I was so anxious to hear what they had to say about them. Unfortunately, only a handful of them responded to my survey. The good thing is, the feedback that I did receive was positive and very insightful. The size that I made fit younger infants (< 6 months) pretty well but it was too small for older babies. So after some modifications, I made a small/medium and a large/x-large size. I'm also experimenting with an alternative closure besides velcro. I won't say what it is yet because friends keep warning me about giving out too much information. I wonder if organic terry cloth is available?

All the research regarding starting your own business consistently encourages you to write a business and marketing plan. My plan is all in my head but I guess I'll go by the book and write a business plan.