Another question from a newbie.
It’s telling me I need forms from the IRS to verify as a business on Tiktok so I can link my shop, however I just started and have not made a sale so I have none lol. Is the only way to link my shop to just wait until I hit 1000 followers?
Like for example , I’m selling a pink linocut tank with a panther on it and a green linocut tank with 8 balls on it. Same top just a diff design. Should I put this into one listing with two variations or should I do two separate listings? New to etsy so i’m just wondering which one is better !
I have been experiencing tension issues with my Stylist for months. No matter what level tension I use, how many times I rethread the machine, no matter how many times I clean it out, no matter how many times I try different needles, the bottom thread will always poke through. I’ll go through every single setting trying to figure out the correct tension and it’ll look the same on every one. I usually just have to resort to using the same thread for top and bottom and you can still tell it’s not stitched right. I got so sick of it last night ,I finally pulled out my years old starter Brother sewing machine and what do you know… haven’t had a single issue with the tension on it so far. All the stitches look beautiful and all my frustration is gone.
I’m convinced this cannot be a user issue and it’s gotta be something with the machine. I’ve always heard singers were a piece of crap before but I’m stating to believe it. Not sure if it’s even worth it to try to take it somewhere to get fixed or if I should just let it go.
So now I’m probably gonna be in the market for a new machine. What brand would yall recommend because I’n staying away from singer!
This summer I’m focusing on getting my art into the world both in person at my local street markets and online. I opened an Etsy shop recently but I have yet to make a listing, as I’ve never sold any of my art before. I particularly love fiber arts and slow fashion and I have found my niche with making unique reversible bucket hats. this is something I’ve been interested in selling for a while, but Im struggling to price them in a way that’s not underselling myself but is also reasonable to customers.
Process: It takes me no less than 5-7 hours to crank one out depending on how complex the dye job/paste resist is. Since theyre reversible, and I like to do contrasting designs on each side, it’s more or less twice the work for one hat. I cut out every piece from duck canvas, then I dye them in various ways and use flour paste resist techniques to get funky organic patterns and colors. Before and in between steps they’ve gotta be rinsed , dried, and ironed. And then I construct all the pieces together with my trusty sewing machine. Then i give em one last good wash to get any residual flour/ dye out.
I honestly don’t wanna see em go under $70-90 based on how long they take me (Im also selling on etsy so idk if that price should be little higher to balance out the fees or smth? someone lmk). But i have absolutely no clue if ive got a big head and thats too much or if im underselling myself and its too little. Ive been trying to compare to other hats on etsy, but I haven’t had much luck finding any that use similar methods so idrk. If you were me, what would you price these as?
Thanks a million to anyone who reads and has any advice !
Me and my friend decided to get a booth space for a local art+ music festival we have in our city in October. I was considering selling prints of these watercolor dog polaroids I have made/ making more common dog breeds as well.
Do you think these are quality enough to charge people money for (give it to me straight)? Would you be interested if you saw this in someone’s booth?
If so, what do you think is a good price?
Either way , what can I do to improve as an artist?