Members LTC Posted March 26, 2014 Members Report Posted March 26, 2014 (edited) I'm thinking completely hand-stitched pieces with completely American sourced materials and hardware that's what i do right now. all 100% USA materials, hardware, and hand-stitched by a disabled veteran. i believe it's important to support our own resources here instead of supporting some third-world country that probably doesn't like us much anyway. Edited March 26, 2014 by LTC Quote
Members DavidL Posted March 26, 2014 Members Report Posted March 26, 2014 Thanks for the replies. I'm not worried about what people think of me. I'm more worried about finding customers. I didn't really think people's objections to leather would be a big deal, but it seemed like something I needed to look into. It seems like getting people to buy from me and not other people is going to be this biggest hurdle, and something I haven't figured out yet. I'm thinking completely hand-stitched pieces with completely American sourced materials and hardware, but I'm not sure I will be able to charge enough to justify the materials and labor. Just have a lot of looking to do. Thanks again. A simple card case can cost 5-7 dollars for thread/rivets, glue, and leather. Selling a card case for $20- 25 will get $15+ for 20 mins of work. Quote
Members needles Posted March 26, 2014 Members Report Posted March 26, 2014 It seems like getting people to buy from me and not other people is going to be this biggest hurdle, and something I haven't figured out yet. I'm thinking completely hand-stitched pieces with completely American sourced materials and hardware, but I'm not sure I will be able to charge enough to justify the materials and labor. Just have a lot of looking to do. Thanks again. due to a strong competitive market, finding an angle will help enormously, using all local materials is step in the right direction, but then you still could do more, not excluding the ability to produce quality products that the market wants to buy.... for instance, a person over here went around every furniture manufacturer they could find and scrounged as much of their off cuts as they could get, all free instead of going to landfill. she then made slippers from them and sold them as recycled leather slippers and has done very well..... not saying this is what you should do and make, but its an angle, if you find one it certainly helps.. just my humble opinion.... Quote
Members Braca Posted March 26, 2014 Author Members Report Posted March 26, 2014 Thanks DavidL and needles. I'll keep that in mind. Quote
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