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designing fabrics
Has anyone designed fabrics? I have a fabric line in mind but don't
know who to talk to or how to go about it, if there is a way to see if anyone is interested in my designs. Leafyeb |
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Hi Leafyeb:
I am currently working on my fourth fabric collection with Timeless Treasures Fabrics. My advice to you would be to put together a portfolio of your designs and contact the major fabric companies with a letter of inquiry. You could go one of two ways. You could send out an introductory proposal letter without sending your designs to see if any fabric companies would like to see your designs and go from there choosing to present the designs to the company that is your first choice. Or you could send a letter of inquiry including your designs to one fabric company to see if they are interested in pursuing your designs and present them to subsequent companies if the previous company has no interest. My advice would be to go the first route so you because it would be the quickest, however you risk losing a positive reaction to your designs with your introductory letter. I hope this helps. All the best, Carol Doak www.quilt.com/CDoak |
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Thanks! When you designed your collections did you design them on paper then give those to the company? Or do you have a piece printed on fabric? My idea is a christmas collection so it wouldn't be until next year that I could contact companies. That gives me plenty of time to put it on paper. How far ahead to the fabric companies start working on collections? I guess I have a bunch of questions, where can I learn about this, and get information on this industry? If you want you can email me at . leafyeb |
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I don't know of any public forum where you can go and learn about this topic. I
will respond to your quetions via your email address. All the best, Carol Doak www.quilt.com/CDoak |
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"leafyeb" wrote in message
... My idea is a christmas collection so it wouldn't be until next year that I could contact companies. That gives me plenty of time to put it on paper. Jumping in here... If you're thinking of having them out for Christmas 2005, it seems like you should be contacting companies *now*. Let's say you had designs ready right this minute. You need time to contact companies, get some interest, iron out details, revamp the designs into a form they can use. This will eat up a couple of months minimum. Then they need to schedule the runs at the mill, and get fabrics printed in time for Spring Market, which is when quilt shop owners will be looking at the new lines they will bring in for summer. Which is when the LQS's (at least in my area) start getting the Christmas stuff in, because people need time to get their project done before the holidays. Certainly Fall Market, in late October, is waaaayy too late for an LQS to look at Christmas fabric, so the manufacturers aren't going to be debuting Christmas stuff then. Good luck -- I'm sure it would be tremendously thrilling to have your fabrics done up! -- Kathy A. (Woodland, CA) Queen of Fabric Tramps http://www.kayneyquilting.com , remove the obvious to reply |
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