Margaret Fette – How to build a business based on sewing

Scratch Entrepreneur

We all dream of taking the thing we love to do and growing it into a healthy profitable business. Well our guest today has done just that. Since she was a little girl sewing was a curiosity, then a pastime, then a college major, and then a career. Now Margaret is the owner of a sewing and tailoring shop called The Tailored Fit. In this episode she shares about working on Broadway, how to pick the right sewing machine, and what it takes to build a business from scratch.

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Topics discussed include:

• Podcasts we’re listening to (1:00)
• How Margaret got in to sewing (3:45)
• Going from Quilting to Costuming on Broadway (18:00)
• Starting her own business (30:30)
• What makes a bad sewing machine (32:00)
• Recommended sewing machines (34:00)
• The Tailored Fit five years from now (47:30)

Mentioned in the episode:

The Tailored Fit

The Entre Leadership Podcast

Threads Magazine Podcast

Association of Sewing and Design Professionals

Special thanks to Margaret Fette for taking the time to share her story with us

Contributors to this episode include:

• Host - Jeremy Goodrich
• Music - Mark Vinten
• Editing - Christopher Lang

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