Publish Your Patterns! How to Write, Print, and Market Your Designs

I'll bet you've heard that more than once. You've dreamed of it, too: earning money doing what you love. Right? "Publish Your Patterns!" can help make your dream come true. You'll learn about:

• Getting your design from idea to paper...including how to write great instructions, create a smashing cover, and get it all printed
• Determining whether a pattern is likely to sell well
• Pricing for profit
• Advertising and promoting your patterns...including how to get free "ads" using targeted press releases, tips for doing trade shows within your budget, and getting your business on the Web - with or without your own Web site
• Protecting your legal interests...including registering your copyrights, earning your trademarks, and licensing your designs

PLUS, "Publish Your Patterns!" is chock-full of specific company-contact information such as editors, publishers, distributors, suppliers, trade and consumer shows, and networking opportunities

If you've ever dreamed of your own pattern business, this book will tell you what's involved. If you're about to start one, it will help get you off on the right foot. And if you already have one up and running, it will give you lots of ideas and proven techniques for increasing sales and profitability.

Size 144 pages with illustrations. ISBN Number 0-9714501-3-7

About the author:
Nancy Restuccia founded Make It Easy Sewing & Crafts in 1995 with the pattern KinderKakes. Seven years later and seven patterns later - including the best-selling Humbug Bag - she sold the business to have more time to design and create. Today, QuiltWoman.com owns and markets the Make It Easy line of patterns and books.

Ms Restuccia is the author of nine books, including "Hold It! How to Sew Bags, Totes, Duffels, Pouches & More (Chilton/Krause-Publisher) and Quilting by Machine (Singer Sewing Reference Library).

Go to Nancy's website (she has a new name McKenna Linn) to see her new work.The quilts and other artwork are stunning.