Sewing And Alteration Business

1 Tips For Starting A Successful Sewing And Alteration Business (2024)

Pat Walls

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Updated: January 19th, 2023

Want to start your own sewing and alteration business? Here are some tips you should know:

Learn more about starting a sewing and alteration business:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start a sewing and alteration business?
-> Pros and cons of a sewing and alteration business

Need inspiration?

-> Other sewing and alteration business success stories
-> Marketing ideas for a sewing and alteration business
-> Sewing and alteration business slogans
-> Sewing and alteration business names

Other resources

We've interviewed thousands of successful founders at Starter Story and asked what advice they would give to entrepreneurs who are just getting started.

Here's the best advice we discovered for starting a sewing and alteration business:

#1: Saara Hafeez, founder of ALTRD:

We chatted with with Saara, founder of ALTRD ($1K/month). In our interview, Saara says:

Be patient - when you’re working all the time, the sense of reasonable time frames can be distorted. A normal sales cycle can feel excruciatingly slow - it’s helpful to be patient and remember that, generally, things will take longer than expected.