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Well, I got my new sewing machine today and I am ready to start my repairing horse blankets business…Yeah!

It worked out really well getting the machine.  The gal that was selling it, let me use it quite awhile to get a feel for it.

I am really kind of excited about the prospect of starting my own horse blanket repair business.  I had thought about this a long time ago, but didn’t have any idea what kind of sewing machine I needed or the kind of fabric that’s used for repairing horse blankets.

It’s all listed in Karen’s book.

Now I’m a little worried about where I’m going to find my business.  I know I have those 15 blankets to get started with…so I guess I will get going on those…and then figure out where I go after that.  I will ask the barn manager if she has anyone that she can refer me to.

After talking with my other family, they are thinking its going to be too much work, or too expensive to get started.

The good news is, I don’t have to rent a place for my repairing horse blanket business.  I can do it from home.  So for the $1,000.00 I have put into it so far, I know I can get it paid off in no time.

How times have you found these companies that promise the moon if you send them x amount of dollars to train you? And you don’t even have the equipment…and after they charge you $3,000 for training, and give you all the tools (ha ha) you are no farther ahead, in fact you are deeper in debt.

This business I can see is an investment in myself.  You buy the equipment, and it’s yours to keep.  You didn’t just flush the money down the toilet.  So I think making that investment in yourself for a business or even experience that you will always be able to draw on, is valuable in and of itself.

Just Horsey Gal’s two cents worth!

I’m thinking this is onward and upwards.  I am already visualizing everyone I talk to as being excited that there is a new blanket repair lady in town!

Tommorrow I am going to talk about getting organized!

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“I’m in business!  Horsey Gal – The Horse Blanket Repair Lady”

Well…I went to my favorite online auction site (Guess Who!) and bought a Buy It Now Nakajima single stitch, walking foot Industrial Sewing Machine!

It came with the motor mount under the table, like the one I showed in a previous blog post.  Karen has a Nakajima she uses for her sewing…

So It’s Official!  I am the new Blanket Lady!  When I get my new sewing machine that is!  It’s used and I found it locally on Ebay, so I will go pick it up this weekend.  The seller said she would show me how to use it, and let me try it out so I can have some time learning how to use it.

I worked on putting my prices together and figuring out what I will charge.  Karen includes already made up flyers you can use.  Just fill in your name and business name and your prices and it’s ready to go.

It was already formatted.  And the other thing she includes are repair tags.  All you have to do is print them out on card stock and cut them up and they are ready to pin on any horse blanket!

Soo…I called around today to see what other people are charging for cleaning and repairing. And I think this is going to be very good extra income for me.

The average laundering price was between 15-17.00 per heavy blanket.  I saw one company that charges $40.00 for a blanket cleaning…no repairs!  I’m sorry, that just seems way too high for me. So a median price of 15.00 to 17.00 seems fair to me.  Karen said she  used to charge $10.00, but she had to stay competitive with the other blanket repair person in town.

So you need to shop around and compare prices so you can be competitive.

I can hardly wait to get started…

Stay tuned…the adventure continues with Horsey Gal the Blanket Lady!  PS…I changed the look of the blog…I hope you like it.  Leave me a comment if you do!

See ya tommorrow!

~HG~

Just In Case You Missed It!  Here is the link to the sewing machines…so you can check them out!