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Issue 64 - July 2008 ($10) Aprons are Back! The Greening of Today's Fibers and Fabrics Four C's for Shop Teachers Will Rising Gas Prices Mean Falling Sales? Out with the Old and in With the Profits Establishing an Online Presence

Issue 63 - April 2008 ($10) 2007 Wrap Up 2008: The Year of the Skirt! Portland Area FabShop Members Shopping Preview Western Washington Shop Hop New Fabric Collections Shopowner Expectations of Sales Reps Overdyeing 101: Beyond Black and White

Issue 62 - February 2008 ($10) Trends & Predictions 2008 Ride the Project Runway Wave It's Service, Service, Service Quilt Sampler's Spring 2008 Featured Shops Q&A Think Outside the Bag

Issue 61 - December 2007 ($10) Machine Quilting: A Retail Opportunity Quilting + Sewing = Resurgence Emotions Are Contagious Banishing Burnout Rules of the Road: Employee Handbooks

Issue 60 - October 2007 ($10) The Sweet Sense of Success: Multisensory Marketing Member Profile: Hamels Fabrics Sneak Peek...New fabric Collections TV Guest Spots Pack a Powerful Punch Vendor Profile: Cmaelot Cottons:Creating Art on Fabric Handmade Toys Big Business for the Holiday Season

Issue 59 - August 2007 ($10) A Fresh Look at Preprinted Panels Branding for Small Business Success Quilt Sampler's Fall 2007 Featured Shops Are You a Great Store Manager? Ten Personal Skills To Test Yourself On Designer Insight: Fran Morgan

Issue 58 - June 2007 ($10) Survival of the Fittest Power of the Purse: Marketing to Women Booth Displays that WOW! Advertising by Ambush Rack Up New Business

Issue 57 - April 2007 ($10) 2007 Color Trends Harness the Power of Blogs Sneak Peek: New Fabric Collections Grab Customers Via Email 2006 Wrap-Up Stats

Issue 56 - February 2007 ($10) Opportunity Knocks - Every Time the Phone Rings Quilt Sampler's Spring 2007 Featured Shops Rx for a Sick Website ShopHop Profile: Southern California Quilters' Run National Decorating Month Celebrates Do-It-Yourself

Issue 55 - December 2006 ($10) QuiltPink at Mall of America Winners of the FabShop Challenges FabShop Market Kick-Off Party Wrap-Upt Re-energize & Revitalize Not Your Average Dating Game

Issue 54 - October 2006 ($10) Big Box News- Big Bust or Bog Opportunity Member Profile: Tea & Textiles Sneak Peek: New Fabric Collections How Distributors Are Using Technology Today Vendor Profile: M & S Textiles

Issue 53 - August 2006 ($10) Oh! Baby Opportunities Abound With Nursey Decor Growing Your Customer Base Favorite Finds from Quilt Market Was I In Your Shop? Business Plan Basics for Busy Shopowners

Issue 52 - June 2006 ($10) Bringing in Tomorrow's Quiltmaker Reinventing Your Store Putting the Customer Back in Customer Service Inspiration on Tour: MODA Lab Member Profile: Creations

Issue 51 - April 2006 ($10) Echo Boomers Keep the Industry Strong Care & Feeding of a Sales Rep Sneak Peek: new fabric Collections The Power of Suggestion NEW Member Profile: Bolt

Issue 50 - February 2006 ($10) Buying 101 Tips for Cutting Expenses Employee Data Security Holding the (Bottom) Line When Costs Rise Member Profile: Quilted Treasures

Issue 49 - November/December 2005 ($10) Planning for Disaster Year-End Inventory Counts in Three Easy Steps Favorite Finds from Quilt Market The Monster of Gossip Shop Hop Profile: Central Kansas

Issue 48 - September/October 2005 ($10) How Much Should I Buy? Open-to-Buy Planning Fighting Competition from Non-Legitimate Businesses Credit Cards, The 20th century Money - Part 1 Use In-Store Displays to Create a Unique Postcard Campaign Member Profile: The Quilting Hen

Issue 46 - May/June 2005 ($10) Increase Average Sales Ring in Christmas All Year Long With Clubs! 12 Tips for Better Web Sales Maintain a Good Credit Rating In the Mood: Music to Shop By

Issue 45 - March/April 2005 ($10) Ways to Increase Gross Profit Take the Leadership Challenge - Part 2 Money on the Shelf: 8 Tips for Tracking Inventory How Much Is Your Business Worth Vendor Profile: CLOTHWORKS

Issue 44 - January/February 2005 ($10) Tools for Trimming Overhead Expenses Get Organized! Sewing Space Inspiration Take the Leadership Challenge 10 Things You Can Do Now That Will Pay Off BIG Later Member Profile: A Common Thread, Lake Oswego, Oregon

Issue 43 - November/December 2004 ($10) FabShop's Display Contest Winners! Frugal Fran Says..."Yes, You Can!" New Credit Card Security Requirements Shop Samples: Fast and Fun...Host a Sew-A-Sample Night What are Your Customers Thinking? ...Survey's That Work 10 Easy Ways to Add Home Decorating to Your Shop

Issue 42 - September/November 2004 ($10) First Lady Laura Bush Visits Gruber's Quilt Shop Sneak Peek: New Fabric Collections Member Profile: Quilters Corner, Finleyville, PA Niche Marketing The Factoring Story Fall Quilt Sampler Features Ten FabShop Members The Hidden Benefits of Market

Issue 41 - July/August 2004 ($10) Want to Change Your Business? Start by Changing Yourself Double (& Roll) Trouble - A Manufacturer's Look at Bolt Shortages Bag Ladies Are Hot! Vendor Profile: Avlyn, Inc. Ten Commandments for Shop Teachers

Issue 40 - May/June 2004 ($10) How To Be Competitive In Today's Market Ten Things Your Customers May Not Have Told You Make Your Classroom Pay Where Did That Inventory Go? Member Profile: The Sewing Bird, Charlotte, NC

Issue 39 - March/April 2004 ($10) Integrating a POS and Accounting Software Capitalizing on a Trend: The Red Hat Society Vendor Profile: Benartex On and Off the Clock Note This: Memory Joggers for a Profitable Trade Show Visit

Issue 38 - January/February 2004 ($7) Hopping Through Town - A Tour of Cresco, Iowa What's in the Copyright? Part 2 of 3 Member Profile: The Cotton Patch Quilt Sampler Honorees Choosing the Right Form of Entity to Run Your Business

Issue 37 - November/December 2003 ($7) Employment Law Hot Topic at Member Dinner Taking Inventory in Three Easy Steps Vendor Profile: Kona Bay Fabrics Quilting in AmericaTM 2003

Issue 36 - September/October 2003 ($7) Fat Quarter Frenzy Copyright - What is it? Member Profile: Gallagher's Café, Quilt Shop, and Retreat & Conference Center Jean Wells Keenan: People + Planning = Success Avoid ID Theft... Secure Your Computers

Issue 35 - July/August 2003 ($7) Thou Shalt Offer Classes Don't Let Time Thieves Steal Your Profit Vendor Profile: Hoffman California Fabrics Website Statistics: Measuring Success

Issue 34 - May/June 2003 ($7) Crime Prevention - A Hop Topic at Membership Dinner Member Profile: Quilt Country, Lewisville, Texas Choosing a Point-of-Sale System for a Quilt Shop Stop That Shoplifter! Improving Your Website Usablity

Issue 33 - March/April 2003 ($7) Tips to Make the Best of Your Market Trip Ten Ways to Make Your Shop More Secure Vendor Profile: Robert Kaufman Fabrics Publicity Secrets that Spark Sales

Issue 32 - January/February 2003 ($7) Cost-Savings Stategies Worker's Compensation Insurance Quilt Sampler 2003 Featured Shops Commemorate 200 Years of Lewis & Clark

Issue 31 - November/December 2002 ($7) Annual Suppliers Panel Features Notions Distributors Member Profile: Liberty Quilt Shop "Best Of" Award Announced Merchant Credit Cards Costs - Do You Know Yours?

Issue 30 - September/October 2002 ($7) Negotiate A Better Lease Merchandise Planning: Back to the Basics Let Your Fingers Do the Walking Employee Appreciation: Holiday Gifting

Issue 29 - July/August 2002 ($7) Not Your Average "Dating Game" Member Profile: Great American Quilt Factory Funding Expansion Through Bank Financing Understanding Loan Agreements Do You Know What Your Insurance Covers?

Issue 28 - May/June 2002 ($7) Choosing a Point-of-Sale System Member Profile: It's A Stitch Joining the Fight Against Breast Cancer Plan for a Profit-Making Classroom Nominations for "Best of" Fabric Vendors

Issue 27 - March/April 2002 ($7) Employee Theft: The Profit Killer To Sell or Liquidate: That's the Question Setting Up an Internship Surveying the "Landscape" for Basics Web Graphics 101

Issue 26 - January/February 2002 ($7) What's On the Bolt? Are You Coming Up Short? Member Profile: Material Possessions - Wendy Hager Announcing Quilt Sampler 2002 Honorees Sucessful Promotions, Part ll

Issue 25 - November/December 2001 ($7) Pricing Strategies Boost Your 2002 Business with Successful Promotions Computer Survival Strategies, Part 1l The Shop and Supplier Forum Record Retention Guide

Issue 24 - September/October 2001 ($7) Merchandising Books and Patterns Depreciate Your Inventory for Tax Savings Computer Survival Strategies, Part 1 A Day at RJR's Fabric Headquarters Take a Year-End Inventory

Issue 23 - July/August 2001 ($7) Notions Merchandising in the Independent Shop Freight Ins and Outs Steps to Newsletter Success Beware, Be Wise, Be Ready: Create a Crisis Management Strategy On-Line Retailing Policies

Issue 22 - May/June 2001 ($7) Make Money with Your Newsletter! Retirement Plans: Your Options Tax Tips for Travelers Proper Exercise Can Ease Carpal Tunnel Syndrome What's Is The Worst....And The Best?

Issue 21 - March/April 2001 ($7) Asset Allocation for the Independent Shop Retail Math 101 Gatherings: How I Stopped Offering Classes and Made More Money I've Got Mail Pick the Right Partner

Issue 20 - January/February 2001 ($7) A Proven Merchandising Strategy -- Commit To Basics! Cutting Expenses for Increased Profits Copyrights Year 2000 Honorees, One Year Later The Basics of E-Commerce

Issue 19 - November/December 2000 ($7) Landmark Forum Concludes Clear Communication is Key! Quilting in America 2000 Questions You Don't Even Ask In an Interview All Those Employment Laws Ten Ways to Increase Employee Productivity Turning Ideas into Sales 100 Words That Sell

Issue 18 - September/October 2000 ($7) Heartland Americana Quilt Shop - Recipe for Success Business Fitness Means Yours Too Know Your Suppliers Inventory ABCs Selling on the Internet - The Rules

Issue 17 - July/August 2000 ($7) The Basics of Profitable Workshops Good Goods/Bad Goods On and Off the Clock Tips for Conducting Interviews Checklist for New Employee Paperwork Workshop Tips that Work

Issue 15 - March/April 2000 ($7) If You Can't Find What You Want….Design Your Own! Free Money Getting the Best Price The Internet: Opponent or Opportunity

Issue 11 - July/Aug 1999 ($5) Staffing Considerations: Who Works for You Factor Facts Advertising 101 Lois Ericson's Design and Sew Store Profile: Cy Rudnicks's Fabrics

Issue 9 - April/May 1999 ($5) The True Competition Cloth As A Commodity Great Employee Relations It's Been a Tough Day