How Owning A Sewing Business Changed My Life

02/27/25 • 34 min

5% of employees in the US are millionaires.. and 88% of millionaires are business owners. Success leaves clues, wouldn't you say?

This summer, my primary business, Music City Sewing, will turn eight. Eight years of running a small service-based sewing business that on the surface looks super shiny & glittery, peppered with Getty images and exciting opportunities, but when it comes down to it, it’s a blue collar business. It’s alterations, it’s softgoods and merch... it’s just your typical business on Main Street.

But it's changed my life, in a way that I could only pray more people get to experience if they have an idea that's bursting at the seams.

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5% of employees in the US are millionaires.. and 88% of millionaires are business owners. Success leaves clues, wouldn't you say?

But it's changed my life, in a way that I could only pray more people get to experience if they have an idea that's bursting at the seams.

Interested in reading up about the Six-Figure Sewing Pattern? Head to sixfiguresewing.com.

Interested in learning from Krystal? Hop on the mailing list on krystaldouglas.com.

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