Quote Originally Posted by Alan H View Post
I would crunch numbers VERY carefully before jumping into this. I've done it and I always walk away, glad that I've got a solid job in IT.

You haven't sewn up a kilt on a sewing machine, yet, because you don't own one and you're thinking about starting a contemporary kilt business? ALARM BELLS SHOULD BE GOING OFF, HERE.

I would strongly... STRONGLY... recommend reading my semi-annual reviews in the General Kilt Talk about "Why a kilt costs as much as it does". It's one thing to make one kilt every couple of weeks for friends on a home machine and turn over a couple of thousand dollars a year as a little retirement cottage industry...that's eminently doable. To create a kilt-making business that is NOT associated with a retail storefront, and actually turn over say a $30,000 a year or more annual, personal income, is something entirely different.

If you decide to actually do this anyway, then best of luck!
Just talking a small once-every-few weeks business, not a main income. I enjoy computers too much to give them up. I much prefer cottage business than big business.

The way I see it, to do a full-time kilt business I'd have to find sources for things such as sporrans, jackets, all of the accessories necessary to be a complete business, and that does not interest me. I'm just talking a simple enterprise in spare time that will let me enjoy some peace and quiet away from the electronic hub-bub.