Pull The Thread

Text me about this episode! In July of 2020 I was interviewed by a dear friend, Koos Klooster on his podcast, Confused Confucius. This episode is an exciting one for me because most entrepreneurs never pull back the curtain on the psychology behind their businesses, and the emotions behind managing the methodologies. We cover:  | How Krystal Got Into Sewing  | Her Career Coming Out of College &amp...

Text me about this episode! Doing this one thing before ever hiring help will: prevent you from repeating yourself  keep you from wasting time fixing mistakes set clear expectations for quality & desired outcome map out exact order of steps needed to make garment the exact way designer would do it create a repeatable standard for your product as it is created provide a catastrophe-proof guide...

Text me about this episode! What if Levi Strauss had decided it wasn’t a good idea to begin offering jeans as a product in his supplies store? What if he’d passed on the idea, simply because the blue jean wasn’t exactly in his business plan? When we think of our businesses, we sometimes get tunnel vision surrounding the products we’ve chosen to curate or the services we’ve planned to offer. For me...

Text me about this episode! It doesn't matter how old you are, or how much money you have, or who you know when you first get started - what matters is your ability to tenaciously brand and market your craft-based business, and your ability to connect with your ideal audience. I open up on the four things I believe are at the heart of my most successful, profitable year in business ever. Inte...

Text me about this episode! Everything that could ever go wrong with getting your customers their product comes down to not building a scalable supply chain. What would it look like if by this time next week, you had total peace in your process, knowing that you had everything you needed to create the right amount of product to sell to your customers? This episode will help designers build their o...

Text me about this episode! Chess is the smartest game ever invented. With 64 squares and 32 pieces,  there's 10,120 unique games that could possibly be played... which is more than the number of atoms in the known universe (1081). What if you could market your business as if it were just one unique game of chess? If you run a business or have a side hustle, then you probably feel overwhelmed...

Text me about this episode! When I first started my sewing business, I thought my biggest struggle would be finding paid work. I doubted that I could find enough clients to pay me to sew for them, which was actually a reflection of how I viewed my trade… little did I know, my biggest lessons and struggles I would have over the next four years actually all related to growth, and how I would cope wi...

Text me about this episode! Just a few years before sewing the first American flag, Betsy Ross ran away across the river to get married in a bar against the wishes of her entire family. She sat near George Washington in church and built a friendship with him that lead to her legacy-filled role as the first seamstress of the American flag. After sewing the flag, she went on to operate a successful...

Text me about this episode! If you’re an Astronaut, the process of getting dressed for work is labor intensive. You might have known the spacesuits Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins, and Neil Armstrong were expensive… but I bet you didn’t know the seamstresses who made them came from Playtex.  The success of those suits were a matter of life and death. I’d imagine the phrase ‘good enough’ was not one t...

Text me about this episode! As we move into 2021 (and away from 2020 as quickly as possible), it’s the perfect time to define what success looks like as a creative, and set your three most important goals for your life this year. In this podcast, I’ll be diving deep into topics surrounding entrepreneurship that matter to me, and answering questions like: How do I make my craft profitable? How do I...