On this weeks podcast we talk to Melissa Mora from MellySews! We chat about her YouTube channel, Blank Slate Patterns company, designing for Riley Blake Fabrics and she gives us some secrets on how she manages her social media content!

Instagram - https://instagram.com/mellysews
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/Mellysews
Pattern company - http://blankslatepatterns.com/
Website - https://mellysews.com/
Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.ca/mellysews/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mellysews

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Related links
Riley Blake - https://www.rileyblakedesigns.com/melissa-mora
Melissa's book! - https://a.co/d/fhdQV2J

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00:00 - Intro
00:48 - Who is mellysews
02:32 - founding her pattern company
03:16 - Blank Slate patterns
08:00 - Having family support your small business
10:16 - Mellysews tutorials
12:25 - What type of sewing machines does melly sew on
13:24 - designing for Riley Blake
16:00 - how did you make your own design
18:44 - How does melly sews juggle it all
19:30 - how Melly plans for youtube
23:55 - Posting on facebook everyday
28:28 - Melly has a virtual assistant
32:00 - assistant for her pattern testing
36:00 - Melly has been sewing since she was 3
38:15 - Does mellys mom still sew?
45:23 - Bethany needs an assistant
49:41 - Melissa was a theatre teacher in school
51:20 - Closing out

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