How Happy Bee Quilts Started Their Longarm Quilting Business in Las Vegas

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1:46 So without any further ado, let's get going.

1:48 We've got a couple of wonderful guests here.

1:54 Sarah Sisson, you will see her on the right of your screen and Leslie Sisson.

2:02 These are mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

2:06 Leslie is the mother-in-law, Sarah is the daughter-in-law, and they're going to tell

2:11 us a little bit about their story with their quilting business.

2:17 You guys are relatively new in the quilting business.

2:20 Is that correct?

2:21 That's right.

2:22 Yeah.

2:23 We just purchased the long arm September, 2024, just a little over a year.

2:31 Okay.

2:32 So you're fresh.

2:33 That's good.

2:34 Before we get too much into it, tell us where are you guys located?

2:39 Where is home for you?

2:42 We live in Las Vegas.

2:45 Las Vegas.

2:46 Okay.

2:47 It's Nevada.

2:48 Wonderful.

2:49 So you're in a rather populous area.

2:53 And now, notwithstanding this particular machine that you got last year, have either of you

3:01 done long arm quilting prior to this or any other kind of quilting, or is this all new?

3:08 Just piecing and just small projects of quilting, but nothing.

3:15 We would send it out to a long armor before.

3:17 And we are very fortunate to have a wonderful quilt teacher and gamble long armor here in

3:24 Las Vegas.

3:26 So I took her classes, gosh, 18 years ago, and after Sarah started long arming, she actually

3:34 pieced her first quilt with Val and took a class.

3:38 So she is, and you will see her first quilt right behind us.

3:42 It has our logo on it of our business and everything, but that was the first quilt that

3:46 she ever pieced.

3:47 And one of the first ones that she, well, it was the first custom quilt that she did.

3:52 So anyway.

3:55 So Leslie, you, did you say you took classes 18 years ago?

3:59 I did.

4:00 So when my, when her husband, my youngest son graduated from high school, he went on

4:08 a mission to Youth with a Mission, a Christian organization in Australia.

4:12 And I thought I have, what am I going to do with myself?

4:17 And so I thought I've always wanted to learn a quilt, even though I had done a little bit

4:21 with my mom, because I'm at least a fifth, fourth generation quilter.

4:26 And I would bet my great, great grandmother was a quilter as well, but I cannot confirm

4:30 that.

4:32 And I, if you could, if I could turn my camera around, you could see the first quilt that

4:38 my mom ever made that she actually hand pieced every single piece on there, our wall.

4:46 And so, yeah, so I started 18 years ago, took a class, really hadn't ever done much

4:53 of anything before and learned that way.

4:56 So, and then just fell in love with it.

4:58 So was that, was that long arm quilting or?

5:01 No, it was just piecing.

5:03 It was, it was, yeah.

5:05 So, you know, we all call it quilting, but it's really not quilting.

5:08 It's piecing.

5:09 So I learned how to quilt to make a top and, but I would always just send them out to get

5:16 quilted.

5:17 Okay.

5:18 Awesome.

5:19 Awesome.

5:20 And so, so it's crazy.

5:24 You guys just got, so did you get the machine with the plan of starting a business or, and

5:33 didn't know how to use it when you got it?

5:35 You are correct.

5:38 You guys are crazy.

5:39 I didn't know that.

5:40 Yep.

5:41 I, I, I've been in healthcare for a long time and I, over the last 15 years or so have become

5:49 an accidental entrepreneur and have purchased two businesses and sold them and founded another

5:56 business and sold that, but I'm still running it for the larger company that bought it.

6:02 And a year ago I had said, this has always been my dream is to do something like this.

6:07 Sarah, do you want to do it with me?

6:09 And then a couple of months into it, she texted me and she goes, this was a really big investment.

6:14 I don't know if I can do this.

6:15 And I said, this is my dream.

6:17 It's not your dream.

6:18 And if it doesn't work out, it's okay.

6:21 It's okay.

6:22 I said, everybody loves a gamble.

6:24 And so if we ever have to sell it, I said, but I don't plan on doing that.

6:27 I said, I said, it's okay.

6:31 And so we, um, you know, we, she's a, a stay at home mom for the most part, but she's also

6:40 a homeschooler and she's my graphic designer and my other business, which she like, I told

6:46 you as we were prepping that she's, um, she's leaving me to do this part-time, full-time

6:53 and we hope, um, and we hope to bring this to the next generation.

7:01 Even the next generation.

7:03 So my, I wish I could show you videos of my granddaughters, her kids that are eight and

7:08 11, um, making birthday banners on the long arm and other things.

7:13 So, um, that's our, that's our dream is to leave the legacy.

7:18 That is awesome.

7:20 So the quilting that you do now, it's, it's all been learned.

7:25 So how long, how long have you had this, this machine?

7:29 When did you get it?

7:31 Uh, September, September of 24.

7:33 So a little over a year.

7:35 Okay.

7:36 And what machine do you have?

7:39 We have the best one you can buy.

7:41 We have the Ascend 14 foot table with a 30 inch.

7:46 Right.

7:47 Yeah.

7:48 The Statler.

7:49 Yeah.

7:49 Oh, you went all the way.

7:51 14 foot.

7:52 That's how she does.

7:56 Oh, that's awesome.

7:58 And, uh, do both of you do quilting or how does that work?

8:03 So far, I'm the only one who's been quilting.

8:06 She's, she works more than full time with her other business.

8:11 So I've been, uh, learning how to use it.

8:15 We both went to the gamble conference, the summit, and that was super cool.

8:20 Oh, did you like the summit by the way?

8:23 Yeah, that was great.

8:24 It's great to meet all of the educators in person.

8:26 Super fun.

8:27 Very inspiring.

8:29 Um, so yeah, over, over the summer, I, I took a little three month leave of

8:36 absence from being her graphic designer to kind of just take a break and it's

8:40 like, well, let's see if I can learn how to use this machine and build

8:46 up the business in that time.

8:48 So that's what we did.

8:49 We got the business or the website built and went through all the training courses.

8:55 So I've been the one using the machine and, and found four sweet little

9:01 customers brought to me by my grandma.

9:04 So I'm like, okay, we are launched now.

9:07 I can quit my other job.

9:10 So.

9:12 Nice.

9:12 So what, so what do you have?

9:14 You have four customers at this time?

9:17 What four, uh, non-family customers.

9:21 We have other, we have lots of families.

9:22 So her, her mom's very crafty.

9:24 And so she decided that she'd just teach herself how to piece quilts.

9:27 And so she watched YouTube and has brought several quilts over.

9:31 My aunt is a quilter, so she sends us stuff.

9:34 Um, I try to, to piece as many as I can and, and get those on the long

9:39 arm so that we can, uh, practice.

9:42 But she, but Sarah has done an amazing job and what's great is she has

9:45 a master's degree in architecture.

9:47 So this is a way to bring her artistic abilities and her very technical

9:53 abilities because, you know, she would use CAD and all of that other stuff

9:58 that I don't really understand about.

9:59 So working on the computer and designing stuff is very easy to her because

10:06 she's designed buildings and she's designed, you know, interior

10:09 spaces and things like that.

10:11 So it's, um, she says that it's where her craftiness and her architecture meet.

10:19 Awesome.

10:20 Awesome.

10:21 So, um, so customers, it, I know you're kind of in the, in the beginning phases

10:28 there, do you, do you, do you think you have like enough customers in your area?

10:35 Uh, what, do you have any, uh, vision or plans on, on growing that customer base?

10:40 What are your thoughts about that?

10:43 We hope so.

10:44 And we know, we know that we can.

10:46 Um, so I think that locally that we'll be able to grow it, but our, our goal is

10:51 also, um, my other business, we do a lot of outreach on social media, so we

10:56 already know how to do that.

10:57 So that's kind of our goal too, is to have, um, customers far and wide, and

11:03 we have family in different places.

11:05 Um, so we are hoping to meet people all over that would like to use our

11:09 services.

11:11 Do you guys have, um, uh, do you have like an internet presence?

11:16 Do you have a website or Facebook or what, what do you have as far as that?

11:21 We have a website and we've got an Instagram and a Facebook account.

11:27 I, I tend to gravitate towards Instagram, but I think Facebook is probably where

11:33 it's at for this customer base.

11:36 Yes.

11:37 Yes.

11:37 A little more.

11:39 The demographic.

11:39 That's what we call it.

11:40 Yeah.

11:41 Yes.

11:42 Yep.

11:43 Um, but I mean, yeah, these four gals also know that I'm still working on wrapping

11:51 up my current part-time job and they're like, okay, just let us know.

11:56 We're telling our friends.

11:57 So even though it's just them right now, they all know that I just, I don't quite

12:02 have the time quite yet, but in two weeks I will.

12:05 So.

12:07 Are you guys, um, uh, involved in any of the quilt, uh, guilds around your area?

12:13 Have you, have you been to any of those?

12:16 We've recently joined one.

12:17 We haven't been into any of the meetings yet.

12:19 I travel a lot with my other job.

12:21 I'm actually leaving in about 45 minutes to, to go to the airport, um, to fly to a

12:26 client, but, uh, but that is our goal is to, you know, really get involved.

12:31 Um, because one of the things that has drawn me to, to quilting, you know,

12:37 piecing, quilting is the community.

12:39 The community is absolutely amazing.

12:42 Um, my aunt and I actually, like Sarah said, she and I went to the Gammill

12:48 summit, but in the, my aunt and I went to the, um, show in Houston a few weeks

12:53 ago and, uh, not the, not the one that wholesalers can go to, but the other one

13:00 afterwards, and we just had the best time.

13:02 And my, my aunt saw people that she has known from California all the way into,

13:08 um, Houston that have, have now gone on other places, but because they were

13:12 quilters, they ended up in the same place.

13:14 So the community is really exciting for us.

13:18 So we hope to be really involved with not only the national community, but

13:23 also our local community here.

13:26 Wonderful.

13:27 Um, I've got a question from the audience.

13:30 Um, they're asking if you could tell us about the, uh, the process of learning

13:36 how to use that machine, which y'all are pretty fresh with it, but tell us, you

13:40 know, just a little bit about your experience with that, learning how to use

13:44 it.

13:44 I'll let her, because she's the one that's learned it.

13:49 So, uh, I think, was it Nathan that set it up?

13:54 Nathan set it up and he kind of gave us a little rundown of how to use it.

13:57 He was so cute.

13:58 He's like, Oh, I know how to use this machine.

14:00 I've set it up.

14:01 Um, so I kind of was going off of everything he had taught us while he was

14:06 setting it up.

14:07 And then, um, once I had some time to go through the training modules, a few

14:12 things clicked a little more for me.

14:15 Um, but basically, I don't know.

14:18 It's, if you just followed the process of, you know, get everything on straight,

14:25 lined up, centered, um, and then just all the different ways that you can take the

14:31 computerized designs and apply them.

14:34 There's so many different ways you can do that.

14:35 So I've done, you know, edge to edge, and then I've toyed around with not an

14:41 edge, but where you just kind of click it out and kind of do it in place.

14:45 So it's very like customized to the quilt.

14:48 Um, but getting started with it, I guess it was fun to just kind of have Leslie

14:59 piece together some quick quilts that if I messed up, it was okay.

15:03 So getting started with it was trial and error, like not being

15:09 afraid to mess it up at first.

15:11 Yeah.

15:13 Um, so you got the, uh, the new owner training that came with the machine, right?

15:21 Yes.

15:21 And, um, and also one of the things that comes with that is a session with, uh,

15:29 with an educator, have you, have you been able to avail yourself of that?

15:33 Yes.

15:34 Yes, I did.

15:34 Yep.

15:36 And so how did that work?

15:38 Tell us what that, uh, uh, session with the, with an educator, what do you do?

15:42 Just connect with them on a zoom call or what?

15:47 Um, yes, maybe I think on a video call.

15:52 Yes.

15:53 And then, um, I just kind of walked through some of the questions I had.

15:57 I waited to call until I had like a collection of questions to ask.

16:02 Um, and yeah, that was, that was great for her to be able to just explain a few

16:10 more things, just one-on-one instead of having to sift through forums.

16:13 It was super helpful.

16:15 And D and I, I think, and you can tell me if you agree with me that that's one of

16:20 the benefits of when you, when you get a Gamel machine, you, you get the, uh, the

16:25 new owner training that comes with it.

16:27 That's a free for lifetime.

16:29 It's just hundreds of, uh, hours of, uh, video, uh, show walking you through, uh,

16:36 all the processes plus you get, uh, I think you get two, two free sessions with

16:41 the, with the educator on a zoom call.

16:45 And we usually encourage people to, uh, uh, do one of those early on to kind

16:51 of, you know, just connect with an educator.

16:53 And then like you were talking about as, as you're kind of learning how to do it,

16:57 you can write down questions that you come up with and ask

17:01 one-on-one with that educator.

17:03 So do you feel like the education has been, um, a valuable

17:08 thing for you and, and learning that?

17:11 Definitely.

17:12 Yep.

17:13 And, um, also technical support has been always right there.

17:18 I'm like, I did something wrong.

17:20 What did I do?

17:21 And Bethany says, oh, just do this.

17:24 And then it's all better.

17:25 I'm like, oh, thank you.

17:26 So the technical support for me has been a huge lifeline as well, but it's super

17:32 valuable to have all of those training modules organized and I go back and

17:37 reference how to do some specific things.

17:40 And that's really, really helpful.

17:43 Excellent.

17:44 Yeah.

17:44 And everybody always loves Bethany and tech support, but there, there, there's

17:48 some other ones of us in tech support too.

17:50 So don't

17:52 Well, I always get Bethany.

17:54 Say Bethany, my friend.

17:56 Yes.

17:57 Because you're the one that will save you from your problems there.

18:02 So, um, uh, so you're in the process of, I have a good picture

18:09 of where you're at right now.

18:10 You, you, it sounds like you haven't really fully taken off yet because

18:15 you, Sarah, I gotta, I gotta keep you guys straight, Sarah and Leslie.

18:22 Uh, Sarah, you're still, you say it'll be like a couple of weeks until

18:25 you're leaving your current job.

18:31 So you come to this other job with the same boss, apparently.

18:33 Yes.

18:34 And, uh, it must be, you can just say I quit and then they

18:41 come back to the other job.

18:43 No, that's okay.

18:44 So you're, you haven't got to that full takeoff yet.

18:48 And, uh, oh, and I would, I would recommend to you that you, um, I would

18:53 try to watch a lot of these episodes of quilting business success, because

18:59 there's something about seeing other people who have kind of taken the path

19:06 before you, uh, in everybody has their own story and everybody's

19:11 story is a little bit different.

19:13 I would encourage you to do that.

19:14 You'll get a lot of valuable information from these.

19:18 Um, I do have another,

19:21 maybe you can have us on in a year or two and we can, we can see where we are

19:27 in a couple of years or a year or so.

19:29 So we'll see.

19:30 Yeah.

19:31 In about a year, shoot us an email at sales at gamel.com and we'll say, Hey,

19:36 we're going to have a return guest.

19:37 Um, I do have another question, uh, that's coming to me.

19:42 Do you, uh, did you have to practice a long time before, before

19:48 jumping into customer quilts?

19:51 I certainly did.

19:52 I was terrified because, you know, I got, I got really nervous.

20:00 I was like, Oh, I'm going to do this.

20:01 I'm going to do this.

20:02 I'm going to do this.

20:03 I'm going to do this.

20:03 I'm going to do this.

20:04 I'm going to do this.

20:05 I'm going to do this.

20:06 I'm going to do this.

20:00 really confident. And then like, I don't know, the tension was

20:04 off one time. I'm like, Oh, no. So like, let me practice

20:07 tension. Hold on. So I've learned to practice on the side

20:12 a lot to get my tension dialed in before I let it go. But I

20:18 mean, they come back, they said, Okay, we're coming to you. Now

20:22 we really like your work. And like, I don't have a ton of

20:26 experience. I'm like, okay, something's working. So like, it

20:32 must just be really easy to use. I don't know, because

20:35 well, and as long as you have the knowledge, and you know,

20:39 you've already you've got a little bit of experience under

20:41 your belt now. I'm just taking your time and doing things

20:46 quality. But from talking to the people on this on this podcast,

20:51 over and over and over again, I hear that word of mouth grows

20:56 their business. Because they they take the time and the

21:01 effort to to do quality work. And it sounds like that's what

21:06 you have learned and are still in the process of learning. I

21:11 want to ask, do you do you do custom quilting? Do you think

21:16 you're going to be doing just edge to edge? Or have you

21:20 thought that far ahead?

21:22 And I mean, I've thought a lot about doing custom quilting, I

21:27 would love that as a graphic designer, artistic type, I want

21:33 to do that. So it and I'm a little afraid of doing it

21:38 handguided. So I currently have somebody's cool top and each

21:43 panel is embroidered. So I think what I'm going to do is hand

21:51 draw it, scan it in and digitize it and then let the computer put

21:56 out a hand drawn design. So I don't mess it up.

22:02 Very nice. Yeah, you're pairing together your technical stuff

22:06 with the artistic stuff. Yeah. That's awesome. And you're on

22:12 your shop that you have here. Do you have your it looks like

22:17 you have your shop your machine in your home there?

22:23 Yeah, so we are fortunate to this is my mom and dad's house

22:28 that we're in right now. And we call it our quilting cottage. So

22:31 we both have other houses. And this is just a little house in

22:35 Las Vegas that we're financially able to because the mortgage is

22:39 so low to just have a little sewing house. So the master

22:43 bedroom, we have three sewing stations in there where we sew

22:47 whatever we want. One of them is my granddaughter's her daughter's

22:51 station, and they make all kinds of stuff with their sewing

22:53 machine. And we have our sewing machines in there. And then

22:56 where you see here, we're sitting in the dining room. And

22:59 this is the living room where Ascend is. And we, we think that

23:03 there is here, we'll we'll move it a little bit for you. And we

23:07 think that there's room for another one right there. Because

23:10 we know and and because I have run other businesses that really

23:14 to be successful, we're going to have to scale. And when I retire

23:18 in a few years, and we're actually trying to wrangle in my

23:22 husband, because he is also very artistic. He has a graphic

23:26 design degree, but he makes prosthetic limbs right now. And

23:31 it's very technical as well. So he actually fixed the gamble one

23:35 day, we didn't know what was wrong with it. He came over. And

23:37 I think within five minutes, he's like, Oh, yeah, this is

23:40 wrong. And so because he sews, you know, prosthetic things on

23:44 sewing machines, like leather and stuff like that. So um, so

23:48 yeah, so this is our what we call our sewing cottage, which

23:51 is great, because the girls they homeschool so the girls can come

23:54 play in the backyard. They have a school room, they have a room

23:57 that they can hang out in, but it's just a little 1200 square

24:00 foot house.

24:03 Wow, you guys have quite the, the eclectic mix of artistic in

24:10 your family there. We do prosthetic limb maker, an

24:14 architect. That is awesome. Awesome. So, um, do you do you

24:21 feel like you have a lot of family support? What kind of

24:28 support system or cheerleaders Do you have behind the scenes

24:33 here?

24:36 We cheer each other on.

24:39 And, and both of our husbands are very supportive. Even

24:44 though it's it's a little scary, because it's it's a significant

24:47 investment. And now for Sarah, an investment in leaving a secure

24:53 job and, and trying this, but you know, Bobby, I wanted to

24:58 talk a little bit about like setting up your business. No,

25:02 for most of it is probably a passion and it's something that

25:05 we love. And I work so my husband's that makes prosthetic

25:12 limbs and those are the kinds of companies that I work for with

25:15 all over the United States. And oftentimes they love what they

25:19 do. And they love seeing patients, but they're not very

25:22 good business people. So that's where I come in and help them

25:27 with the business side and ensuring that they can get

25:30 because as you can imagine, with insurance companies, it's

25:32 difficult to get paid and things like that. So as I set this up,

25:36 the first thing I did was set up a corporation and make sure it

25:40 made sure that everything was done with the state properly and

25:43 accounting and QuickBooks. And so if, if you want to run it as

25:48 a business, even like we're slowly starting, but everything

25:52 behind the scenes is where it needs to be, you know, and

25:57 depreciation of your machine, but it has to be in service

26:01 first before you can start that. And so making sure if you really

26:05 do want to start a business, that you're business minded, not

26:08 only passion minded about your services.

26:14 Wow. So you've got a lot of the, uh, with your know how,

26:19 Leslie, um, it sounds like you've kind of got a lot of the

26:23 groundwork, uh, already in play, uh, going into this.

26:30 Right. Yeah. Cause I help people start prosthetic companies. And

26:33 so I already knew the groundwork that needed to go in and

26:37 starting any business. So I did that even before we bought the

26:42 machine. Cause I thought this is what I want to do. And our, the

26:46 name of our company is Happy Bee Quilts. My mom's name was

26:49 Happy and her last name started with a B. So that's where that

26:54 came from. So, so we're the Happy Bees. Um, and so that's

26:59 where that came from.

27:01 Very nice. After a while, I have to get you to show us that a

27:04 little more close up on that quilt behind you. Um, I wanted

27:10 to ask you, you said that you had, um, created a website. Um,

27:16 did you do that yourself? Um, and do you use that just to

27:21 advertise or do you use it to take orders? Uh, tell us a

27:26 little bit about that.

27:27 Can I brag on her just a little bit and then she can tell you

27:30 how she did it. So she did that all herself, but if you go on

27:34 our website, you will actually see some patterns that we sell

27:38 for our friend Val who taught us to quilt. And she actually

27:42 helped Val redesign all of those, the patterns, not the

27:47 pattern of the quilt, but the instructions like the, the

27:52 format of it, the, she took all the pictures, the new pictures

27:56 for her. Um, so she does a lot. So she is actually helping, um,

28:02 a couple of quilt designers with their patterns and formatting

28:06 their patterns and making them even more beautiful. So I'm

28:09 going to just brag on her just a little bit and then she can tell

28:12 you how she did the website.

28:14 Wow. So, yeah. So on our website is a few things for sale, like

28:20 those patterns, Val said it would be okay to sell patterns

28:24 on our website. And, um, but I set it up through Shopify, just

28:29 kind of did a little research, closed my eyes, picked one, and

28:34 it was pretty easy, but I have a quilt intake form on there.

28:39 Haven't used it yet. Everyone's been in person, word of mouth.

28:43 And I have a printable intake form that I just take notes on.

28:46 Um, but it is set up to be able to, uh, take things. And I, from

28:53 the new owner training module, I just took notes of everything to

28:58 put in an intake form from what you guys were teaching and made

29:03 it a, like a, it's, it's not a PDF, like they can enter in the

29:07 fields and submit it. Um, so, and then there's a little section on

29:13 there that I call the dabble shop. So whatever my girls want

29:16 to make and sell, instead of setting up a lemonade stand all

29:19 the time, I said, can we just sell things on the website? We

29:22 don't want to sit outside all day.

29:25 Modern age. Yeah.

29:26 Yeah. Um, but yeah, it's set up to be able to communicate and

29:33 take orders, but I have not actually used it for that yet.

29:37 That's fantastic. Um, and, uh, we are seeing more, uh, younger

29:44 people that are, that are getting coming into the business

29:47 and, and people like you guys, I feel like, and with the website

29:53 that you have, I feel like that is one venue where you can, you

29:57 can, uh, draw more people in, uh, like that of the, the younger

30:01 generation, because this is an, uh, like you say, you know, it's

30:05 an artwork. You don't want it to, uh, to fall by the wayside

30:09 or anything. We want to, we want to continue on with the, with

30:12 the younger people. Um, I wanted to ask, um, Sarah, um, when you

30:20 like finish, when you, when you start finish your other job that

30:23 you're doing and get into this, I guess, are you going to be

30:26 doing this full time? You think?

30:29 Uh, part time, we've got to do homeschool in the morning and

30:34 then we'll play.

30:37 Have you, have you put in any thought or do you have any idea

30:41 in your mind, like, uh, how much time you might be spending, um,

30:47 uh, when you do quilting or is it just going to depend on how

30:50 the business, uh, comes in or what do you, do you have any

30:54 thoughts about that?

30:56 It would be wise for me to like give myself a limit because I

31:01 can get into a project and then forget about checking the clock

31:05 like, oh, it's seven. Oh, it's eight. Oh, it's 10 o'clock. So,

31:09 um, I should probably give myself four to five hours a day

31:13 to work on it. So I don't just keep going and sewing.

31:19 Excellent. Excellent. Well, what is your, um, I know, I know

31:24 you're still like, you're kind of in the infancy of your, of

31:27 your business here, but do you, do you have a feel, uh, like of

31:35 how it's going to go? Do you feel like you're going to be

31:38 able to attract, uh, interest or, or gain? Do you have any,

31:43 what, what are your feelings about that? What's your sense?

31:48 I would say, um, well, I guess my first question was if I do

31:54 the quilting for somebody, are they going to like it? Like,

31:59 will I do a good job? And they said they took that quilt to

32:05 their little group and everyone ood and odd and ooh, it's so

32:07 good. So I'm like, okay, well then maybe that means more

32:12 people will come. So I, I kind of feel good about it. I think,

32:16 I think it'll be okay. I think we'll garner more interest and

32:21 be able to grow the business.

32:25 And I think, I think that Quilting Guild that you

32:29 mentioned, uh, may be a good source for you to plug into, uh,

32:33 even a little more than you already have. Uh, cause, uh,

32:37 from everything that I have heard from the people on this,

32:40 this podcast, my primary job is doing tech support and helping

32:44 people fix things that are, that happen or, you know, straighten

32:48 things out with their machines. But on this podcast, I've talked

32:52 to so many people that say the word of mouth that they've gone,

32:55 especially Quilting Guilds and other venues also, but that,

33:00 that word of mouth is, is huge. So I, I feel like with you guys

33:05 as, uh, personalities and ability to, uh, to speak to

33:09 people, I have a good feeling. I think y'all are, y'all are going

33:13 places. Um, we're, we're getting ready to get to the end here.

33:19 Can you show us, is it possible to get that picture, that,

33:22 that quilt behind you? Uh, can we get a better look at that?

33:27 And I also want to kind of get some of your info, uh, contact

33:31 info, if people are wanting to communicate with you or, or

33:36 reach out to you or get ahold of you.

33:39 So this I'll, I'll hold it up.

33:42 Tell us once again, tell us the story of, of that name, Happy B.

33:46 Sure. So, uh, my mom's name, not her legal name, but she only

33:52 went by Happy H-A-P-P-Y. Yes. And my dad was grumpy. They were

33:56 two of the seven dwarves. Not, not really, but, um, so as we

34:02 were thought about names, you know, we thought, gosh, you

34:04 know, we wanted something that would, um, have a legacy name

34:08 for us. And, um, so that's where, and then B was the first

34:13 initial of my maiden name. So her last name. So that's where

34:17 we came up with that. And then Sarah designed our logo. So this

34:20 is our logo. And then this is applique on, and then the rest

34:23 is, uh, embroidered. So this was actually her first quilt that

34:28 she ever pieced that Val taught her.

34:32 Oh, wow. That's beautiful. That's wonderful. Yeah.

34:36 And this, I actually 100%, no rulers or anything hand guided

34:41 because I didn't want to do an edge to edge over it. And it's

34:45 very, you know, it's, it's simple, but it's beautiful.

34:50 Yeah, that is fantastic. So you were talking like you're

34:53 terrified of hand guided, but this looks, this looks

34:56 fantastic. I don't know what you're so terrified about.

35:00 So it's something that we enjoy doing together. And, um, we hope

35:05 that we will turn it into a business that will be

35:08 successful, um, mostly for Sarah, but I am, uh, I'm about

35:14 to turn 60. So I'm hoping maybe in, in five years when it's

35:17 retirement time, I can join her full time and doing this. And so

35:21 we'll see.

35:22 That's fantastic. That, that is great. Well, um, Leslie and

35:27 Sarah, um, before we go, um, if people would like to get in

35:33 touch with you or, or ask you anything, how can they, how can

35:37 they get in touch with you or, or send you, how can, what's the

35:42 best way to get in touch with you?

35:43 Probably the best way we are, I'm still in the processes of

35:46 setting up our business emails. Um, and, um, I'm, I'm still

35:51 in the process of setting up emails. Um, but the best way is

35:55 my full name. So it's Leslie Sisson, L-E-S-L-E-I-G-H-S-I-S-S-O-N

36:02 at gmail.com.

36:06 And actually have it set up, um, on our website. They can enter

36:10 the contact us information and that comes to us as well. So our

36:13 website is happy, B-B-E-E quilts.com.

36:20 Okay.

36:21 All right. Happy B quilts.com. Uh, Leslie Sisson at gmail.com

36:28 and Leslie, your name is spelled like L-E-S-L-E-I-G-H-S-I-S-S-O-N

36:31 at gmail.com.

36:40 And, um, uh, what about if they're, uh, trying to find you

36:45 on Facebook or something? What, what name should they look for?

36:50 Same name. Happy B quilts.

36:53 Okay.

36:54 Yep. We have a Facebook and an Instagram.

36:58 Okay. Facebook, Instagram. All right. Okay, great. Well, guys,

37:04 listen, it's been, it's been exciting to talk to you and it's,

37:08 it's been great to meet you. And we, I want you to keep us in

37:12 mind for a year from now. Um, get back with us and we'll see

37:17 where you're at because I have a feeling that you guys are

37:20 going, going places. So that's great. Well, thank you very much

37:26 for joining us. And guys, we're glad to see everybody again

37:30 here on Quilting Business Success. And as I said, this is

37:34 the last podcast of the year. And, uh, we look forward to

37:40 seeing you in January. Once again, if anyone is interested

37:44 in being on the podcast, shoot us an email at sales at

37:49 gamble.com. Until next year, you guys take care guys. Thank you

37:55 very much. Thanks for the opportunity. Take care. Bye

37:58 bye.