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An International Franchisee of the Year delivers a proven method for entrepreneurial success based on his remarkable story of going from Ethiopian refugee to multi-millionaire Former Ethiopian refugee Yonas Hagos shares his amazing story about his plight in Ethiopia, his emigration to the U.S., and the business journey he took to become the owner of dozens of restaurant franchises. From Scrappy to Self-Made describes how Hagos beat all the odds to become the owner of more than four dozen restaurant franchises that have earned him $10 million, and counting. He owns and operates more than 50 restaurants, including Arby's, Nothing Bundt Cakes, and multiple outlets of Smoothie King (32 locations), Dunkin' Donuts (9 locations)-and coming soon, Kaia Tapas and Beach Life. A tale of entrepreneurship focusing on the roadblocks aspirational business owners most commonly encounter, this how-to, self-help guide provides gripping personal stories and feet-on-the street advice. Hagos covers his assimilation into a different culture while delving into every single aspect of what it takes to launch a successful business, to fail at running one, to learn from mistakes, and to move on to sustained success. Throughout the book, Hagos acts as a mentor, answering questions any new entrepreneur will be sure to have, including: - When an entrepreneur is starting out and has limited funds, how do you start to think about opening a franchise or business? - How do the entry-level jobs set the stage for ultimate ownership and success? - How does someone with minimal education master the skills that it takes to operate a restaurant franchise and run a business? - After you open your business, what does it take to make it a success? And how do you strategize when things are going downhill? - Once you launch your first business, what are the key steps you take to expand? Open your second business? And keep expanding with more and more? Melding the how-to, self-help business book with gripping personal stories, From Scrappy to Self-Made is a tale of entrepreneurship that focuses on the roadblocks aspirational business owners encounter.
Skrabucket is a knitted project bag, that is lined and fully reversible. It´s knit entirely in one piece. You can either use fingering weight scraps held double or DK weight yarn held single to knit the Skrabucket. That makes it the perfect stash buster. Please share your project on social media using the hashtag #tpks_skarbucket Material: • 175 (235) grams of fingering weight scraps • 4 mm dpns + 60 cm circular OR 80-100 cm circular for magic loop • 2 locking stitch markers • tapestry needle Yarn is held double! Sizes: S - blue (L - purple) S: diameter at the bottom 18 cm – height 17 cm L: diameter at the bottom 23 cm – height 19 cm Gauge: 22 sts, 31 rounds = 10 cm
I’ve decided who I’m going to gift this scrappy little star quilt to so I thought I would get it ready to go to the long arm quilter. I have been toying with the idea of putting a borde…
This set of blocks were made as a teaching sample for my Free Styling & Spiraling workshop. They are fun but were in need of a much nee...
Happy Scrappy Blanket von Schibot Garne - Strickanleitung für Decke, gestrickt aus Sockengarnresten, auf Deutsch und Englisch. ÜBER DIESE ANLEITUNG: Da ich immer noch sehr viele Anfragen bekomme, wie ich meine riesige Restedecke gestrickt habe, ist es wohl an der Zeit, dafür eine Anleitung zu schreiben. Genau genommen handelt es sich dabei viel mehr um ein Rezept, wie ihr die rechteckige Form erreicht, denn die komplette Decke wird ganz einfach kraus rechts gestrickt und ist dazu gedacht, Reste an Sockengarn bzw. Garn in Sockenwollstärke aufzubrauchen. Die Idee stammt auch gar nicht wirklich von mir. Als ich auf der Suche nach nach einem Projekt für meine Reste war, bin ich auf Ravelry auf die folgenden beiden Anleitungen gestoßen: Kraft-tanken-Patches von Janina Böttger und Dicke Decke/Big Afghan von Ulli Stuttgart. Doch ich wollte keine Patchworkdecke, bei der ich am Ende viele Fäden vernähen muss. Ich wollte ein super simples Projekt. Die Decke wird durchweg doppelfädig gearbeitet, was aber nicht bedeutet, dass die Decke damit schnell fertig wird. Ich habe an meiner vier Jahre gestrickt – natürlich nicht die ganze Zeit über, aber dennoch war dieses Projekt sehr zeitintensiv. Mit Hilfe dieses Grundrezepts könnt ihr eure Decke in jeder beliebigen Größe stricken: von einer Babydecke bis hin zu einem Bettüberwurf, alles ist möglich. Dieses Projekt eignet sich auch hervorragend für Anfänger, denn um die Decke zu stricken, muss man nur Maschen anschlagen und sehr einfache Ab- und Zunahmen machen können. Und das Beste: linke Maschen braucht man hier nicht! Ich wünsche euch viel Freude mit dieser kostenlosen Anleitung! Nadine NACHTRAG: Anleitung nicht länger kostenlos, um Kosten des Shops und Arbeitsaufwand decken zu können. MATERIAL: Sockenwollreste, 4-fädig (für meine Decke, die 150cm x 200cm groß ist, habe ich etwa 2,5kg verbraucht) 3.5mm Rundstricknadel, langes Seil (150cm) Stopfnadel, Schere Wenn du dein WIP oder FO auf Instagram postest, tagge es bitte mit #happyscrappyblanket und #schibotgarne - so kann ich deine Version sehen :-) Zeige deine Projekte auch auf Ravelry in der Schibot Garne Gruppe!
We had a bit of a sleep in this morning followed by a leisurely breakfast of my home grown strawberries and yogurt with a good cup of coffee — all enjoyed on the patio. Afterward, I took the …
detail from Nature Journal by Jane LaFazio I'm interviewed today on the Dinner at Eight Artists Blog . Nature Journal, by Jane...
The new show from Apple TV+ pits deliciously bitchy Palm Beach socialites against scrappy country-club crashers, played out on ’60s-era sets from old-money mansions to scrappy midcentury salons
Bells Beach is the second block in the Delilah quilt and this one offers a ton of opportunity to play around with fabrics and colors. We're sewing more curves and have some inset (also called
Woo-wee, it's hot. All the heat makes me think of the beach, so I was inspired to do a beachy tin. I had this great mermaid collage sheet fr...
The Cabin Valley quilt pattern is now available in my shop I am so excited to share the second sample for my Cabin Valley quilt pattern today - the scrappy baby one! Funnily enough, this was actually the first version I made of this pattern. As I explained in my previous post, I wanted to make a quilt pattern similar i
Block 4 of the Delilah Quilt template of the month program certainly made for a challenge. If you've been following along, the first three months called for making two 12 inch blocks each. For me, the biggest learning curve has been machine piecing the curved sections for each block. For some tips, check back to the first block post here. For block #4 - Fairhaven, the challenge went even further, make three blocks each with 16 very small curved seams! I will admit to some frustration with the first block, but by the third one I was sewing with a lot more ease. This was the first attempt... ...second... ...and third... With the first two I went with some color consistency in the star points. With the third block, I realized I would get a pinwheel effect if I used the same fabric inside and for the points. I like how the blades of the pinwheel go through the center motif with this fabric placement. This is also the first time I introduced this lighter blue color to the blocks. It doesn't quite go with the other ones I've made, but I will add some more into future blocks to see if I can make it work. All four blocks, nine in total, so far... An interesting thing has occurred to me as I've been making these blocks. As a quilter, I've never been a big fan of sampler quilts, they just aren't ordered, geometric, or symmetrical enough for me with all the varied blocks. I'm also not a big fan of the sashing that is typical of a sampler. I was drawn to this project by Jen Kingwell because even though a lot of her quilt designs have many blocks like a sampler, her blocks are typically scrappy, different sizes, and the quilt usually has an alternate grid setting. I've been carefully choosing my fabrics and fabric placement as I've worked on these blocks, and I've kept the background very neutral. So...I've made a sampler quilt...how did this happen! I know how it happened...I'm a controlling person and it shows in my quilt work...lol! Anyway, I'll be trying to mix it up a little better as I make the next few blocks. We're moving into the smaller blocks now, and I'm a few blocks behind, but I'm hoping to catch up in the next month. What have you learned about your quilting lately? Does your personality come through in your quilting? Would love to hear your insights. If you're working on Delilah don't forget to check out more inspiration here.
Many quilters consider the AQS (American Quilters Society) annual show in Paducah, Kentucky the top of the heap among quilt shows. So, I just had to go see for myself this year. Here are some of m…
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Awaiting fabric for borders and backing. It is in Panama but still in customs. I am calling it “Summer Days” since I think it looks like beach balls much more than it looks like Pies an…
Looking Forward by Jen Kingwell... Hi all, Jen here from sunny Torquay, Australia. While I wasn't at Fall Market in Houston, I can never seem to avoid the Quilt Market rush. Not only is it my design company’s biggest time of the year with our new products launching but it also means a new Moda range! This market I will be presenting Remix. I've re-colored some of my favorite prints from prior collections, and I'm in the midst of making the quilt for a Mystery Block of the Month to be published in Quiltmania magazine. Looking Foward by Jen Kingwell.
Hi, all! Well, vacation is over and wow was it wonderful! And now I'm back to real life as we roar like a freight train to the holidays. Seems like time passes so quickly, doesn't it? It felt really nice to be back in my studio today, although I only had a few minutes to play. There is so much to be done then first day back from home - laundry, groceries, putting things away - but I did make a few minutes to work on another reindeer. I'm getting close to finishing all nine, and I can't wait to pull them all together in a quilt. I did find a lot of inspiration on Instagram this week that should keep you going for another week.... Joy is in the process of writing a pattern for this, and she's going to be hosting a quilt-along later this fall, I believe. Might be worth checking out! Don't you just love all that color?? I really like that she used different sizes of the same block to add visual interest and a place for your eyes to "rest"... I don't know about you, but I'm a little bit obsessed with tiny houses these days.... This is the beginnings of a Sea Glass quilt, but it also looks like a spectacular way to reduce your fat quarter stash... I can't begin to tell you how in love I am with this quilt! And that tub of solid scraps is screaming "use me, use me!" This is such an interesting way to use up strings - I really need to play with it! This may show up in next January's tutorial series. This quilt is just fascinating - it looks like she used Amanda Jean's technique of appliquéing scraps to a solid background, then used those blocks as the center tiles on this wonderfully scrappy quilt. That's it for today, folks - I'm late as it is (fell asleep in my chair last night!) Go play with scraps! Hugs! Sarah
This is the center of my Midnight at the Oasis quilt. I started this about 3 weeks ago. I used a Jane Sassaman fat quarter for the background. I love her fabric. It is wild and colorful. I wish I had more of this print then I would have been able to make the background symetrical. The triangle points are purely scraps from my huge scrap pile. The very center square is supposed to be 3 layers of circles appliqued. That is too much work. I fussy cut a circle print out of another Jane Sassaman fat quarter. This is the pattern that I am following. I have the petal border on. I just did a straight stitch with black thread around the raw edges. I dislike the time it takes to applique so I did it my way. The quilting will hold it all down. The Black and White border is in lieu of the appliqued border. I did make the baskets for the 4 corners. These are the churn dash border blocks that finish at 3 inches sewn together and waiting to be sewn onto the quilt top. Then 2 more borders to go after that. I am going to make another one of these quilts for my friend using her scraps. She is currently cutting them to size and I will sew and assemble them for her. What do you think?
I'm hitting these vacation photos hard and loving how well they're working with the July challenges! The latest sketch at Sketchabilities is no exception. We've got a fabulous sketch for you with an awesome sponsor for both challenges this month - Flying Unicorn! CLICK HERE to check out their amazing kits, one of a kind paper crafting embellishments, and more. Here is my layout and the sketch. Apologies for the uneven edges here - the watercolor warped the paper a bit and made it impossible to get a good square shot. C'est la vie. CLICK HERE to see the rest of the design team's amazing reveal. And some close-ups. I started out with a watercolor like background made from 4 shades of blue gelato. I used a piece of scrap mixed media paper to mix my watercolors before brushing them on, so then I stamped this fun anchor onto the scrap paper I had used to mix my colors, and fussy cut it out. Lots of layers here - mostly papers from Basic Grey's Capture line, although the red and white chipboard is a frame from Recollections that I cut up and used pieces of. I pulled in some Creative Embellishment chipboard circles, but left them unaltered because I thought the natural colors complimented the color scheme of the layout. More layers and a Basic Grey chipboard frame as well. The little nautical string of circles is Studio Calico - Boardwalk line maybe? It is leftover from a summer 2013 Citrus Twist Kit. Loving these kraft colored Thickers from my June Citrus Twist Kit. Another bit of vellum ephemera from Studio Calico, secured with a straight pin. The "Next Adventure" chipboard sticker is Heidi Swapp. My journaling, that talks about the bridge to Cape Cod, our favorite summer vacation spot. I hope you are inspired to play along with us at Sketchabilities. Remember, you have 2 weeks to link up your creation. Happy scrapping! xoxo, Shawna
detail ~ Stitch Ritual by Jane LaFazio Stitch Ritual by Jane LaFazio (60x24") This quilt truly combines my two artistic loves, dr...
I know there has been a lot of build up in revealing these two finished quilts to you - and thank you to all of you who have had to liste...
Hi, all! Are your days all running together like mine? With my husband working from home, there's not much to differentiate weekday from weekend and I really have to think about what day it is. That being said, it's Wednesday, which means it's time for a little bit of scrappy inspiration! Actually, a lot of inspiration - Instagram has been rocking it this week! How about if we start with something tiny! Can you imagine sewing those itty bitty hexies? But then there's this beautiful full-size version! I'm not exactly sure what you would call this block - maybe a split hexie? Whatever it is, it's pretty! How about a less ordered rainbow? This quilt just makes me smile! Another thing that makes me smile is fun fussy cuts - and aren't these just adorable? It makes me want to go dig through my fabrics for cute little 1" motifs! This is such a pretty quilt - it feels so cozy, even in its unquilted state! Aren't these poppies lovely? I have always wanted to make a pixelated quilt, and this is one of the prettiest I've ever seen! And as warm and cozy as all the above quilts are, this next one is calm and peaceful, isn't it? The combination of teals and silver gray is wonderful! But my absolute favorite for the week? This beauty! I'm not quite sure what appeals to me so much about it - maybe the way the sun is shining through and making the colors glow. Whatever it is, this quilt makes me want to sew! I hope you've been finding inspiration in your days, too - and time to indulge in some sewing! Hugs! Sarah
