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It’s Time to Follow Your Dream… Are you asking yourself, “Why would I want to become a Sulky Certified Teacher, NOW of all times?”. While these economic times are creating challenges for everyone, they are also creating great opportunities. If you have a job you don’t like or one that is unstable; if you have the need to supplement your income or if there has been a change in your family’s earning potential, now is the time for you to do what you love, and Sulky of America will help you be successful at it when you attend a Sulky Certified Teacher Training Class. Perhaps you are facing retirement without the retirement income you anticipated. Becoming a freelance Certified Sulky Teacher is a wonderful way to supplement your income while having the fun you’ve been looking forward to in retirement. If you already teach, enhance your credentials with the Sulky name. You can ease into it. It’s not an either/or choice. You can still keep your regular job and begin this rewarding career. During most recessions throughout the last 40 years the sewing industry has usually been spared the economic hard times that other industries experience because non-sewers and occasional-sewers turn to creative sewing to save money by making gifts, clothing, and other “luxuries” that have now become less affordable. From another perspective, sewing becomes the “escape” we all need while juggling family needs, personal issues, and the day-to-day stress of living….even without these economic issues before us. While Sulky’s valuable program is certainly geared toward teaching you how to teach creative sewing classes successfully and profitably, it is by no means attended only by budding teachers. Anyone who loves to sew and learn can and should attend; many attendees come for the fun and camaraderie (and there is lots of both). There is nothing quite like being with “like-minded” people and sharing your passion. Even if you do not have future plans to teach at this time, life changes on a dime, and preparation is the mother of opportunity. All Sulky Certified Teacher Training Classes are taught by highly qualified, well-respected Sulky National Educators. The opportunity and status associated with the “Sulky” brand name that you get as a “Sulky Certified Teacher” is immeasurable. Getting in the door as a teacher in your favorite store or guild is half the battle. Give yourself a “leg-up” and a “jump-start” on the other would-be teachers out there by having behind you the credentials of a well-established, well-respected, quality-driven, education-oriented company. Of all of the other available teacher training programs, why would you want to choose Sulky as you follow your dream? In the minds of home embroiderers, quilters and sewers all over the U.S. and Canada, Sulky is as synonymous to decorative thread as Kleenex is to tissue. Sulky has achieved this preeminence in the marketplace by developing wide-spread consumer awareness, trust and brand loyalty through a bold, vigorous, ongoing, 22-year education program that is unparalleled in the industry. Each year, for the last 14 years, Sulky’s highly skilled, National Educators have taught (face-to-face) upwards of 100,000 consumers about Sulky products and techniques at Sulky “Sew Exciting”™ Seminars in retail stores and at up to 45 major consumer shows all across the country. For many years you have seen Sulky’s full-page ads in numerous issues of these 14 consumer magazines: Sew News, Sewing Savvy, Quilters Newsletter, Quilting Arts, Sew Beautiful, Embroidery Journal, Quiltmaker, Quick & Easy Quilting, Creative Machine Embroidery, Creative Needle, Designs in Machine Embroidery, McCall’s Quilting, Quilters Home, and ASG Notions. Sulky educates through its very active Web site that features frequent, new, FREE projects, answers to frequently asked questions, and great consumer service through asksulky@sulky.com. A monthly e-mail consumer newsletter updates consumers on new products, programs and educational opportunities. Sulky educates by publishing dynamic, timely books that have sold hundreds of thousands of copies. For 10 years, Sulky educated by conducting an annual “Sulky Challenge” Contest that each year awarded up to $70,000 in cash and prizes, and resulted in five Sulky Challenge Traveling Collections that were annually seen by hundreds of thousands of consumers. So, 2009 is the year to join Sulky in their long-standing commitment to creative sewing education. It can be the answer for you and your family right now, for your future, and for future generations to come. Get more information about the current Sulky Certified Training Classes at www.sulky.com including pictures of the projects and project descriptions. You can address specific questions to patti.lee@sulky.com. Through the years, Sulky has educated countless consumers by being a major co-sponsor of 8 National PBS TV Sewing Shows, with Sulky products being used and shown on most segments of: • America Sews with Sue Hausmann Reprinted from SQE Professional, May 09 |