We recently connected with Bianca Johnson and have shared our conversation below.

Bianca, appreciate you joining us today. Almost all entrepreneurs have had to decide whether to start now or later? There are always pros and cons for waiting and so we’d love to hear what you think about your decision in retrospect. If you could go back in time, would you have started your business sooner, later or at the exact time you started?

It was first licensed in 2021. I talk about this all the time. I always say I wish I had stayed on the course of sewing from when I first started, I kept stopping and starting. If I kept at it, I feel I’d be further than where I am. I was never at a bad place, I just don’t think I really took it serious as far as turning it into a business, it was more so a hobby for me. I started to realize how gifted I truly am and said it’d be great to go into business. There’s no real extravagant story behind it, and I am still very thankful for what I’ve accomplished and the clients I’ve made, I just wish I would have started sooner. I probably would’ve been operating full time by now and been more known, but everything happens for a reason and things don’t always happen overnight. So I am patient and grateful.

Bianca, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

I honestly got into sewing in my teenage years, around 15 or 16, but of course getting into it seriously, came about 15-16 years later. For me the inspiration of being a business owner came after I made this Trench Coat with a Simplicity Pattern. The pattern was actually a dress, but I used it to make a Trench instead. They loved it so much that they posted it on their social media accounts, so that really gave me the motivation I needed. And it was one of the most proudest moments of my sewing career. At that moment, it was no longer a hobby for me. I would like to say I am very disciplined. I turn off all distractions when I work, I don’t be on my phone constantly checking messages or anything, and I hardly even talk while sewing. For one, the noise would be in the other person’s ear and I have to keep muting my phone during the conversation, and two, I can’t really focus. So I make sure I am not distracted while working. I work at it until it’s finished. I don’t stop and start a project because I want to get it back to the customer in a timely manner and if I do stop, it’s a timely break and then I’m back at it. I also don’t take on more than I can handle. I take the amount of requests that I can complete in a certain time frame. I have done last minute requests, but I wouldn’t want it to be too last minute so I don’t feel pressured. So far I haven’t really come across any problems, but if I did, I can only hope and pray that the person would give me the opportunity to correct it. I don’t really know what a lot of other Seam-tresses are doing, but I feel like what sets me apart from other people is that I do a bit of everything. I do custom garments, rather that be clothing, gowns, or jackets, I do it; I’ve even done underwear. I also do alterations and machine embroidery. I am a hard worker and I am very precise with attention to detail. Even if I don’t, I always try to get it right the first time. So I take my time and don’t rush through anything. As for my business and branding, I don’t want to be known for just sewing this or sewing that, I do any and everything that God allows me to do and I thank him for that.

Any stories or insights that might help us understand how you’ve built such a strong reputation?

Most definitely word of mouth. People I did things for told other people about me and then they’d do Google reviews. So that helped out tremendously. I just recently found out that my newest client called a dry cleaners looking for her daughter’s prom dress to be taken up and they told her that they’d possibly be booked up and to call back the next day once the person that she needed to speak with would be in. She asked them if they knew of anyone else they could recommend just in case they are too busy and they gave her the name of my business and number. I had no idea of the existence of that particular dry cleaners, but the fact that they know about me speaks volumes. I called to thank them.

Any insights you can share with us about how you built up your social media presence?

Sharing my creations and having other people share my creations has been helpful. It still has a really, really long ways to go, but staying consistent is really the correct key to unlock the door. And having perseverance is important too. I believe diys are also great when building your social media up, they’re so popular now.

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