Creating An Infant Garments Manufacturing Business From Scratch

My husband and I have been toying about this idea of getting into the infant and children's garments business for roughly about 2 years now, but because he's working full time, and I'm pretty busy juggling the roles of homemaker and 'bazaarista', we haven't really done anything to get this business idea started... until now.

My husband is a Doctor-Nurse ('MD, RN' as they call it) by profession and he's teaching full time. But this summer semester, he was not given a full load, so we have a little extra time to brainstorm about our first steps...

The infant and children's market is quite a lucrative market to tap into. We, parents, love our kids so much that we sacrifice our own needs and wants in favor of theirs... Not just parents, but also grandparents, ninongs & ninangs, aunties & uncles, love to shower kids with gifts. But because of the current economic crunch, gifting toys and other trivial kiddie items have taken a back seat in favor of more important and useful items like CLOTHES.

We are already wholesale buyers of infant and children's clothes. These are our bread-and-butter products which we sell at bazaars and in our permanent shop in Tiendesitas. We get them pretty cheap because we buy in bulk, but our frustration is the limitation in the choice of designs and styles... and an acquaintance who's doing subcontracted work for clothing company 'Pink and Blue Soda' hinted that we can price our product cheaper if we manufacture them ourselves. The key is to know where to buy the fabrics used for children's apparel which usually are 100% cotton, interlock, terry cotton, linen, etc. We asked around and they gave us a few locations to go... but this is a trade secret so I won't publish it here. :-)

We want to start off with making infant garments like onesies, frogsuits or sleepers and infant sets. We ultimately want to expand later on to dresses, t-shirts, blouses and skirts. We will be subcontracting our sewing jobs for now, but when business takes off, we hope to buy our own machines and other sewing/finishing equipment.

We are starting this week in scouting for supplies and materials... I am definitely excited and full of great ideas!!! Yey, here we go! :-)