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Fabric for making fashionable headscarves (hijab)

John DoeJ
EntrepreneurNisrinaLocationMagelang, Indonesia
Project status
100%funded
$189raised
Disbursedon October 9, 2015

My name is Nisrina Leily Wahyuniar and I am 25 years. I have been in the business of producing and selling hijab accessories for 3.5 years. I was born in a village, but I always went to school in a town. I love to create, draw, sew, design clothes, make craft accessories, and also create batik. I also like to read and walk, because after reading or walking, a lot of inspiration emerges that fuels my passion for creativity. I majored in biology education in college, but somehow I prefer to pursue creative business. I am currently developing my sewing and batik skills, which I find to be more interesting than being a biology major. Therefore, it is as if I have found my passion and what I have started can continue to progress and develop.

I started running the hijab accessories business 3.5 years ago. At that time, I was still in college. Initially I made flower brooches from flannel, then I distributed it to accessories shops nearby campus. Turns out there was positive response, 90% of the brooches were sold and the shop owner asked me to continue to supply hijab accessories with different variations. I continued to innovate in making accessories from tillage, chiffon, satin, and cotton, combined with beads, lace and ribbons. There was even more demand, I had to ask for help from three of my friends to fulfill orders. All the products were distributed to accessories shops, cooperatives, and also through social media. Apparently there was also strong demand from customers in social media. They even asked me to make hijab and clothes. Because of requests from customers, I am learning to sew and will start to produce hijab. For this reason, I am looking for capital to produce hijab.

The loan will be used to buy Spandex fabric to make hijab because there is currently strong demand for modern and stylish syaria hijab. Based on my survey at the fabric store, the price of the fabric is $ 5.8 /kg. One kg is around 3,5 meter. I will need 105 meters of spandex fabric for 10 colors. One color of 10.5 meters can be used to create eight hijabs. Total hijab manufactured from purchased fabric will 80 jilbab. The profit I will receive from 1 veil is $1, so the total profit is $ 80.