E57 She Retired at 60 & Landed Her First Fabric License - Here's How

E57 She Retired at 60 & Landed Her First Fabric License - Here's How

Published: June 1, 2026

Duration: 14:15

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As a child, she was told to stick to “crafty things”. Fast forward to now. She’s retired and just landed her first fabric licensing deal. Here's exactly how she did it, and how you can too.

The rise of AI-generated art has done something unexpected: it's made your hand-drawn designs more valuable than ever. In this episode, I'm sharing the story of my student Debby McLaughlin — a retired software project manager who was told as a child to stick with "crafty things" — and what happened when she decided, in her mid-50s, to find ou...