Sew Much More

The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by;   The Workroom Channel   Scarlet Thread Consulting   The WCAA   Kathryn Dillon owns and operates Kathryn Dillon Drapery & Design LLC , a full-service window treatment and soft goods design and fabrication business. Kathryn has built her business by consistently providing exquisitely handcrafted products and services in addition to window coverings, such a...

Jane has been working in the interiors industry for the last 10 years. Based in the UK, about an hour outside London. Jane Crawford Interiors is aimed at the 'High End' market and offers a wide range of quality fabrics, window treatments, curtain poles, and accessories. She has a level 3 diploma in Professional Curtain and Roman Blind Making from the National Design Academy and a City and Guilds i...

Books we both read and loved; The Success Principals by Jack Canfield Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod Growth Mindset by Carol Dweck Profit First by Mike Michalowicz Price Your Work with Confidence by Kitty Stein   Ceil's List Better Than Before by Gretchen Ruben 212 The Extra Degree by Sam Parker and Mac Anderson Aspire - Discovering Your Purpose Through The Power of Words by Kevin Hall The Compound...

The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by;   The Workroom Channel   Scarlet Thread Consulting   The WCAA   I have learned so much from my guests on the podcast that I wanted to share some of that with my listeners.   Links to things I talked about;   Curtains and Soft Furnishings Resource Library Workroom Tech The Custom Workroom Conference Kim's Upholstery PUAM  

Recently, I interviewed Christina Price and Jennifer Assetto, while Jeanlle Dech's son, Casey interviewed their daughters. I did not get to hear or see this interview until just recently, and I thought it was just wonderful!!! If you would like to watch the YouTube video, you can watch it here. https://youtu.be/83dfZMjWg5c Hop on to my Facebook page and let me know what you thought about this epis...

The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by;   The Workroom Channel   Scarlet Thread Consulting   The WCAA       If you were to describe JoAnne Lenart-Weary in a few words, they would be authentic, informative, and funny. Born with a passion for creating beautiful spaces, in 1975, a wallpapering and painting business segued into an interior decorating business. JoAnne was driven by her love for the...

This Podcast is sponsored by The Curtains and Soft Furnishings Resource Library.     In past Opportunity Thinking episodes of the podcast, we have spoken about employees, growing and expanding our businesses.  Jeanelle Dech tells the story of how she made decisions about who to hire and how she met and hired Yazmin Guzman.  Yazmine tells her side of the story as well as the incredible journey that...

The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by; The Workroom Channel   Scarlet Thread Consulting   The WCAA   Having a sewing business had been Doshie Witcher's dream since her mother taught her to hold a needle and thread. While in elementary school, she was sewing clothing for herself and others. In 1990 she opened Doshie's Custom Sewing and began specializing in alterations, custom work, and bridal...

The Podcast is sponsored by; The Workroom Channel   Scarlet Thread Consulting   The WCAA   Like many others in this business, Amanda Smith did not start out as a fabricator of window treatments. She attended college at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte earning a bachelor's degree in Middle Grades Education. After teaching English and Social Studies for seven years, she attended graduat...

The podcast is sponsored by; The Workroom Channel   Scarlet Thread Consulting   The WCAA   Jo Braxton Thomas, owner of Braxton Drapery Design began fabricating window treatments in 1984 for McGraw's Showcase Fabrics which resulted from a love of sewing and a desire to have a career in which she could remain at home to raise her two sons, Nathan and Joel. She started her own drapery business in 198...

The Opportunity Thinking Series is brought to you by; The Curtains and Soft Furnishings Resource Library Jennifer Assetto, owner of In The Fringe in Haverford , Pa and Christina Price, owner of Main Line Window Decor and Jeanelle Dech, owner of Adaptive Textiles , The Workroom Channel and The Curtains and Soft Furnishings Resource Library get together with me to talk about growth.  This seems to b...

The Workroom Channel   Scarlet Thread Consulting   The WCAA   Jodi Stanford is the owner of Jodi's Window Fashions , a custom drapery workroom founded in 1986 and located near Memphis, Tennessee.  Jodi started her business as a creative outlet that would bring in additional family income and allow her to stay at home with her children.  Jodi worked entirely alone and knew no other local workroom b...

This special 100th episode of the Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by Michele Williams of Scarlet Thread Consulting, who loves to work with creative business owners to help them understand all aspects of their business and to use their gifts and talents to make it profitable. She is a strategic profitability coach certified in the Profit First methodology and can be reached at ScarletThreadConsu...

Addie Conte is the owner of Addie's Custom Coverings and Design, LLC, a soft furnishing fabrication and design studio.  She has taken her love of textiles and created a business that offers her clients beautiful home solutions.  Specializing in understanding the unique needs of each homeowner, Addie and her team are committed to providing personal attention to each client.   You can find Addie on...

  Kathy Geffen has been designing and creating window treatments for the home since 2002.  Prior to her start in the window treatment business, Kathy spent 16 years working as a business consultant.    Her client relationship skills blended perfectly with the problem-solving skills needed to create unique and functional window treatments.  The combination of client service and high-quality standar...

Jeanelle Dech, owner of The Workroom Channel , Adaptive Textiles and The Curtains & Soft Furnishings Resource Library , Christina Price, owner of Main Line Window Decor and Theda Hadden, owner of Springwood Upholstery and I talk about owning and running our businesses while being Moms and Wives.   We talk about the book Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg Here is a link to the Digital Digest   This was suc...

Madeleine MacRae is the creator of FastTrack Sales Systems and the CEO of MM MacRae Coaching & Consulting, an international learning, coaching and consulting firm out of Detroit Michigan.   Madeleine has more than 13 years of first-hand experience at the tables of some of the best businesses in the industry - from huge to tiny, corporate to family-run, manufacturers to a retail dealer. Not only do...

Springwood Upholstery started when Theda Hadden went shopping for the perfect fabric for window treatments and pillows for her first house. Everyone who walked into her house asked "Where did you get your window treatments?" and were surprised to hear that she made them. The upholstery part came later, when on a whim she picked up a lovely wing chair from a used furniture store. The chair sat in h...

The podcast is sponsored by; The Workroom Channel   Scarlet Thread Consulting   The WCAA   Kristin Nicholas is an all-around creative artist who works with paint, yarn thread, fabric, clay and more.  Throughout her work, her love of color and pattern is the cohesive element that gives the definitive style to her interior decoration, paintings, ceramics and needlework.  Kristin is an avid gardner a...

Tracie N. Bresnahan The owner of Custom Creations   Tracie holds a Bachelor's degree in Apparel Engineering and a Master's degree in Quality Assurance Technology from Southern Polytechnic State University. She worked in the apparel and the consumer products industries for 12 years. Tracie opened Custom Creations in 1996, fabricating custom window treatments and accessories. With her engineering ba...

This episode of the Opportunity Thinking Series is recorded live with members of PUAM - The Professional Upholsterers Association of Minnesota puam.  Moderated by Jeanelle Dech at The Funky Little Chair in St. Paul, Minnesota, we discuss the loss of education, the need for more and hope for the future upholsterers!   We mentioned; Steve's Book - Singer Upholstery Basics Plus

The Podcast is sponsored by; The Workroom Channel   Scarlet Thread Consulting   The WCAA   Peggy Morgans is the owner of Parkway Window Works , a custom drapery workroom serving the interior design trade in Upstate New York. She has a chemical engineering degree and an MBA. Peggy brings her analytical and problem-solving skills to the drapery world and is known for tackling complex and technically...

The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by; The Workroom Channel   Scarlet Thread Consulting   The WCAA   Melissa Hammann is the owner of Riviera Décor a high-end retail and wholesale custom workroom that also specializes in outdoor décor. She resides in Corpus Christi, Texas a resort coastal town located off the gulf coast of south Texas where she lives with her husband and four children Melissa i...

The Podcast is sponsored by;   The Workroom Channel   Scarlet Thread Consulting   The WCAA   Today's podcast is a solo podcast, and I share some of the lessons I have learned while learning to podcast.   I hope you will reach out to me on my Facebook page and tell me something that you have learned from listening to the Podcast.     I mentioned Carol Dweck's book The Growth Mindset

  Episode 3 of the Opportunity Thinking Series is an interview with Kitty Stein, author of Price Your Work With Confidence .  Ann K. Johnson is now the publisher of the book and she joins us in an entertaining conversation with Kitty.  It is a little bit difficult for me to comprehend not thinking about window treatments or our industry on a daily basis, but that is what retirement looks like for...