Sew Much More

Nicole Nomer is the owner of Fabrication Studio , a drapery workroom that has been servicing the interior design industry since 1985. She is a self-taught fabricator starting her sewing journey at the age of 7. She graduated from Dean College with a degree in Art Therapy. Although she never entered that field she feels that her degree has aided her in helping her clients navigate the sometimes dif...

Cleo Marthel owns and is the sole operator of Complimentary Designs , a custom soft furnishings workroom located in Murfreesboro, TN. She has been in business for 15 years working with both wholesale and retail clients. Cleo is a member of a local trade group, Professional Drapery Workrooms of Middle TN. She is also a national member of WCAA. For a period of time, she lived in Birmingham, AL and s...

Marge Jones is the owner of Marge's Custom Slipcovers .  Her mom taught her to sew at 5 and by high school, she was making tailored suits.  Marge taught herself to reupholster in the 70's and two years later to make slipcovers.  She has been in business for 44 years and at 74 doesn't seem to be slowing down much!! Marge is on Facebook  and Pinterest Resources; Kim's Upholstery   The Sew Much More...

Freddie Graves is the owner of The Recovery Room  in Vermont.  She started the business in 1989 in her basement and has moved into a barn on her rural property.  I love Freddie's sense of humor and her outlook.   Resources; Wild Chairy   The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by;   The Workroom Channel   Scarlet Thread Consulting   The WCAA

Continuing our series of products brought to the market in our industry, Ann k. Johnson and Susan Woodcock share the stories of how they wrote and published their books.   Ann K. Johnson owns Sew Easy Windows LLC , a wholesale workroom in Ohio, established in 1992. She is the author of The Professional Workroom Handbook of Swags I & II, and publisher for Kitty Stein's Price Your Work With Confiden...

      Louise Cornick is the owner of Upholstery Education which formally started in 2018 but was in the making for 2years prior to that . Louise started her upholstery journey when she first arrived in the US from her homeland of England 7 years ago. She took an Upholstery course through adult education as a way of making new friends and getting out of the house. Little did she know what a major i...

Mary Jo Huyard is the proud owner of Savannah House , a boutique window treatment shop and showroom in downtown Lancaster PA. Mary Jo works directly with clients in residential and commercial settings as well as working with designers, architect, and builders in a collaborative approach. She worked primarily out of her home until fall of 2017 when she rebranded and founded Savannah House and opene...

  Beautiful Spaces opened it's doors in 2006. Owned and operated by Cynthia LeBlanc. Beautiful Spaces is a full-service Interior Decorating Studio located in Vermilion Ohio. Which is often referred to as " Little New England" due to its lovely waterfront communities. At Beautiful Spaces our goal is to inspire, educate, problem solve, and finally to design spaces for our client that they will love,...

Amanda Smith and Rose Mary LeBlanc are the owners and developers of Seamless Workroom,  a system that helps you keep track of job specifications with fillable measuring forms, resource documents and fabrication workbooks that will calculate yardage as well as quote labor, hardware, and fabrics. Amanda is the owner of      Resources; Amanda mentioned Meetedgar and  Canva   The OPPORTUNITY THINKING...

Laura Hawley is a co-owner of AD Window Treatments , a Custom Window Treatment and Hunter Douglas Showroom in Blue Bell, PA. Ambiance is on Facebook , Pinterest  and Houzz .   Resources; Dave Ramsey's Every Dollar App Disto Measuring Device Profit First   The Podcast is sponsored by;   The Workroom Channel   Scarlet Thread Consulting   The WCAA

Jill Stanbro Plummer Hughes was born, raised and has spent her entire life in Canton, Oh. She has imported two husbands from out of state. At separate times, of course! Married for 7 ½ years to Michael Hughes with three grown children, Eric, Julie and Sean, 7 grandchildren and one great-granddaughter, who are all the loves of her life, along with her son-in-law and two daughters-in-law.   Since 19...

Regina Allen is retired from the military and a native Arkansan. She has had a life-long passion for interior design, window coverings, and fabric. Regina is the owner of Beau Embellishments . While moving from place to place for over 20 years she designed her own draperies and soft furnishings. Ever the perfectionist, Regina, wanted to fabricate with professional techniques and quality craftsmans...

Dean Fountain is the owner of a wholesale workroom providing draperies, bedding, slipcovers, upholstery, and installation in and around Jacksonville, FL. Dean opened his workroom in 2001, and he added Workroom Racks to his business in 2018. Dean Fountain tells us about the design and manufacturing of his new Workroom Rack.  It was introduced at the Custom Workroom Conference in 2018. You can conta...

Rita Boland and her daughter Auret deGasperi are the owners of Island Drapes and Upholstery  on St. Simon Island in Georgia.  It was truly my pleasure to get to know them better during the interview. You can find them on Facebook .   The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by;   The Workroom Channel   Scarlet Thread Consulting   The WCAA   Resources; The Workroom Channel Kitty Stein's Book  

I'm talking with Donna Skufis of Dondar Designs . Donna shares the story of her business, how education is important to her - both learning herself and sharing her knowledge and why she made some of her choices.   Donna is on Facebook .  Resources; You can watch some of Donna's videos on The Workroom Channel's YouTube Channel   The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by;   The Workroom Channel   Sc...

Heather Taylor owns and is the sole operator of Custom Textiles , a workroom located by her farmhouse in the Northwest Hills of Connecticut. She has been producing residential and business window dressings since 2003. Heather is on Facebook . Speaking with Heather was truly an honor.  I admire her strength and resilience as well as her creativity.  Resources; The Custom Workroom Conference Kim's U...

 Michele Williams and I talk about how we like to finish up our year and what we do to start the new year.  I love my conversations with Michele!  With our personalities being so different, I really enjoy talking with her about how we do things. Resources;  Gretchen Rubin's 4 Tendencies Quiz Brene Brown's Dare To Lead   The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by;   The Workroom Channel   Scarlet Th...

Donna Skufis's passion for creating beautiful and unique window treatments and soft home furnishing has propelled her talents into a thriving 33-year-old business. At the start she was retail; selling, fabricating and installing; but is now strictly a wholesale fabricator.   Her love of challenges has encouraged her to take on more difficult even almost impossible projects. These projects showcase...

While many workrooms and designers started out in our homes and because we had a skill, Sarah O'Neil started her business,   Storibook Designs  out of a need to make a life change and to find joy every day.  She no longer wanted a job, she wanted to feed her soul! Sarah talks openly and honestly about the challenges of anxiety and the tools she uses to get through the difficult times.   Thank you...

Deborah M. Williamson, owner of Treatments For Your Panes , a Shop at Home retail business servicing the Greater Rochester Area and beyond. She has been sewing for 50 yrs. beginning her career in the Dressmaking/Alterations segment. Deborah's journey began to change when they moved to Rochester from Buffalo, NY due to her husband's job transfer. As one of the pioneers of a Planned Community of new...

  Judy Soccio is a storyteller. But instead of using words, she weaves her tales with fabric and trim. I listen to clues from my clients – and from their homes – to create inspired window treatment designs that honor the home's history while acknowledging the 21st-century lifestyles of the current homeowner. Her theatre training and fascination with history give her broad latitude to find the righ...

In this episode, Jeanelle Dech coaches Ceil as she takes a hard look at the time, effort, and costs associated with producing a weekly podcast. Ceil started the podcast because of her passion for the industry and her desire to give back, and now must face the reality of the podcast's sustainability. With Jeanelle's help, Ceil is able to identify opportunities for improved efficiency in producing t...

The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by;   The Workroom Channel   Scarlet Thread Consulting   The WCAA Kelly Wilson, a lifelong autodidact, has always had a passion for living "outside the box". A combination of varied job experiences from NYC to LA and an eclectic higher education has created the rich foundation for Kelly's life. As a result of the economic downturn, in 2005 after 17 years of e...

The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by;   The Workroom Channel   Scarlet Thread Consulting   The WCAA   Hallie Meschter is the owner of Sew Hallie, LLC , a custom window treatment workroom serving interior designers in the Washington DC metro area.  What started as a passionate, self-taught hobby two decades ago when her children were young, turned into a side hustle when Sew Hallie was launche...

The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by;   The Workroom Channel   Scarlet Thread Consulting   The WCAA   Denise Hooper began her career in 2002 working in a home-based workroom.  In 2007 she founded Dream It Window Coverings working out of her home. She started as retail workroom but slowly grew to a wholesale business. In 2015 she limited her operation to a " To The Trade" commercial workroom....