Sew Much More

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...

The Podcast is Sponsored by;   The Workroom Channel   Scarlet Thread Consulting   The WCAA   Sharon Gizzi is the owner of Styles by Sharon , a custom drapery workroom located in Richmond, Virginia.  She has been creating exquisitely crafted window treatments and bedding, with a conscious attention to detail and outstanding customer service, since 1999.  She learned to sew from her mom, who was a c...

The Podcast is sponsored by; The Workroom Channel   Scarlet Thread Consulting   The WCAA   A Chick & A Chair started when Lindsay Orwig kept bringing home wonderful vintage furniture that needed new fabric. Always creative and hands-on, she decided that upholstery was something she wanted to try on her own. She grabbed every book she could put her hands on and scoured the internet for videos and b...

    The Workroom Channel ,   Scarlet Thread Consulting ,   The WCAA       Kristen and John Vince are the owners of Custom Elegance a to the trade drapery and upholstery Workroom located in central Florida. Their work has been seen in the Wall Street Journal, Design Bureau, and MCBC builders. They are current members of WCAA. After marrying and moving to Florida Kristen started her home-based busin...

The Opportunity Thinking Podcasts are sponsored by;       On Today's podcast, Vita Vygovska, Jeanelle Dech, and Sue Fresconi talk about business growth. we talk about the decision to grow or not and how many factors and decisions are involved.  There is a lot to take in today Vita shares her growth risk analysis where she lists and ranks the pros and cons of the adding employees as a path for expa...

 Ruth Zahler started Connecting Threads Inc in November 1998, serving interior designers in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. In 2008 the business went through substantial growth and thus creating the need for her husband Dan to join her in the business. This growth came about when they decided to venture into bringing commercial fabrication to the business. Ruth and Dan have been serving design...

The Sew Much More Podcast is brought to you by; The Workroom Channel   Scarlet Thread Consulting   The WCAA   Jennifer Assetto is the owner of  In The Fringe, LLC , a to the trade atelier in Havertown, PA.  At In the Fringe, they believe that to live well one must have both awareness and an appreciation for the details surrounding them. For example, a dress or a swag cut on the bias will drape mor...

The Sew Much More Podcast is brought to you by; The Workroom Channel   Scarlet Thread Consulting   The WCAA   Jennifer Assetto is the owner of In The Fringe, LLC , a to the trade atelier in Havertown, PA.  At In the Fringe, they believe that to live well one must have both awareness and an appreciation for the details surrounding them. For example, a dress or a swag cut on the bias will drape more...

The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by;   The Workroom Channel   Scarlet Thread Consulting   The WCAA       Working as an interior designer, drapery workroom, and upholsterer for over 20 years Jill Ragan Scully, owner of Impressive Windows & Interiors, LLC ,  has a strong passion for the soft furnishing industry. This diverse skill set is apparent in each space in which she designs for the clie...

  This episode of the Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by;    The Curtains & Soft Furnishings Resource Library   OPPORTUNITY THINKING- Episode #1 Jeanelle Dech talks about the launch of the Curtains & Soft Resource Library and introduces RISK as uncertainty, with both a negative and positive potential outcome. Jeanelle Dech is President and Co-Founder of Adaptive Textiles , an innovative textile...

The Podcast is sponsored by; The Workroom Channel   Scarlet Thread Consulting   The WCAA   Zona began her business in 1981 after her family moved to the Des Moines metro area from her hometown. Before moving to Des Moines she worked in a furniture store workroom for 9 months, where she learned how to make custom pleated drapes, which was the trend back then. Patterns for swags and Kingstons weren'...

The Podcast is sponsored by; The Workroom Channel   Scarlet Thread Consulting   The WCAA   Callie is the owner of Draped and Tailored, a new fabrication studio in Little Rock, AR. Working specifically with the Trade, she creates everything from draperies and pillows, to bedding and Roman shades. By the age of 30, she had several upscale projects in her portfolio, including the Arkansas Governor's...

Pamela Ptak is a couture fashion designer, owner of Ptak Couture  and co-founder of the  Arts and Fashion Institute in Riegelsville PA & a designer on Lifetime TV's Project Runway season 7. During Pamela's casting, Tim Gunn called her work "...among the most beautifully constructed clothes I've ever seen" and said, "I think you are on the cusp of something big." Pamela can be found on Facebook and...

The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by; The Workroom Channel Scarlet Thread Consulting The WCAA Pamela Ptak is the owner/designer of the Ready-To-Wear fashion line "Pamela Ptak.", which creates ladies dresses & separates and casual menswear with intriguing and unusual lines, textures & motifs. She also designs custom couture gowns under the label " Ptak Couture ™".    Pamela can be found on Fac...

Maureen Singer's childhood days were spent in Minnesota. The oldest of three girls, she was in a leadership role right out of the crib. Her mother loved to dress all three of them alike. One particular Sunday she said, "I just cannot go to church looking like the rest of you." That comment took her and her mother to the fabric store where her passion for sewing was ignited. Uniqueness and perfecti...

Tammy Granger is the owner of BG Custom Windows located in Cary, NC. She began her career in window coverings in 1989 after graduating from NC State University. Tammy is passionate about choosing the perfect fabric and meticulously creating one of a kind window coverings. She was voted Best of Houzz 2017 in the customer service category. After joining the Triangle chapter of the WCAA she served as...