Sew Much More

Lilye Lavender owns Laveña Luxe Interiors, a new workroom based in Austin, TX. Together with her fashion school peer, Joseph, they fabricate and sell drapery, shades, and other soft furnishings to the trade. With success happening early on, they have big ideas to help drive the industry forward for a new generation of workroom owners.

Lilye is on Instagram

283 - Kristin Speyer - I Didn't Think I Could Do It, But I Just Did It!

The Workroom Channel

The Curtains & Soft Furnishings Resource Library

Custom Workroom Conference

Kitty Stein's Price Your Work with Confidence

Quipa

Fabric Rack - Contact Dean Fountain - [email protected]

Links for podcast

Terko thread - https://workroommarketplace.com/collections/sewing-supplies

Jewel’s tape

Home Sewing Depot - https://homesewingdepot.com/collections/sealah-tape-glue/products/3-16-jewels-tape-double-sided-adhesive

Workroom Channel Marketplace - https://workroommarketplace.com/collections/sewing-supplies/jewels-tapes

Dondar Designs - https://www.donnaskufis.com/shop/

JSH Designs Rulers-https://jsh-designs.squarespace.com/shop

Grids and Templates on The Workroom Marketplace - https://workroommarketplace.com/collections/grids-templates

Creative Hands Debbie DiFrancesco - https://www.creativehandsinfo.com/

Sloan Machinery - https://www.sloanmachinery.com/

Workroom Table Construction 30 Minutes with Workroom Tech Podcast 18

Using Your Fabric Rack to Inspect Fabric by Denise Canney

Workroom Stands - https://pub.marq.com/2023-0506DigDigest/#8KA8_kTwmZZZ

The Workroom Market Place -

Sewing Custom Curtains, Shades, and Top Treatments by Susan Woodcock

Price

Ultra Pro seam ripper Workroom Marketplace https://workroommarketplace.com/collections/small-tools?page=1

30 Minutes with Workroom Tech, 74 - Learning About Thread

Sloan Machinery

As the owner of At Your Service, a drapery workroom in the Boston area for over 15 years, Jeanne McDermott was always searching for the best way to communicate with her clients.

Jeanne discovered her passion for computer programs and has developed this into a service for designers and workrooms to help them convey their ideas in a fast and efficient way.

Her years of experience in the workroom/design process from concept and measuring to procurement and installation gives her the ability to understand complicated design concepts and offer solutions in addition to translating the design vision. Saving both time and money, our service creates an environment of confidence between the workroom/designer and clients that the project will look (and feel) as presented.

Jeanne's full-time business is creating renderings through her website: www.virtualdesign4interiors.com

You can watch today's podcast onYouTube.

Jeanne is onFacebook

Taylor Angel is the Vice President of Angel's Distributing, LLC. Today we are talking about customer service and some new products that Angel's has developed and the how and why behind their new products.

Kari Culberson is an interior designer, textile designer & sewist specializing in contemporary block printed textiles & soft goods fabrication for the home. Kari has a Masters in Interior Design from Florida State University & has been working in the interior design industry for the past 15 years. She began her design career working under renowned designers such as Victoria Hagan & Robert Brown, but her love of fabric & textile design led her to move to the vendor side. In 2011, she began Kari Fisher Designs, a to-the-trade textile line producing hand-block printed linen. Her fabrics have been carried in design showrooms across the country and her work has been featured in several magazines such as Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles, Lonny, & Martha Stewart Living. With the birth of her first daughter, she took a step back from hand printing yardage in-house and started printing digitally, while also offering some workroom fabrication. Now as her younger daughter has started school, Kari has relaunched her business under the name House Marais , and has expanded her workroom offerings to include pillows, drapery, soft goods, and lampshades. Kari works out of her home in Decatur, GA just outside of Atlanta. Kari is also a sewing teacher, having taught garment sewing and block printing for the last several years in Atlanta, virtually, and traveling to sewing retreats. Her favorite garment to make is her own jeans and is often wearing her own “me made” garments. Kari is on Instagram, and Facebook Links and Resources; Closet Core Patterns

(Some of the links I provide, specifically to Amazon and a few others, require me to let you know that if you use those links and make a purchase, I will make some money. I won't make a million dollars, but I might be able to get a cup of coffee, so thank you!)

The Artists Way by Julia Cameron Singer Sewing Custom Curtains, Shades and Top Treatments: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide to Makine and Installing Window Decor by Susan Woodcock Soft Goods Guidebook for Interiors by Stephanie Stickler Instagram account - Can You Sew This For Me Kari mentioned Window Treatments 101, these videos are part of the Curtains & Soft Furnishings Resource Library PRO Plus Memebers 30 Minutes with Workroom Tech - Who's on Your Team The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by; The Workroom Channel Workroom Tech Scarlet Thread Consulting The WCAA The Curtains and Soft Furnishings Resource Library Merril Y Landis, LTD Angel's Distributing, LLC National Upholstery Association

Kim has a very unique way of tapping into what her clients want for their homes, and creating that atmosphere by mixing both high and low-end furniture items in her designs. Every design is different, and her specialty is to bring out the personality and style of her clients, into the design of the space.

Traveling to the various furniture markets, networking with her peers, and a ton of research keeps her on top of all of the latest trends and fresh ideas in the interior design world.

She redesigned her life and her brand by launching Kim Lista Interiors, LLC. a full-service consulting and design company.

My Instagram is: kimlistainteriors
My Facebook is : Kim Lista Interiors
Website: www.kimlista.com

Links and Resources;

Workroom Tech

Sewing Custom Curtains, Shades and Top Treatments by Susan Woodcock

Kim's Upholstery Education

Fine Paints of Europe

Links and Resources;

Up to Speed with Jeanelle Dech in the Curtains & Soft Furnishings Resource Library

The 30 Minutes with Workroom Tech Podcast, Episode 79 - A New Method is Born

Donna Hovis ownsDonna Hovis Interiors, a one-woman drapery workroom serving Middle Tennessee for the past 18 years. Donna has an Associate's Degree in Interior Design and loves being involved in every aspect of her projects: from measuring to designing to fabrication to installation. Donna is onFacebookandInstagram. You can see Donna's published window treatmentsherein the Drapery & Design Digital Digest Links and Resources; (I do use some affiliate links) Drapery & Design Digital Digest Charles Randall's book is available for purchase fromThe Workroom Marketplace Sew What? Magazine issues are to PRO Plus Members in theCurtains & Soft Furnishings Resource Library

Some of the links I provide, specifically to Amazon and a few others, require me to let you know that if you use those links and make a purchase, I will make some money. I won't make a million dollars, but I might be able to get a cup of coffee, so thank you!

Susan Woodcock's Book - Singer(R) Sewing Custom Curtains, Shades, and Top Treatments: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide to Making and Installing Window Decor Stormie Omartian Books The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by; The Workroom Channel Scarlet Thread Consulting The WCAA The Curtains and Soft Furnishings Resource Library Merril Y Landis, LTD Angel's Distributing, LLC National Upholstery Association

Jenny Ellis is the owner of The Artful Chair. She spent her childhood in Ohio, then moved to Boca Raton, Florida in 1968, in a hurricane! After High School, she secured a scholarship at Texas Christian University where she studied Fashion Design, Clothing Construction and Textiles . Jenny was always a creative maker, even as a child she learned how to make pillows and crafty things, but she was very fond of textures and textiles. Initially, she thought she'd be in the fashion industry, making beautiful ball gowns and party dresses. And initially, she did. When she bought thier first house, Jenny started to look at those windows to be "dressed" ..you know how every homeowner does. She decided they must be easy to make, compared to the curvy complicated dresses and gowns she was doing. She set out to find out and decided to get her window treatment certification (WTCP) in South Florida at the Master's level. There she started "Designs by Jenny G" ( when Kenny G was popular, it was catchy) she found that window treatments and soft furnishings were way more lucrative and less stressful than dressmaking. in 2002 Jenny became Macy Furniture Store's window treatment specialist and they included her in their trips to High Point Furniture Market. Her eyes were opened. The creative ideas were just exploding. Jenny thought about how she could make high fashion chairs with her arsenal of dressmaking skills. Fast forward to a move to Asheville, NC in 2004, and she had the opportunity to, as her new husband called it, "reinvent herself". Jenny did try a few different things. Initially, she thought she would just do soft furnishings, and window treatments again, but she was not feeling the same about the market as she was in south Florida. Her husband then asked her the most memorable question: "What have I always wanted to do, but never had the opportunity to?" She told him her idea of upholstering beautiful artful chairs, like she made dresses, and told him about her vision from High Point Furniture Market. Her husband gave her the blessing to follow her passion and she enrolled in upholstery classes for 2 years at a local technical school. Then Jenny launched her crazy unique business, The Artful Chair in 2013, at age 57. It was definitely a niche; people never saw anything like it. Her creative chairs made everyone smile. She could have done "regular" upholstery because she understood the rules. She did the learning. But her vision was so different she thought she could create amazing upholstered furniture and sell it. Jenny had to push through a lot of barriers, and setbacks, but finally she found her ideal customers. This year Jenny is launching online learning classes of her most popular designs, as well as offering beginner basics. She is so excited to open up this wonderful, fun world of upholstery for creative DIYs everywhere. It's a long way from her dressmaking years, but she could not be any happier about the journey she has traveled. If you ask anyone in the upholstery industry, it is becoming a lost art or trade. Jenny is here to revive it in a big way. Jenny's Motto from Vincent Van Gogh:" Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist." Jenny is on Facebook, Instagram,Pinterest and TikTok Links and Resources;

Some of the links I provide, specifically to Amazon and a few others, require me to let you know that if you use those links and make a purchase, I will make some money. I won't make a million dollars, but I might be able to get a cup of coffee, so thank you!

Life Whimsy: How to Play, and Work More Creatively by Wendy Conklin The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by; The Workroom Channel Scarlet Thread Consulting The WCAA The Curtains and Soft Furnishings Resource Library Merril Y Landis, LTD Angel's Distributing, LLC National Upholstery Association

Sue Parten opened her workroom in 1985. She found that To-the-Trade was the best fit for her so she could be homewith her kids, and she didn’t have to continuously find new clients. Sue hired a business coach in 2009 when the economy crashed.
She was working a 2 nd job to make ends meet and knew she needed to change things up. Her coach helped her look at her workroom as a business instead of apaycheck. Together they built systems and set goals so that someday, Sue could hand someone else the keys to the kingdom and ride off into the sunset! Donald Miller - Story Brand

Some of the links I provide, specifically to Amazon and a few others, require me to let you know that if you use those links and make a purchase, I will make some money. I won't make a million dollars, but I might be able to get a cup of coffee, so thank you!

M. Scott Peck MD - The Road Less Traveled Rick Warren - The Purpose Driven Life