Sew Much More

Sheri has been in the workroom business for the past 28 years, full-time. She had started it before retiring from her nursing career, by working on it nights and weekends. The business has evolved through many iterations. This business began making children's appliquéd clothing and has changed a lot! The present business model is now a mobile slipcover business, called Sassy Slipcovers. This was dreamt up years ago when Sheri would carry so many machines to beach and lake homes. When she lost her lease a year ago this month, it became a reality! It has been a fun transition but also a learning curve. Sheri has had to learn to be more flexible and move jobs around to make them all work. This might be the most fun she has had in her business. Sheri loves the flexibility and let's just say driving Sasy1 Is always a fun time! Sheri is on Facebook and Instagram Links and Resources; Sheri's first podcast 189 - You've Got to Figure Out A Way to Evolve Michele Williams Scarlet Thread Consulting 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

Gabriela McCormick, owner of Great Oak Interiors. A full-service custom window treatment workroom, offering fabrication, installation, and design service to retail customers as well as to the trade. Located in Peru, NY in the Adirondack Mountains in upstate NY. Started very slowly while raising a 4-year-old and twins then one day everything started to fall into place very very quickly! You can find Gabriela on Facebook and Instagram. Links and Resources; The Custom Workroom Conference Ann Johnson's Workroom Skills Class 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

Carrie Duso is the owner of CMD Interiors, a one-person retail drapery, and design studio in Mason, Michigan. She began sewing window treatments in 1997 at the Window Design Studio in Ann Arbor MI where she worked before returning to the Lansing area to study interior design at MSU. In 2000, she established her own part-time workroom, M.Atelier. Carrie is currently re-establishing her part-time workroom into a full-time business where her life-long love of sewing, making, and interior design are finding perfect harmony. Links and Resouces;

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!

Price your Work with Confidence by Kitty Stein The War of Art by Steven Pressfield Profit First by Mike Michaelowicz Dave Ramsey Susan Woodcock - Workroom Tech Tool Belt instructions from the Library

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

Riana LeJeune-Copeland is the owner and creative Mastermind of Repinned LLC. Riana was born in 1982 and was raised by an emergency medical pilot father and a historic restoration expert mother. Having grown up in historic homes, she had a deep appreciation for antiques and great craftsmanship. Riana moved to Des Moines with her family in 1996, attending Callanan and then Graduating from Roosevelt in 2000. After high school, Riana studied Psychology with minors in Criminal justice and anthropology. During her time at Iowa State University, she volunteered at a local women's shelter and headed up the Student Officer Program at ISU PD. After graduating with her BA in Psychology she pursued a career in law enforcement.

However, destiny had different plans for Riana. Injury at the age of 24 would take her in a different direction. After leaving law enforcement she took several office jobs but it just wasn't a good fit. She longed for something more. After her daughter was born in 2011, Riana took a part-time with a company that made skydiving jumpsuits for skydivers all over the world. It was at Firefly Unlimited she worked alongside her first real-life entrepreneur/female business owner. A true inspiration. Sitting taking jumpsuits apart for alteration, something in her brain clicked and she began viewing things differently. If you can take something apart, you can learn to put it back together. She soon decided to apply this to furniture and her side gig, something she called "Repinned" and the rest is history. When Riana couldn't find an upholstery school in Iowa, she sought out mentors worldwide to learn from. Repinned is thriving and growing under her leadership, knowledge, skilled hands, and passion. Repinned is currently one of the select few businesses offering professional custom upholstery in central Iowa. Riana recognized the need for this skilled trade/art form and continues to innovate while revitalizing the industry.

Alex is an apprentice in the Repinned workroom, and she is excited to dive into the skilled trades. She has had a lifelong obsession with vintage furniture and interior design, and she is passionate about creating things with her own two hands. A recent graduate, she is looking forward to a career in the upholstery industry and is excited to be crafting custom pieces and learning from the best!

You can find Riana on Facebook and Instagram

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Fem City

NAWBO

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

Shasta Breitkopf has been part of the Window coverings industry for quite some time and I was so happy to be able to hear more about her story!

Shasta has worked for various companies and also as an independent representative of some of those companies. Her company, Unique Expressions was developed to assist workrooms with products that help with productivity as well as fabrication.

Links and Resources; ( I do occasionally use affiliate links for Amazon and can earn some money if you choose to use them)

Workroom Tech

Custom Workroom Conference

Joy Wilbur's YouTube Method Share on The Workroom Channel

Becoming by Michelle Obama

Hell and Other Destinations an Autobiography of Madeline Albright

Books by Wayne Dyer

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

Heather McGrew is the owner of Drapery Décor. She started her business in 2010 after working and gaining knowledge/experience of this industry in a workroom in Chicago. Heather is a workroom dedicated to providing custom window treatments. Links and Resources; Snapseed Whitagram Pinterest Fiver Tiktok Inshot Books; (I do use some affiliate links here, so if you choose to use them, I appreciate it!) E Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki What Your CPA Isn't Telling You: Life-Changing Tax Strategies by Mark J. Kohler Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion by Gary Vaynerchuk Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine by Mike Michalowicz 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

(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!)

Simon Sinek's Podcast - A Little Optimism - Unreasonable Hospitality with Will Guidara

Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hildenbrand

Lisa Brock is the owner of Brock Custom Interiors in the Birmingham AL area. Born and raised in the south, married her college sweetheart and best friend. They raised 5 children on a pastor's salary learning to make a dollar stretch. We were often gifted hand-me-down furniture that I would turn into usable goods in our home with a bucket of paint and a nematic staple gun.

Fast forward, kids are all grown and moved out with grandkids coming along at a rapid pace, she wanted to have some way to contribute to the "wants" of the family while doing something with her hands that gave her flexibility to be with her growing family. She began Brock Custom Interiors in 2020 after listening to just a few of the Sew Much More Podcasts that gave her the encouragement and realization that she knew enough to make a go at this industry and she's not regretted it once!!

You can find Lisa on Instagram.

Links and Resources;

Webinar on Returns on the Library - https://csfrl.org/project/returns-the-finishing-touch/

30 Minutes with Workroom Tech Podcast

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

Profit First by Mike Michalowicz

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Elki Horn's Roman Shade Method

Lisa Woodriff Podcast

Vita Vigovska, Vitalia Inc.

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

Kevin Kise owns a workroom and is a designer for Kise Interiors. Coming from humble beginnings in Rural Franklin County, Ohio, his passion for fabrics began when at 8 his Grandmother showed him how to sew, and cook. Her beliefs were that every man should know how to fix a hole in his jeans and cook for himself. Kevin took both of those tasks to heart by going to culinary school out of high school. His dossier includes working in a Michelin 3 star restaurant, managing a fabric store and working in a commercial drapery workroom. He credits his talents to a myriad of mentors including an elderly Japanese woman who taught him the art of Japanese tailoring and fabric draping and the much loved Cheryl Strickland for whom his questions would have never been answered without the direction of her amazing forum and workroom conferences. Kevin is married to his husband, Josh, they have a chocolate lab named Teagan and live in Columbus, OH.

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