Sew Much More

Sheri Corey is my guest today. She is the owner of Style and Stitch/Sew Sheri Designs

* Her professional beginning Pediatric Oncology Nurse * 1994 left nursing career to begin a new business that allowed her to be at home with her children * Her business services have continued to evolve * Initially Sheri made children's clothing – then moved into products for the home * A second business, Dorm Suite Dorm was launched in 2008 specializing in custom dorm bedding (sold in 2018) * Sheri has now added Certified Interior Decorator to her repertoire and has launched an eDesign website (2018) * 25 years in the business and she is still creating for the home

Sheri is on Facebook

Links and Resources;

Dave Ramsey - EntreLeadership

Who's In Your Room

Michele Williams - Scarlet Thread Consulting

Gridded Table at the Workroom Channel

Workroom Tech

Custom Workroom Conference

The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by; The Workroom Channel Scarlet Thread Consulting The WCAA Helser Brothers, Inc The Curtains and Soft Furnishings Resource Library

Custom Workroom Conference

Suzy Daruwala is the owner of Sew Bella Home, a full-service drapery and fabrication studio servicing homeowners, builders, and designers alike. Clients say they enjoy working with Suzy because she has the ability to really listen and interpret their needs and desires and helps to translate their vision into a well-executed design and fabrication plan. She delivers exceptional quality and is very detail-oriented. She founded her company in November of 2007 in Branchburg, NJ, relocated to Lexington, MA in 2010, and finally landed in Del Mar, CA in 2015. In 2001 she started taking sewing classes, first in clothing construction, then upholstery and finally Window treatments, slipcovers, and bedding. After attending a CHF conference in 2007 she decided to open her own business. Suzy started her career as a nurse and holds a bachelor's degree in Nursing from the University of KY and a master's degree in Child and Adolescent Psychiatric nursing from the University of Cincinnati. Suzy is on Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram Links; Michele Williams Scarlet Thread Consulting The Secret by Rhonda Byrne The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by; The Workroom Channel Scarlet Thread Consulting The WCAA Helser Brothers, Inc The Curtains and Soft Furnishings Resource Library

Jean Lawes is my guest today on this special episode of the Podcast. Time is running out for you to apply for the Jill Robson Scholarship!!! The deadline is January 31, 2020.

Visit WCAA's Scholarship webpage to find out more.

Ann K. Johnson's Swag Books

Ann K. Johnson's Workroom Skills Class

The Complete Book of Curtains and Drapes Lady Carolyn Wrey

Bluprint - Cynthia Blescakchek's class - Getting Started with Upholstery

The Workroom Channel

Curtains and Soft Furnishings Resource Library

Diana Nolan is the owner of a retail and wholesale workroom located in Medford, New Jersey outside of Philadelphia. She started her business after a career in Retail Management for College and University bookstores. She started Diana Nolan Custom Windows in 2001 shortly after her children were born.

Diana is a member of both the NJ and Pennsylvania WCAA chapters and currently holds the position of Vice President of the Pennsylvania SEPA chapter. Diana is on Instagram and Facebook

Scot Robbins Workroom Valet

Gridded Table Cover at The Workroom Marketplace

Draw Matic

For Information about Ann K. Johnson's Workroom Skills Class

Kelly and Lonnie's Podcast

Gretchen Rubin's Happier Podcast

Donations in Lonnie Vanderslice's Memory

Debbie DiFrancesco, who has been sewing since the age of 7, founded Creative Hands in 1990 to supplement the family income. Initially, Debbie provided general sewing and bridal alteration services while working a second job as an assistant manager/Craft Department Manager at House of Fabrics/So-Fro Fabrics until 1991. Two years later, Creative Hands transitioned from alterations to exclusively fabricating window treatments and selling hard treatments. Soon after, in 1997, Debbie attended courses at the Professional Drapery Workroom School, later known as the Custom Home Furnishings Academy in Swannanoa, NC under Cheryl Strickland. Since then, she has participated in the Custom Home Furnishings Conferences and International Window Coverings Expos as both an attendee and window treatment fabrication instructor.

With an extensive skill set Debbie has, over the years, moved Creative Hands from the attic of her home to a commercial building. In 2009 she purchased a larger commercial building, which allowed for the expansion of the workroom and the transition from a Hunter Douglas Showcase Dealership to a Hunter Douglas Gallery. Additionally, Debbie is a Certified Hunter Douglas consultant, a Hunter Douglas Certified Master Installer and the current President of the Western NY Chapter of WCAA.

Debbie is on Facebook.

Links and Resources;

Strengths Finders

Scarlet Thread Consulting - Michele Williams

The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by; The Workroom Channel Scarlet Thread Consulting The WCAA Helser Brothers, Inc The Curtains and Soft Furnishings Resource Library

Once again, Michele Williams and I are wrapping up the year and sharing how we analyze the year that is ending and plan for the year ahead. Talking with Michele is always a pleasure for me, I hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

Links and Resources;

Who's In Your Room

212 The Extra Degree

SWOT Analysis is discussed in the January 2018 Circle Time on The Curtains and Soft Furnishings Resource Library

Jennifer Dawn's Best Journal Ever

The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by; The Workroom Channel Scarlet Thread Consulting The WCAA Helser Brothers, Inc The Curtains and Soft Furnishings Resource Library

Nicole Nomer is the owner of Fabrication Studio, a drapery workroom that has been servicing the interior design industry since 1985. I interviewed Nicole in Episode 148 of the Podcast. Today we are talking about how she became a Coulisse Distributor.

Links and Resources;

Nicole's Youtube Channel

Nicole's Facebook Page

You can reach Nicole by email - [email protected]

The OPPORTUNITY THINKING Series of the Podcast is sponsored by;

The Curtains and Soft Furnishings Resource Library

Cheryl Meiklejohn, was born in a rural community, she fell in love with sewing at the age of 8, when she began sewing with her grandmother. Always one to seize an opportunity, she set up and managed her own custom drapery business, where she became an expert in selling, sewing and installing window treatments. Five years later she went to work for a much larger specialty textile manufacturing company, Rainbow Draperies, which she owns today. Many of Western Canada's high-end designers and architects will trust no one else with their custom textile needs.

Over the last 23 years, Cheryl has consulted with countless interior designers/decorators on the best styles, fabrics, and linings for their specific projects. She loves sharing her expertise and has been teaching seminars exclusively for designers on the foundations of window treatments since 2007. Using her life experiences and sense of humor, Cheryl brings insight into what to do and more importantly, what not to do when selling window treatments.

Cheryl is also the author of "Details Behind The Design", a step-by-step resource, which takes interior designers through the foolproof way of measuring windows and calculating window treatment yardage.

Cheryl is on Facebook and Instagram

Resources and Links;

Cheryl mentioned the author John Maxwell

The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by; The Workroom Channel Scarlet Thread Consulting The WCAA Helser Brothers, Inc The Curtains and Soft Furnishings Resource Library

I had the pleasure of talking with some of the previous winners of the Jill Robson Scholarship and why they applied and what it did for them.

Apply for the Jill Robson Scholarship

Custom Workroom Conference

Jill's Webinars can be found on the Curtains and Soft Furnishings Resource Library for PRO Plus and PRO Access members.

The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by; The Workroom Channel Scarlet Thread Consulting The WCAA Helser Brothers, Inc The Curtains and Soft Furnishings Resource Library

Betsey Reigle has worked in the interior design field for her entire professional career. Her training includes a bachelor's degree in interior design from Mercyhurst College. If you combine her experience in the interior design field with the skill of sewing she learned from her mother at a very young age and, always having a love of fabric, you can see why she loves her job.

Betsey is the owner of Seamless Designs, a retail workroom. She enjoys creating beautiful handcrafted products for her clients' home interiors.

Betsey lives with her family near the Rochester NY area, just south of Ontario Lake.

Links and Resources; The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven Covey Minutes Matter Wolfe Industries - Kai scissors The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by; The Workroom Channel Scarlet Thread Consulting The WCAA Helser Brothers, Inc The Curtains and Soft Furnishings Resource Library