Sew Much More

Having a sewing business had been Doshie Witcher's dream since her mother taught her to hold a needle and thread. While in elementary school, she was sewing clothing for herself and others. In 1990 she opened Doshie's Custom Sewing and began specializing in alterations, custom work, and bridal designs. After making her first window valance, she decided that making window treatments were her passion and she spent the next 15 years working with interior designers to create custom window treatments. This led her to want to create her own line of valances so she designed Hidden Pocket Rod valances, which allow intricate curtain designs to be hung using a basic continental curtain rod. With these designs, Doshie expanded into Etsy in 2012, and now sells her Hidden Pocket Rod valances on her Etsy shop nationwide and internationally under the business name Black Belt Home Decor. Doshie is a second-degree black belt in Shorin Ryu Karate and spends her spare time training others in karate, singing in her local church choir, and spending time with her family.

Doshie is on Facebook and Pinterest.

The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by; The Workroom Channel Scarlet Thread Consulting The WCAA

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 difficult decision-making process. Attention to

detail, a positive attitude and a willingness to think "outside of the

box" has helped her develop long-lasting and fulfilling

relationships with the designers and clients she works with.

Nicole is on Instagram

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 served 1 term as Vice President and 1 term as President of the Alabama chapter of WCAA.

Cleo believes that walking into a beautifully decorated home or workspace renders a warm and inviting feeling and it's the customized finishing details which make the spaces even more special. Those customized details are what she strives to produce for her clients.

Cleo is on Facebook and Instagram

Resources;

WCAA

Dave Ramsey

Sam Sloane

Custom Workroom Conference

The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by; The Workroom Channel Scarlet Thread Consulting The WCAA

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 Podcast is sponsored by; The Workroom Channel Scarlet Thread Consulting The WCAA

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 Confidence! Ann offers private workroom training, seminars, and hands-on classes in workroom fabrication, pattern drafting, efficiency, and pricing. Her topics are always fully packed with time-saving tips and techniques, delivered in a relaxed and light-hearted style. Ann has been a popular industry instructor since 2004. She teaches at Window Fashions IWCE and Custom Workroom Conference. She is a webinar instructor for WCAA & D&D Pro, and a representative for DreamDraper. She is a member of the Greater Cleveland Drapery Professionals and WCAA.

website: https://seweasywindows.com/ Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/SewEasyWindows/

Susan Woodcock owns Home Dec Gal, a how-to sewing resource and custom workroom in western North Carolina, and is a Bluprint (formerly Craftsy) instructor and international speaker. Susan's comprehensive how-to book, Singer® Sewing Custom Curtains, Shades and Top Treatments was published in 2016.

Together with her husband, Rodger Walker, Susan co-produces the Custom Workroom Conference, an annual educational event and trade show. In 2017, Susan and Rodger founded Custom Workroom Technical Center or "Workroom Tech", a hands-on training facility dedicated to the workroom industry.

She credits her mother with teaching her to sew and inspiring her career of creativity.

www.homedecgal.com

www.customworkroomconference.com

www.workroomtech.com

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 impact that choice of class would have of her life. From offering upholstery services to customers from her home in Southern California to suddenly running a National business was not something she would have envisaged when she started that leisure class 7 years ago. Links; www.upholsteryeducation.com www.facebook.com/upholsteryeducation/ www.instagram.com/upholsteryeducation/ The British School of Upholstered Furniture The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by; The Workroom Channel Scarlet Thread Consulting The WCAA

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 opened the boutique showroom and workroom that she operates out of today.

You can find Mary Jo on;

Facebook

Instagram

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, and create memories in for years to come.

We bring a unique, often overlooked perspective to the design process, through our 13 years of experience and expertise, specifying, designing, and fabricating custom luxury window treatments.

Rooted in a lifelong love and study of art, design, textiles, and human nature. Cindy holds the belief that your home should be a sanctuary. Your artwork should strike an emotional cord, and that beautiful window treatments and textiles are so much more than just decoration.

This unique combination elevates the design experience for our clients, and, brings functional clarity, visual beauty, and emotional well being to their home.

Resources;

Tony Robbins

Susan Woodcock

The Greater Cleveland Drapery Professionals

Michele William's Profit Is A Choice Podcast about Shame

Drapery Stitch

The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by; The Workroom Channel Scarlet Thread Consulting The WCAA

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 Series of the Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by;

The Curtains and Soft Furnishings Resource Library