Sew Much More

By Ceil DiGuglielmoBusiness Arts Design

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Sew Much More episodes

January 18 499 - Meet the Jersey Girls!
What a fun podcast this was to record!

Thanks to the Jersey Girls for taking time to chat with me!

Irene Hurley Designs

Instagram: @irenehurleydesigns

Interior Couture for Cottage and Castle

Irene Hurley Designs is a boutique design and sewing studio offering custom window coverings, interior accessories, and artisan quilts.

Sue Berry - Designer and fabricator in business for 13 years

Sew Stylish Designs Llc

www.sewstylish.org

Diana Nolan

Diana Nolan Custom windows LLC

Instagram @dianadnolan

Diana is a drapery workroom both retail and to the trade for 25 years in southern New Jersey.

Suzy Daruwala

Sew Bella Home

www.sewbellahome.com

The skilled hands at Sew Bella Home create beautiful, fine window coverings, pillows, custom bedding and accessories using couture methods while keeping your specific requests in mind. Our designs are all about you and the feeling you want your home to evoke.

Kelley Garfield, Owner

Kelley's Custom Home Interior's LLC

Website: http://www.kelleyscustomhomeinteriors.com

Instagram: @kelleyscustomhomeinteriors

Over 20 years in the window treatments and soft furnishings business, adding the "jewelry" as I like to call it, to your spaces one stitch at a time!

Robin Matthews

Seams Sew Right - soft furnishings workroom since 1999/2000. Mostly to the trade

Website: seamssewright.com

FB: Seams Sew Right

Insta: @seamssewright

Kate Winton

Kate Winton Designs

Designing and fabricating visual delights

[email protected]

https://www.instagram.com/katewintondesigns/

Cathy Cohane

Curtain Cathy is a custom window treatment design, fabrication and installation company, in business over 25 years. We love making houses homes.

Find us @Curtain Cathy on Instagram

Rosemarie Garner, owner of R Garner Custom Designs in Northern NJ, a To The Trade custom workroom, specializing in detailed custom fabrication of Roman shades, draperies and all soft treatments.

The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by; Klimaka Studios The Workroom Channel Scarlet Thread Consulting The WCAA The Curtains and Soft Furnishings Resource Library National Upholstery Association Workroom Tech

1 hr 19 min
January 11498 - Happy New Year 2026!
Links and Resources;

Link to Daniel Pink's Video

The Twelve Year by Brian Moran and Michael Lennington

(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!)

If the Sew Much More Podcast has played a role in your journey in any way, I hope you'll consider participating.
Here are the three questions:
What changed for you after listening to, or being on, the Sew Much More Podcast? That change might have been practical—or it might have been internal. Second: What challenge were you facing at the time, and where are you now? That challenge might still be ongoing, or it might be something you've moved through. And third: What one idea or moment stayed with you longer than you expected? Sometimes it's the smallest insight or someone says things a certain way that makes the biggest difference. The best way to share your story is by leaving a voicemail using SpeakPipe. Here is the link to SpeakPipe A few tips so your message sounds great:

Please use your phone, not your computer. Phones tend to produce much better audio quality.

Find a quiet space where you won't be interrupted.

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If you would prefer not to leave a voicemail, please send me an email to [email protected].
11 min
January 04497 - Listener Favorite - Kelly Nanney
If the Sew Much More Podcast has played a role in your journey in any way, I hope you'll consider participating.
Here are the three questions:
What changed for you after listening to, or being on, the Sew Much More Podcast? That change might have been practical—or it might have been internal. Second: What challenge were you facing at the time, and where are you now? That challenge might still be ongoing, or it might be something you've moved through. And third: What one idea or moment stayed with you longer than you expected? Sometimes it's the smallest insight or someone says things a certain way that makes the biggest difference. The best way to share your story is by leaving a voicemail using SpeakPipe. Here is the link to SpeakPipe A few tips so your message sounds great:

Please use your phone, not your computer. Phones tend to produce much better audio quality.

Find a quiet space where you won't be interrupted.

Aim for 60 to 90 seconds. If you're unsure, err on the shorter side.

At the beginning of your message, please share your first name and, if you're comfortable, your location.

If you would prefer not to leave a voicemail, please send me an email to [email protected].

Kelly and Lee Nanney are a dream team when it comes to fulfilling customers' window-covering needs. Creating custom-designed draperies to compliment the look and feel of each individual home, Kelly and Lee find joy in providing clients with high-quality and timeless curtains, shades, valances and more. With each project, Kelly and Lee pay great attention to all the small details and maintain the highest standards for the outcome of every piece. Kelly's Designer Drapes provides fabric selections, in-home consultations, measuring and installation for your convenience. Window treatments are a necessity for any home, but Kelly's Designer Drapes turns these functional pieces into works of art that complement the furnishings in your home.

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The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by; Klimaka Studios The Workroom Channel Scarlet Thread Consulting The WCAA The Curtains and Soft Furnishings Resource Library National Upholstery Association Workroom Tech
57 min
December 28, 2025 496 - Year End Wrap Up with Michele Williams
1 hr 26 min
December 21, 2025495 - Please Help Me Celebrate an Important Milestone
If the Sew Much More Podcast has played a role in your journey in any way, I hope you'll consider participating.
Here are the three questions:
What changed for you after listening to, or being on, the Sew Much More Podcast? That change might have been practical—or it might have been internal. Second: What challenge were you facing at the time, and where are you now? That challenge might still be ongoing, or it might be something you've moved through. And third: What one idea or moment stayed with you longer than you expected? Sometimes it's the smallest insight or someone says things a certain way that makes the biggest difference. The best way to share your story is by leaving a voicemail using SpeakPipe. Here is the link to SpeakPipe A few tips so your message sounds great:

Please use your phone, not your computer. Phones tend to produce much better audio quality.

Find a quiet space where you won't be interrupted.

Aim for 60 to 90 seconds. If you're unsure, err on the shorter side.

At the beginning of your message, please share your first name and, if you're comfortable, your location.

If you would prefer not to leave a voicemail, please send me an email to [email protected].
9 min
December 14, 2025 494 - Mandy Szigethy - I Like To Come Up With Solutions
Mandy Szigethy discovered upholstery while completing her Theater Technology degree at Indiana University and decided to forsake the stage in favor of the workshop. She has had the unique opportunity to work in both furniture manufacturing at Beachley Furniture and now custom upholstery as the owner of Rose City Upholstery in Portland. She has received training in both modern materials and traditional methods through Upholstery Education and is now able to apply time tested techniques to all of her projects. Her love of learning lead to her to co-ownership of Upholstery Education in 2025 where she hopes to foster the same enthusiasm in others. Her passion for revitalizing and repurposing home furnishings has led to an in depth--if unintentional--study of older and newer furniture, and the potential of any antique store or curbside find.
47 min
December 07, 2025 493 - Follow Up Podcast with Jonathan Bennett - I Do What I Do And Hope For the Best

Jonathan Bennet, owner of Unsprung Upholstery is originally from Martinsville, VA.

He caught the sewing bug from his great grandmother at a young age.

He moved to Richmond, VA on a whim in August of 1989 and earned a BFA in Fashion Design from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Directly after graduation, Jonathan taught in the Fashion Design department as an adjunct professor for 13 years.

He started his first workroom job in 1997, learned how to make various types of window treatments, cushions, pillows, and more; since then, he has done freelance workroom client projects in his home for over 25 years.

Jonathan opened Unsprung Upholstery LLC in August 2019 and will continue this beautiful journey for the rest of his life!

Website: UnsprungUpholstery.com

IG: UnsprungUpholstery

FB: Unsprung Upholstery Company

Links and Resources;

Real Workroom Tours Video with Jonathan, Jeanelle Dech and Kelly McCrory

The Drapery & Design Digital Digest November/December 2025

The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by; Klimaka Studios The Workroom Channel Scarlet Thread Consulting The WCAA The Curtains and Soft Furnishings Resource Library National Upholstery Association Workroom Tech

1 hr 10 min
December 04, 2025 481 - Listener Favorite - Jonathan Bennett
Jonathan Bennet, owner of Unsprung Upholstery is originally from Martinsville, VA.

He caught the sewing bug from his great grandmother at a young age.

He moved to Richmond, VA on a whim in August of 1989 and earned a BFA in Fashion Design from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Directly after graduation, Jonathan taught in the Fashion Design department as an adjunct professor for 13 years.

He started his first workroom job in 1997, learned how to make various types of window treatments, cushions, pillows, and more; since then, he has done freelance workroom client projects in his home for over 25 years.

Jonathan opened Unsprung Upholstery LLC in August 2019 and will continue this beautiful journey for the rest of his life!

Website: UnsprungUpholstery.com

IG: UnsprungUpholstery

FB: Unsprung Upholstery Company

Links and Resources;

The Custom Workroom Conference

Window Covering Association of America Scholarship Info
1 hr 9 min
November 30, 2025 492 - Marta Power - You Make It Work, You Just Get It Done
Marta Powers is the owner of MartaPOW LLC, a custom workroom in Richmond, Virginia, offering upholstery and soft goods services nationally To The Trade. Her past career as a project manager for architecture and design firms has informed her business processes and broadened her network of professionals across the hospitality and interior design sectors. Marta's early training in tailoring, pattern drafting, clothing design, and fabrication skills led to her creation of a business serving designers, helping them to achieve their and their clients' vision. A co-owner of Upholstery Education LLC, Marta and her partners bring educators from the UK and France to the U.S., offering courses in traditional upholstery methods, materials, and related interior furnishing trades. Marta has served on the boards of the National Upholstery Association and the Virginia chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers (as an Industry Partner). She is also a member of IFDA Richmond, the SeatWeavers Guild, and the NUA's Education Committee. Instagram @Martapowva LInks and Resources; You Are A Badass by Jen Sincero Profit First by Mike Michalowicz
1 hr 38 min
November 23, 2025 491 - In Memory of our Friend, Kevin Kise
This past week, we lost our friend, Kevin Kise. I wanted to find a way to honor him and remember him, so Jonathan Bennett and I recalled our favorite memories of Kevin and I hope you will share yours on the Sew Much More Facebook page.
1 hr 35 min