Sew Much More

 Robin Matthews transformed her passion to create into her business "Seams Sew Right" in 2000.  She offers high-end custom window treatments, bedding and slip covers to designers and retail clients.  Robin is a member of the WCAA, WCAA Virtual Chapter and WCAA NJ Chapter where she served as secretary from 2011 to 2015.  She has participated on the planning committee for Windows to Success the WCAA NJ Chapter's vendor show, volunteered her time to sew window treatments and install for Lin's Linens, and sewn for "Little Dresses for Africa" and "Heal the Children".  Robin lives in Kinnelon, NJ with her husband Paul and their dog Debbie.  She has two grown sons and three beautiful grandchildren.  You can find Robin on Facebook.

Rose Mary LeBlanc is the owner of RML Custom Home Creations LLC .

Rose Mary began her business in 1992 fabricating pillows for a local fabric store in Mandeville, Louisiana. Finding that she both enjoyed fabrication and had exceptional skills, she quickly added slipcovers, window treatments, and bedding to her repertoire.

Rose Mary worked for designers fabricating high-end custom window treatments and home furnishings for homes in Uptown New Orleans and on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain.

While working in Louisiana, she also did her own window treatment installations and has firsthand knowledge of that part of the business.

In 2006 she moved to the Charlotte, North Carolina area and quickly established her business working for designers across the metropolitan area.

Joining WCAA in 2007 she took leadership positions in the Charlotte Regional Chapter as, first, Vice President for 2 years, and then President for 4 years. She presented a Power Point presentations on using spreadsheets in the workroom in 2015 to the WCAA Charlotte Regional Chapter.

In the fall of 2016, she taught at Susan Woodcock's Custom Workroom Weekend in Montreat, NC. Her classes were Ripple Panels to Pattern Using Forest Group Easyflex Tape and a demo on basic slipcover construction.

She takes great pride in fabricating quality high-end window treatments and home furnishings with attention to detail and skill.

Rose Mary participated in the IWCE Construction Zone in Charlotte, NC.

She taught her class "Templating A Curved Wall for Custom Window Treatments at United Supply Company for the WCAA Charlotte Chapter.

In 2017 she and Amanda Deal Smith launched Seamless Workroom, a workroom management system for workrooms, designers and installers.

Rose Mary's illustrations can be seen on Spoonflower.

Rose Mary LeBlanc is the owner of RML Custom Home Creations LLC .

Rose Mary began her business in 1992 fabricating pillows for a local fabric store in Mandeville, Louisiana. Finding that she both enjoyed fabrication and had exceptional skills, she quickly added slipcovers, window treatments, and bedding to her repertoire.

Rose Mary worked for designers fabricating high-end custom window treatments and home furnishings for homes in Uptown New Orleans and on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain.

While working in Louisiana, she also did her own window treatment installations and has firsthand knowledge of that part of the business.

In 2006 she moved to the Charlotte, North Carolina area and quickly established her business working for designers across the metropolitan area.

Joining WCAA in 2007 she took leadership positions in the Charlotte Regional Chapter as, first, Vice President for 2 years, and then President for 4 years. She presented a Power Point presentations on using spreadsheets in the workroom in 2015 to the WCAA Charlotte Regional Chapter.

In the fall of 2016, she taught at Susan Woodcock’s Custom Workroom Weekend in Montreat, NC. Her classes were Ripple Panels to Pattern Using Forest Group Easyflex Tape and a demo on basic slipcover construction.

She takes great pride in fabricating quality high-end window treatments and home furnishings with attention to detail and skill.

Rose Mary participated in the IWCE Construction Zone in Charlotte, NC. 

She taught her class “Templating A Curved Wall for Custom Window Treatments at United Supply Company for the WCAA Charlotte Chapter.

In 2017 she and Amanda Deal Smith launched Seamless Workroom, a workroom management system for workrooms, designers and installers.

Rose Mary's illustrations can be seen on Spoonflower.

 

In preparing for the Anniversary Podcasts, I realized just how much incredible advice all of my guests have generously offered the podcast listeners. I thought it might be fun to put it all together in one episode, but it would have been too long, so here is The Best Advice Episode 1 and sometime in the future, I'll add more! I hope you enjoy listening!

Thanks again, to my incredible guests for their generosity!

Sandra VanSickle

Kim Chagnon

Julie Wood

Jeanelle Dech

Terri Booser

Minda Fernish

Margie Nance

Sarah Devany O'Neil

Elki Horn

Monique Becker

Beth Hodges

Ann K. Johnson

Tracy Windley

Susan Gillen

In preparing for the Anniversary Podcasts, I realized just how much incredible advice all of my guests have generously offered the podcast listeners.  I thought it might be fun to put it all together in one episode, but it would have been too long, so here is The Best Advice Episode 1 and sometime in the future, I'll add more!  I hope you enjoy listening!

Thanks again, to my incredible guests for their generosity!

Sandra VanSickle

Kim Chagnon

Julie Wood

Jeanelle Dech

Terri Booser

Minda Fernish

Margie Nance

Sarah Devany O'Neil

Elki Horn

Monique Becker

Beth Hodges

Ann K. Johnson

Tracy Windley

Susan Gillen

Welcome to Part 2 of the Anniversary Podcast! Today I ask Donna Cash the questions I didn't ask the first time I interviewed her!

Donna Cash owns Designs by Donna, a custom home goods design and fabrication studio, opened in 1989. The studio is located in Flowery Branch, Ga., and serves the Atlanta metro and surrounding area.In addition to working with wholesale and retail clients, Donna conducts private training on workroom fabrication techniques in her workroom or yours. She also presents group workshops on many workroom, design, and business topics for the home décor industry.Donna has contributed step-by-step articles for Drapery & Design Professional magazine and conducts webinars for WCAA, D&D Pro, and Rowley Company. She was a pillow and bedding instructor for Custom Home Furnishings Academy. Donna is also teaching on-demand courses through TheWorkroomChannel.com.She is a member of the Designers Workroom Council and the Window Coverings Association of America (WCAA). Donna is currently the past president of the WCAA Atlanta Chapter. Donna keeps her schedule and life balanced through a regular yoga practice and enjoys spending time away from work with her husband and two grown sons and daughters-in-law.

Welcome to Part 2 of the Anniversary Podcast!  Today I ask Donna Cash the questions I didn't ask the first time I interviewed her!

Donna Cash owns Designs by Donna, a custom home goods design and fabrication studio, opened in 1989.   The studio is located in Flowery Branch, Ga., and serves the Atlanta metro and surrounding area.In addition to working with wholesale and retail clients, Donna conducts private training on workroom fabrication techniques in her workroom or yours.  She also presents group workshops on many workroom, design, and business topics for the home décor industry.Donna has contributed step-by-step articles for Drapery & Design Professional magazine and conducts webinars for WCAA, D&D Pro, and Rowley Company.  She was a pillow and bedding instructor for Custom Home Furnishings Academy.  Donna is also teaching on-demand courses through TheWorkroomChannel.com.She is a member of the Designers Workroom Council and the Window Coverings Association of America (WCAA).   Donna is currently the past president of the WCAA Atlanta Chapter.  Donna keeps her schedule and life balanced through a regular yoga practice and enjoys spending time away from work with her husband and two grown sons and daughters-in-law. 

I am so excited to share this episode with all of you! I have now been producing this podcast for one year! And 54 episodes and 52,000 downloads later, I'm still excited and happy to be bringing it to you every week.

To celebrate, I asked my first three guests to come back on and answer some of the questions I added after I had interviewed them. To do this, I had to relisten to the first three episodes, and I enjoyed hearing from Susan Woodcock, Michele Williams, and Donna Cash.

So listen in as I ask them the questions my newer guests have been tortured with!

I made the podcast into two separate podcasts because aparently, I have added more questions than I realized!

You can find Susan Woodcock at Home Dec Gal and on Facebook and her find out more about her newest venture; Workroom Tech!

Susan Woodcock owns Home Dec Gal a how-to sewing and decorating resource and custom workroom in western North Carolina, and is a Craftsy.com instructor and international speaker. She's also worked in marketing and brand management and co-produces the Custom Workroom Conference with her husband, Rodger Walker. Susan's publishing credits include Sewing Custom Curtains, Shades and Top Treatments (Singer, 2016). In 2017 Susan and Rodger founded Custom Workroom Technical Center, a hands-on training facility in Tryon, NC dedicated to the workroom industry. She credits her mother with teaching her to sew and inspiring her career of creativity.

Michele Williams is fiercely committed to guiding creative business owners in the understanding of complex business concepts and processes in a simplified way. She strives to help them be profitable which allows for a healthier work-life balance. Michele is the owner of The Scarlet Thread, LLC. She owns a drapery workroom as well as a strategic coaching business. With a degree from The University of South Carolina in Management Information Systems and Administrative Management, Michele has combined her love of creativity and textiles with the nitty gritty of business management to help other creatives learn the technical and financial sides of business. Michele is a Profit First Certified Coach, and she is the president of the national WCAA and a member of the Atlanta and Virtual chapters of WCAA. Michele is also a member of WFCP, Design Collective, NAPW, and Designers' Workroom Council. For more information go to Scarlet Thread Consulting.

You can also find Michele on Facebook on The Build A Profitable Business for Interior Designers and Workrooms and Custom Pricing for the Creative Industry

Tune in next week when I follow up with Donna Cash!

 

I am so excited to share this episode with all of you!  I have now been producing this podcast for one year!  And 54 episodes and 52,000 downloads later, I'm still excited and happy to be bringing it to you every week.

To celebrate, I asked my first three guests to come back on and answer some of the questions I added after I had interviewed them.  To do this, I had to relisten to the first three episodes, and I enjoyed hearing from Susan Woodcock, Michele Williams, and Donna Cash.  

So listen in as I ask them the questions my newer guests have been tortured with!

I made the podcast into two separate podcasts because aparently, I have added more questions than I realized!

You can find Susan Woodcock at Home Dec Gal and on Facebook and her find out more about her newest venture; Workroom Tech!

 

Susan Woodcock owns Home Dec Gal a how-to sewing and decorating resource and custom workroom in western North Carolina, and is a Craftsy.com instructor and international speaker. She’s also worked in marketing and brand management and co-produces the Custom Workroom Conference with her husband, Rodger Walker. Susan’s publishing credits include Sewing Custom Curtains, Shades and Top Treatments (Singer, 2016). In 2017 Susan and Rodger founded Custom Workroom Technical Center, a hands-on training facility in Tryon, NC dedicated to the workroom industry. She credits her mother with teaching her to sew and inspiring her career of creativity.

 

Michele Williams is fiercely committed to guiding creative business owners in the understanding of complex business concepts and processes in a simplified way. She strives to help them be profitable which allows for a healthier work-life balance. Michele is the owner of The Scarlet Thread, LLC. She owns a drapery workroom as well as a strategic coaching business. With a degree from The University of South Carolina in Management Information Systems and Administrative Management, Michele has combined her love of creativity and textiles with the nitty gritty of business management to help other creatives learn the technical and financial sides of business. Michele is a Profit First Certified Coach, and she is the president of the national WCAA and a member of the Atlanta and Virtual chapters of WCAA. Michele is also a member of WFCP, Design Collective, NAPW, and Designers’ Workroom Council. For more information go to Scarlet Thread Consulting.

You can also find Michele on Facebook on The Build A Profitable Business for Interior Designers and Workrooms and Custom Pricing for the Creative Industry

Tune in next week when I follow up with Donna Cash! 

 

 

Elizabeth Gerdes is the owner of Stitch Above The Rest, LLC, a full-service retail drapery fabrication studio, in Woodstock, GA, established in 2003. Elizabeth specializes in helping clients create their vision by offering high-quality craftsmanship and attention to detail in every area, from design to fabrication, to installation. Her work has been noticed and published in numerous trade and local magazines. Elizabeth has won eight VISION awards, including Workroom of the Year 2017, multiple trade competitions, and several local "Best of" votes. Elizabeth loves a good drapery challenge and doesn't shy away from the hard stuff.

You can also find Elizabeth on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest and Houzz