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Cathy Tucker has more than  21 years experience as a custom workroom owner and manager. She has been a featured speaker at Detroit Workroom Association meetings, WCAA events, and has been the lead instructor for the Career Professional program at the CHF Academy for over eight years. Cathy is a master at fabricating draperies, upholstered cornices, soft cornices, and headboards. She offers private and group training through the Workroom Channel and travels the country offering her Professional Traveling Workroom Service, where she provides hourly expert labor to help other workrooms manage large jobs, and clear back logs. You can reach Cathy at 419-349-7983.

Interiors by Kelli is a full service interior design studio with a specialty in custom window treatments and soft furnishings for the home.

Kelli established Interiors by Kelli in 1995 as a custom window treatment design studio & workroom and expanded the business to include residential and small-scale commercial design services in 2012. She is involved and active in several design, window treatment and workroom associations and her work and expertise has been featured in Design NJ magazine.

Kelli's work has also been featured at "Inspire", the WCAA national conference in 2011 and 2012. In both cases she worked collaboratively with other WCAA NJ Chapter members to design and fabricate window treatment vignettes. Kelli and Pam DeCuir's vignette was selected for first place finish at Inspire 2012. Most recently Kelli collaborated with Evelyn LaLicata to design and fabricate the winning vignette entry at Windows to Success, VIII – the WCAA NJ Chapter regional conference.

Kelli is a member of the Interior Design Society (IDS), is a WCAA Certified Workroom Professional, a Somfy Motorization Certified Expert, and a Certified CNR Color Consultant.

Kelli has served on the Board of Directors of the WCAA Central New Jersey Chapter since 2008, and is currently serving as Past President. She has served as chair or committee member for Windows to Success since 2008.

Kelli also served on the Board of Directors for the WCAA National organization and was the Vendor Chair for the national "Inspire" conference.

Interiors by Kelli is a full service interior design studio with a specialty in custom window treatments and soft furnishings for the home.

Kelli established Interiors by Kelli in 1995 as a custom window treatment design studio & workroom and expanded the business to include residential and small-scale commercial design services in 2012.   She is involved and active in several design, window treatment and workroom associations and her work and expertise has been featured in Design NJ magazine.

Kelli’s work has also been featured at “Inspire”, the WCAA national conference in 2011 and 2012. In both cases she worked collaboratively with other WCAA NJ Chapter members to design and fabricate window treatment vignettes. Kelli and Pam DeCuir’s vignette was selected for first place finish at Inspire 2012. Most recently Kelli collaborated with Evelyn LaLicata to design and fabricate the winning vignette entry at Windows to Success, VIII – the WCAA NJ Chapter regional conference.

Kelli is a member of the Interior Design Society (IDS), is a WCAA Certified Workroom Professional, a Somfy Motorization Certified Expert, and a Certified CNR Color Consultant.

Kelli has served on the Board of Directors of the WCAA Central New Jersey Chapter since 2008, and is currently serving as Past President.   She has served as chair or committee member for Windows to Success since 2008.

Kelli also served on the Board of Directors for the WCAA National organization and was the Vendor Chair for the national “Inspire” conference.

Linda Principe is the owner of Linda Principe Interiors in Monroe Township, NJ. Linda provides full service residential interior design services with a specialty in window treatments in the central New Jersey area.

Linda is active in the Window Coverings Association of America and is a past President of the National Board. She is also past President of the Central New Jersey Chapter and is currently an active member of the Central NJ chapter and the Virtual chapter.

Recently, Linda was an instructor for the "Window Treatments" class in the Interior Design program at Mercer County Community College for five years.

Linda's work has been included in Window Fashions trade magazine and she is a past Editorial Board member and featured writer. She has also been published numerous times in Design New Jersey magazine as well as local NJ newspapers.

This year is Linda's 29th year in business.

Linda Principe is the owner of Linda Principe Interiors in Monroe Township, NJ. Linda provides full service residential interior design services with a specialty in window treatments in the central New Jersey area.

 Linda is active in the Window Coverings Association of America and is a past President of the National Board. She is also past President of the Central New Jersey Chapter and is currently an active member of the Central NJ chapter and the Virtual chapter.

 Recently, Linda was an instructor for the “Window Treatments” class in the Interior Design program at Mercer County Community College for five years.

 Linda’s work has been included in Window Fashions trade magazine and she is a past Editorial Board member and featured writer. She has also been published numerous times in Design New Jersey magazine as well as local NJ newspapers.

This year is Linda’s 29th year in business.

Leatherwood Design Co is a custom window treatment fabrication studio, located in Ossining, New York, in the breathtaking Hudson River Valley. We work to the trade and delight in fine fabrics and workmanship. It's an understatement to say we love what we do! Begun as a part-time pillow and cushion workroom in 1987, in 1999 we became a full-time workroom creating window treatments. Fabric and sewing has been my life-long obsession and I consider it a privilege to be able to make a living doing what I love. This journal is dedicated to documenting what we do every day: we enjoy showing off the gorgeous fabrics we work with, and the window treatments we make from them; discuss the design and fabrication process; and share information about some of our resources, colleagues, and inspiration.

Leatherwood Design Co is a custom window treatment fabrication studio, located in Ossining, New York, in the breathtaking Hudson River Valley. We work to the trade and delight in fine fabrics and workmanship. It's an understatement to say we love what we do!
Begun as a part-time pillow and cushion workroom in 1987, in 1999 we became a full-time workroom creating window treatments. Fabric and sewing has been my life-long obsession and I consider it a privilege to be able to make a living doing what I love.
This journal is dedicated to documenting what we do every day: we enjoy showing off the gorgeous fabrics we work with, and the window treatments we make from them; discuss the design and fabrication process; and share information about some of our resources, colleagues, and inspiration.

For many of us, our first M'Fay Pattern was our introduction to professional drapery making. It's amazing that such an extensive collection of instructional manuals and patterns all started because of one woman's thought that someone ought to be making them!

In this podcast, Marylan Borchardt and family talk about her initial interest in sewing, the early days working within her sister's business, the development of her first pattern (The Empire) and the growth of the M'Fay Pattern Company. They are joined by Jeanelle Dech of Adaptive Textiles who recently acquired the patterns, and shares with us her vision of the future.

I hope all of you have a Merry Christmas, a Happy Hanukah and a Happy and Prosperous New Year! I look forward to hosting more podcasts in 2017!

The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by

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The WCAA

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