Podcasts by Sew Much More
An interview style podcast with people in the Custom Home Furnishings industry.
Further podcasts by Ceil DiGuglielmo
Podcast on the topic Design
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390 - Cara Rinne - I Work in the Past, But Live in the Present from 2023-12-10T11:30
389 - Shari Walla - You Have to Implement What You Learn from 2023-12-03T11:30
388 - Julia Fields - I Think There is a Lot of Opportunity for Pride to Happen Here. from 2023-11-26T11:30
Julia Fields worked in the bridal industry for more than five years, making wedding dress dreams a reality. Since joining Listen
387 - Nikki Greenwood - When You're in the Midst of the Crazy, You Can't Always Look Ahead from 2023-11-19T11:30
For Nikki, it was love at first sight when she first visited Savannah to plan a destination wedding downtown in April 2018. She and her husband decided to move and bought a hou...
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386 - Cade Smith - From Employee to Owner in No Time! from 2023-11-12T11:30
385 - Julie Wood - There is Nothing You Have to Lose! from 2023-11-05T10:30
Julie Wood, owner of The Leading Edge, began her career as an Art Educator. An avid interest in ...
385 - Lilye Lavender - I Know I Won't Let Myself Fail from 2023-10-29T10:30
Lilye Lavender owns Laveña Luxe Interiors, a new workroom based in Austin, TX. Together with her fashion school peer...
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384 - What Three Items in Your Workroom Can You Not Live Without? from 2023-10-22T10:30
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383 - Listener Favorite - Jeanne McDermott of Virtual Design 4 Interiors from 2023-10-15T22:30
As the owner of At Your Service, a drapery w...
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382 - Opportunity Thinking Series with Taylor Angel from 2023-10-08T10:30
Taylor Angel is the Vice President of Angel's Distributing, LLC. Today we are talking about customer service and some ne...
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381 - Kari Culberson - I Feel Comfortable and Ready for More from 2023-10-01T10:30
380 - Kimberly Lista - I Found My Peace in the Workroom from 2023-09-24T15:33
Kim has a very unique way of tapping into what her clients want for their homes, and creating that atmosphere by mixing both high and low-end furniture items in her designs. E...
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378 - Listener Favorite - Donna Hovis from 2023-09-10T10:30
377 - Jenny Ellis - I Just Knew I Wanted To Do This from 2023-09-03T10:30
376 - Opportunity Thinking Series with Sue Parten of The Workroom Pro from 2023-08-27T10:30
375 - Judi Turner - I Am Always Looking for Information from 2023-08-20T10:30
374 - 7th Anniversary Podcast from 2023-08-13T14:12
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373 - Diane Girty - I Put Aside Everything I Didn't Like from 2023-08-06T10:30
372 - OT Series with Susan Woodcock from 2023-07-30T10:30
Susan Woodcock is an entrepreneur, educator, and spokesperson for the custom workroom industry. She
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371 - Lisa Moore - Meet The New Owner of Home Sewing Depot from 2023-07-23T10:30
Lisa Moore is a true AZ native, born and raised. She began sewing at the age of three on her ...
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370 - Listener Favorite - Rodger Walker from 2023-07-16T10:30
Rodger Walker retired from the City of Richmond, Virginia Fire Department in 2012, after a busy and exciting career. He moved to North Carolina that same year to marry the Love of His Life, Sus...
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369 - Karen Lander - I Love Trying New Things from 2023-07-09T10:30
With over 30 years in business, Karen and her team at Drapery Design collaborate, with several nationally rec...
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368 - Kelly McGrory - The Pause is Everything from 2023-07-02T10:30
Kelly McGrory is a woman of many interests, pursuits, and hobbies. She lives in Kennett Square, PA with her life partner and husband, William, and their faithful malinois, O’Neal.
Kell...
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367 - Listener Favorite OT Series - Two Sisters Ecotextiles from 2023-06-25T10:30
Almost 20 years ago Leigh Anne was looking for fabric to reupholster her sofa. She found fabrics that were sophisticated, but not environmentally friendly; or “green” (mostly recycled polyester...
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366 - Barbara Holley - I Had the Patience To Do It Right from 2023-06-18T10:30
Barbara Holley was a systems analyst for Sunbeam Corporation and quit her job to be a stay-at-home mom. She enjoyed decorating her home and her friends and neighbors' homes as well. Her abilit...
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365 - Margie Nance - Everything I've Learned Has Brought Me to Where I am Today from 2023-06-11T10:30
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364 - Loretta McGranaghan - When It Turns Out Right, You Hear the Angels Sing! from 2023-06-04T10:30
363 - Opportunity Thinking Series with Taylor Angel from 2023-05-28T10:30
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362 -Justin Dazey - Hire Professionals and Expect Them to Act Professionally from 2023-05-21T10:30
361 - Frances Pusch on Retirement from 2023-05-14T10:30
Frances Pusch has worked with textiles in some form her entire professional career. Her training includes art school and a bachelor’s degree in textile design from Boston University. She also st...
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360 - Elaine Parry - I Just Keep Going for Things from 2023-05-07T10:00
358 - Listener Favorite - Laurie Medford from 2023-04-23T10:30
357 - Listener Favorite - Jennifer Franco from 2023-04-16T10:30
Jennifer Csanyi is the owner of Jennifer’s Sewing Studio located in Cocoa, Fl. Jennifer has been sewing most of her life and learned from her grandmother, a wonderful and patient teacher. Jenni...
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356 - Opportunity Thinking Series - Meet Jessica Harling from 2023-04-09T10:30
With unwavering conviction, Jessica Harling can break down complex decisions to simplify an action plan. Her dynamic problem-solving can confront potential obstacles proactively and energize any...
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355 - Excellence vs Perfection from 2023-04-02T10:30
I wonder if any of you were as impressed with the idea of Excellence rather than Perfectionism as I was. Please let me know what you thought about Jeanne Swartz's conversation on her podcast. Listen
354 - Re-release of Jean Lawes and the Jill Robson Scholarship from 2023-03-26T10:30
Jean Lawes has been a guest on the podcast a few times, and on this episode, she shares what winning the Jill Robson Scholarship meant to her.
You have until April 30th, 2023 to apply for...
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353 - Jeanne Henzel Swartz - We Strive for Excellence Not Perfection from 2023-03-19T10:30
352 - Michele Fugazy - Networking is Everything from 2023-03-12T11:30
Michele Fugazy is the owner of a to the trade soft furnishings and hard treatment window coverings company in Fairfield County CT since 2000. Prior to this, Michele worked for 12 years as a fash...
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351 - Listener Favorite - Jean Lawes and Cindi Gray - Partnering Up! from 2023-03-05T12:30
350 - Polly Waite - We Are All Winging it a Bit! from 2023-02-26T11:30
349 - OT Series with Harmony Maraldo and the National Upholstery Association from 2023-02-19T11:30
348 - Kelli Vitari - Money Will Come Back to You, Time Will Not from 2023-02-12T11:30
347 - Denise Korynta - I Said Yes to Some Pretty Strange Jobs! from 2023-02-05T11:00
346 - Audrey Campbell - I Love to Learn New Stuff! from 2023-01-29T11:30
Audrey Campbell is the owner of Boxwood & Ivy, a drapery workroom located in Cincinnati, OH, servic...
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345 - OT Series - Rosemarie Garner - On Moving Her Homebased Workroom from 2023-01-22T11:30
Rosemarie Garner comes by her sewing passion naturally. Her maternal grandparents were a seamstress and a tailor, and her mother taught her how to sew when she was in junior high school. Fast fo...
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344 - Listener Favorite - Michelle Minner from 2023-01-15T11:30
Michelle Minner is the owner of Blue Roof Cabin Upholstery, located in Washington state. She’s a solopreneur, specia...
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343 - Lisa Jones - I Think of Myself as an Artist from 2023-01-08T11:30
Lisa Jones, is the owner, designer, and fabricator of Lisa Jones Interiors. She has been sewing all of her life...
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342 - Happy New Year 2023! from 2023-01-01T11:30
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341 - 2022 Year End Wrap Up With Michele Wiliams from 2022-12-25T11:30
I was so happy to continue the tradition of a year-end wrap-up with Michele Williams.
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340 -Sheri Corey and Sassy Slipcovers from 2022-12-18T11:30
339 - Gabriela McCormick - Something Told Me Don't Give Up On This from 2022-12-11T11:30
338 - Carrie Duso - I Had A Workroom Ready to Go, So Why Not? from 2022-12-04T11:30
336 - Riana LeJeune and Alex Cottington - If You Can Take Something Apart, You Can Learn to Put it Back Together from 2022-11-20T11:30
Riana LeJeune-Copeland is the owner and creative Mastermind of Repinned LLC. Riana was born in 1982 and was raised...
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335 - Listener Favorite - Shasta Breitkopf from 2022-11-13T11:30
Shasta Breitkopf has been part of the Window coverings industry for quite some time and I was so happy to be able to hear more about her story!
Shasta has worked for various companies and...
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334 - Listener Favorite - Heather McGrew from 2022-11-06T10:00
333 - What is Your Customer Service? from 2022-10-30T10:30
(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,...
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332 - Lisa Brock - I've Said Yes to the Right Things from 2022-10-23T10:30
Lisa Brock is the owner of Brock Custom Interiors in the Birmingham AL area. Born and raised in the south, married her college sweetheart and best friend. They raised 5 children on a ...
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331 - Listener Favorite - Kevin Kise from 2022-10-16T10:30
Kevin Kise owns a workroom and is a designer for Kise Interiors. Coming from humble beginnings in Rural Franklin Count...
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330 - Listener Favorite - Lisa O'Brien from 2022-10-09T10:30
Raised in Northern Kentucky, as a chi...
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329 - What is Your Stick in the Workflow Wheel? from 2022-10-02T10:30
Where is the problem in your workflow? I would love to hear from you about it. Let me know on the Sew M...
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328 - Adam Brand of M&S Schmalberg from 2022-09-25T10:30:13
Adam Brand is the 4th generation co-owner of M&S Schmalberg. Their artificial flowers have complemented the apparel, wedding, accessory, millinery and home furnishing industries for over 100 yea...
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327 - Listener Favorite - Cathy Cuddington from 2022-09-18T10:30:58
Cathy Cuddington is the owner of Dogwood Designs, a wholesale workroom located in Apex,
North Carolina, a s...
326 - OT Podcast with Michele Williams from 2022-09-11T10:30:53
Michele Williams is a serial entrepreneur and speaker on a mission to close the financial literacy gap for small businesses.
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325 - Elizabeth Jung - You Just Keep Swimming! from 2022-09-04T10:30:27
324 - Listener Favorite - Angie Wewel from 2022-08-28T11:38:47
323 - OT Podcast with Lisa LaChance New Owner of Dream Draper from 2022-08-18T13:23:11
Lisa LaChance started Something Sew Unique nearly 20 years ago in Horseshoe Bay, Texas. While there she had the opportunity to create unique window treatments and bedding in every style, texture...
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322 - Claudia Couto - I Don't Have A Choice, I Have To Be Happy! from 2022-08-14T10:30:25
Claudia Couto, owner and founder of Claudia Couture Homes LLC, has been in the design business for over 17 years. ...
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320 - Peg Wagner - I Don't Ever See Being Done from 2022-07-31T10:30:11
319 - Being In The Arena from 2022-07-24T10:30:56
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in ...
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318 - Kristine Clarke - There's That One Little Nugget! from 2022-07-17T10:30:08
317 - Listener Favorite - Claire Herne from 2022-07-10T10:30:38
316 - Listener Favorite - The Sewing Loft of Avon from 2022-07-03T10:30:52
Rachel and Bryan Short own and operate The Sewing Loft of Avon, a custom soft furnishings workroom located in Connectic...
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315 - OPPORTUNITY THINKING Series - Jennifer White - from 2022-06-26T10:30:21
Jennifer White has been part of the window treatment for quite a while and has shared her fabrication expertise and is now venturing into selling roman shade headrails and other Listen
314 - Carol Dykhouse - To Learn and Explore and Share from 2022-06-19T10:30:01
312 - Carla Pyle - You Have to Just Start Doing Things. from 2022-06-05T10:30:40
311 - LuAnn Nigara Interviews Ceil from 2022-05-29T10:30:34
310 - OT Series - Susan Woodcock and Rodger Walker and the Custom Workroom Conference from 2022-05-22T10:30:51
It was a pleasure to talk with Susan Woodcock and Rodger Walker about the upcoming Custom Workroom Conference...
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309 - Edith Williamson - Agree On All Aspects from 2022-05-15T10:30:34
308 - Tracy Abraham - I Have Lists For Absolutely Everything from 2022-05-08T10:30:35
307 - Listener Favorite - Darla DeMorrow - Organizing Gives You Power from 2022-04-29T21:18:36
306 - Listener Favorites - Antoinette van Speyk re-release from 2022-04-24T10:30:49
305 - Stay In Your Lane from 2022-04-17T10:30:52
Today's podcast is a solo podcast about staying in your lane. Do you? Or do you like to push yourself? If you do, how do you do it? I would love to hear what you think about staying in your ...
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304 - Listener Favorites - Jennifer Holaday from 2022-04-10T10:00:19
303 - Grace Rumer - I Believe If Anybody Puts Their Mind to it, They Can Do Whatever They Want from 2022-04-03T10:30:17
302 - Marie Mouradian Re-Release from 2022-03-27T10:30:05
Marie Mouradian has celebrated over 38 years of owning her own business. What began as a childhood sewing hobby has become a lifelong passion for creating comfortable, functional, and b...
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301 - Cathy Cohane - My Goal Was Always To Be Independent from 2022-03-20T10:30:33
300 - Jackie Myers - Hope, Dreams and Do from 2022-03-13T11:30:03
Jackie Myers is the owner of Useful Stitches drapery workroom and Listen
299 - Bethany Brubaker - Motivation from 2022-03-06T11:30:28
298 - Joy Willbur - I Just Want to Be Proud of My Efforts from 2022-02-27T11:30:24
297 - OT Series - Two Sisters Ecotextiles from 2022-02-20T11:30
Almost 20 years ago Leigh Anne was looking for fabric to reupholster her sofa. She found fabrics that were sophisticated, but not environmentally friendly; or “green” (mostly recycled polyester – ...
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296 - Michelle Minner - I Love Sharing What I've Learned from 2022-02-13T11:30:51
Michelle Minner is the owner of Blue Roof Cabin Upholstery, located in Washington state. She’s a solopreneur, specia...
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295 - Karen Barnes on Retirement from 2022-02-06T11:30:32
Karen Barnes is the former owner of The Elegant Window. She owned her business for. years. She is now retired and is sharing her journey with us.
294 - Listener's Favorites - Nancy Sargent from 2022-01-30T11:30:30
293 - Donna Redmond - The Talents You Bring to the Table Are Worth Something from 2022-01-23T11:30
Donna Redmond is the owner of Undercover Sewing. She has been a member of WCAA since 2016 and participates in on...
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292 - Whitney Kaufman - Starting With The End In Mind from 2022-01-16T11:30
291 - Jonathan Bennett - If You Don't Go Into It With A Plan, You Might As Well Not Go In At All from 2022-01-09T11:30
289 - 2021 Year End Wrap Up With Michele Williams from 2021-12-26T11:30
In what has become our annual tradition, Michele Williams and I spend some time together discussing this past year, our plans for next year, and what great books we have read.
I hope you ...
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288 - Debbie DiFrancesco - Reimagining Her Future from 2021-12-19T11:30
287 - Dennis Locke - I'm Happy To Wake Up Every Morning, Look Out the Window and See The Sun Shining from 2021-12-12T11:30
286 - Theresa Harmon - It's Just Been Easier For Me This Time! from 2021-12-05T11:30
285 - Susan Souza - When You Feel Like Quitting - Remember Why You Started from 2021-11-28T11:30
285 - Susan Souza - When You Feel Like Quitting - Remember Why You Started from 2021-11-28T11:30
284 - Carol Blow - My Intent Is Always to Exceed Their Expectations from 2021-11-21T11:30
284 - Carol Blow - My Intent Is Always to Exceed Their Expectations from 2021-11-21T11:30
283 - Kristin Speyer - I didn't Think I Could Do It, But I Just Did It! from 2021-11-14T11:30
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281 - The Accomplished List Podcast from 2021-10-31T10:30
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280 - Opportunity Thinking Series with Cynthia Bleskachek of the Funky Little Chair from 2021-10-24T10:30
In this Opportunity Thinking Series of the Podcast, Cynthia Bleskachek of The Funky Little Chair shares the journey...
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279 - Cheryl Meiklejohn Re-release from 2021-10-17T10:30
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278 - Cathy and Mark Schulz of Silk Mountain Creations from 2021-10-10T10:30
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277 - Michelle Moldowan - I Learned to Not Be Afraid of Figuring It Out from 2021-10-03T10:30
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276- Heidi Yoder - Know Yourself and What You Need from 2021-09-26T10:30
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OT Series - 275 - Lea Tran - I Did Not Miss the Boat from 2021-09-19T10:30
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274 - Rhonda Shanahan - I'm Kind of a Big Dreamer from 2021-09-12T10:30
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271 - Carly Melancon - I'm Too Deep In Now To Turn Back from 2021-08-22T10:30
270 - Cristina Alamdari - We Are Always Looking For Something More from 2021-08-15T10:30
269 - Happy 5th Anniversary to the Sew Much More Podcast! from 2021-08-08T10:30
268 - Christi Adams - I've Learned How to Run My Business, Not Let it Run Me from 2021-08-01T10:30
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267 -Opportunity Thinking Series with Jeanelle Dech Asking Better or Different? from 2021-07-25T10:30
In this Opportunity Thinking Series episode, I talk with Jeanelle Dech about utilizing personal strengths and the importance of timing in recognizing good-fit opportunities. Jeanelle shares a pe...
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266 - Sharon Coppede - I Didn't Know I Had a Gift from 2021-07-18T10:30
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265 - Sue Sifakis Re-realease from 2021-07-11T10:30
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264 - Robin Reynolds - Construction is My Forte from 2021-07-04T10:30
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263 - Diana Hershey - Re-release from 2021-06-27T10:30
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262 - Shasta Breitkopf of Unique Expressions from 2021-06-20T10:30
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261 - The Sewing Loft of Avon - Rachel and Bryan Short from 2021-06-13T10:30
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260 - Cathy Cuddington - I Just Kind of Stick To It! from 2021-06-06T10:30
259 - OT Series - Taylor Angel - Let's Try It&Let's Let The Idea Turn Us Down from 2021-05-30T10:30
258 - Jennifer Holaday - The More I Know The More Confidence I Have from 2021-05-23T10:30
257 - Antoinette van Speyk - Respect Your Own Worth from 2021-05-16T10:30
256 - Claire Herne - I 'm Like The Energizer Bunny, I Just Keep Going from 2021-05-09T11:30
255 - Angie Wewel - I Just Keep Steamrolling Ahead from 2021-05-02T10:30
254 - OT Series with Jeanne McDermott of Virtual Design 4 Interiors from 2021-04-25T10:30
As the owner of At Your Service, a drapery workroom in the Boston area for over 15 years, Jeanne McDermott was always searching for the best way to communicate with my ...
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253 - Lisa O'Brien - Just Put One Foot In Front of The Other from 2021-04-18T10:30
251 - Jean Lawes and Cindi Gray - Partnering Up! from 2021-04-04T10:30
250 - Rodger Walker - I Am What We Call Back of The House from 2021-03-28T10:30
249 - OT Series - Julia Hash - JSH Designs Ruler from 2021-03-21T10:30
Today's OPPORTUNITY THINKING Series of the Podcast is an interview with Julia Hash of JSH Designs. Julia needed...
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248 - Jeanelle Dech, Susan Woodcock and Ceil DiGuglielmo Answer - How Are You Doing Now? from 2021-03-14T11:30
247 - Laurie Medford - I've Been Itching To Get Back To This! from 2021-03-07T11:30
246 - Jayna Manzelli - I'm Ready to Take Things to the Next Level and See Where It Takes Me from 2021-02-28T11:30
245 - Elki Camacho - Put Your Pride Aside from 2021-02-21T11:30
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245 - Elki Camacho - Put Your Pride Aside from 2021-02-21T11:30
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244 - Leslie Shultz -Things May Get Hard, But I Just Persist! from 2021-02-14T11:30
243 - Susan Gee - There Really Aren't That Many Things In Life That You Need to Stress Out About from 2021-02-07T11:30
242 - Kymm Clark of Clark's Fabrication - Looking Into the Past To Inform Your Future from 2021-01-31T11:30
241 - Heather McGrew - I Have Challenges But It Doesn't Deter Me! from 2021-01-24T11:30
240- Resources for You and Your Business from 2021-01-17T11:30
239 - Jennifer Csanyi - I Took It Seriously and Started Making Goals for Myself from 2021-01-10T11:30
237 - Year End Wrap Up with Michele Williams from 2020-12-27T11:30
236 - Jill Robson Scholarship Winners Re-release from 2020-12-20T11:30
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.
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235 - Jamie Terral - We Don't Need to Have All The Answers, We Just Need To Know Where To Find Them from 2020-12-13T11:30
234 - Laurie Gutberlet - I Don't Yet Know What I Don't Know from 2020-12-06T11:30
233 - Nancy Sargent - I Want to Create Pieces That Sit Soft from 2020-11-29T11:30
232 - Donna Hovis - I Don't Think You Can Be Successful Without Being Joyful from 2020-11-22T11:30
231 - Freddie Graves Re-release - If You Respect Yourself People Respect You More from 2020-11-15T11:30
230 - Cheryl Sedaker - I Don't Let Anything Get Me Down! from 2020-11-08T11:30
229 - Gillian Wendel - I Was Just Electrified! from 2020-11-01T11:30
228 - Monica Rhodes -The Fact That I Didn't Know How to Do it Didn't Stop Me! from 2020-10-25T10:00
227 - Darla DeMorrow - Organizing Gives You Power from 2020-10-18T10:30
226 - Celeste Breen - They Would Be Grinning From Ear to Ear! from 2020-10-11T10:30
225 - Sue Moran - I Feel Like I Really Know What To Do This TIme from 2020-10-04T10:30
224 - Carrie Brantley - There Are So Many People I Wouldn’t Have Met If I Hadn't Gone Down This Path from 2020-09-27T10:30
222 - Denise Canney - I Figure Things Out! from 2020-09-13T10:30
221 - Is September the New January For You? from 2020-09-06T10:30
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220 - Kate Winton - I just want to Hear That Hum of the Machine from 2020-08-30T10:30
219 - Rachel Fletcher - I Was All In and I Had To Make This Work from 2020-08-23T10:30
218 - Annette Faber -I Don’t Think Anyone Can Love My Clients the Way That I Do from 2020-08-16T10:30
217 - Jamie Facciola - Furniturecyle from 2020-08-09T10:30
216 - Thought on 4 Years of Podcasting from 2020-08-02T10:30
215 - Marie Mouradian - How A Business Evolves Over 38 Years from 2020-07-26T10:30
214 - Keely Hersh - I'm The Detail Specialist from 2020-07-19T10:30
213 - Sara Trail - The Social Justice Sewing Academy from 2020-07-12T10:30
Sara Trail learned to sew at the young age of 4, and is now a successful author, sewing teacher, and pattern and fabric designer. At age 13, she wrote a nationally published book, “Sew with Sara...
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212 - Claudia Buchanan - Home Sewing Depot from 2020-07-05T10:30
211 - Julie Higgins - I Just Push Through! from 2020-06-28T10:30
210 - The Designer/Workroom Relationship with Rosemarie Garner and Linda Principe from 2020-06-21T10:30
208 - Chrystal Younger - Don't Be Afraid To Take That First Step from 2020-06-07T10:30
207 - Gretchen Tegtman - Continuing The Legacy from 2020-05-31T10:30
206 - Ragne K. Smith - The Little Learning Lessons Made Me Better from 2020-05-24T10:30
205 - Terry Sandlin - I Love Doing What I Do and I Think That Comes Through! from 2020-05-17T10:30
204 - Joanne Moore - I Am Real, Darn It! from 2020-05-10T10:30
203 - In Memory of Beth Hodges - Her Podcast Re-Released from 2020-05-03T10:30
202 - Sherri Bowman - I'm Going To See What I can Make Happen from 2020-04-26T10:30
201 Adrienne Matthews - I Am Crossing Paths With People I Never Would Have from 2020-04-19T11:48:55
200 - Antoinette Kirwan - I Tuck and Roll! from 2020-04-12T10:30
199 - Cynthia Bleskachek - I'm Having A Wobble! from 2020-04-05T10:30
198 - Jeanelle Dech, Susan Woodcock and Ceil DiGuglielmo Check In - How Are We Doing? from 2020-03-29T10:30
197 - Irene Hurley - I Set My Sights On The Satisfaction from 2020-03-22T10:30
196 - Kelly Nanney - You've Got To Commit To Doing It and Know It Has To Look Beautiful from 2020-03-15T10:30
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, Ke...
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195 - WRT Students on The Invaluable Experience of Meeting in Person from 2020-03-08T11:30
194 - Linda Tully - I Didn't Want to Waste A Day! from 2020-03-01T11:30
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192 - Bianca Schmidt - The Goal is The Happy Customer from 2020-02-16T11:30
191 - Jan Britt - It's Not About Me! from 2020-02-09T11:30
Jan Britt, owner of Jan Britt Interiors has been helping her clients decorate their homes in the Atlanta area for over ...
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190 - Julie Murphy - It Just Clicked In My Heart from 2020-02-02T11:30
Julie Murphy is the owner of Designer Draperies of Boston, a full-service workroom serving the design commun...
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189 - Sheri Corey - You've Got to Figure Out A Way To Evolve from 2020-01-26T11:30
Sheri Corey is my guest today. She is the owner of Style and Stitch/Sew Sheri Designs
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188 - Suzy Daruwala - What Do I Need to Do To Get It To Beautiful? from 2020-01-19T11:30
187 - Special Episode - Jean Lawes, Winner of the Jill Robson Scholarship from 2020-01-17T05:30
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.
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186 - Diana Nolan - By Failing, I Learned A Lot from 2020-01-12T11:30
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 ...
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185 - Debbie DiFrancesco - Its Been an Interesting Metamorphosis from 2020-01-05T11:30
Debbie DiFrancesco, who has been sewing since the age of 7, founded Creative Hands in 1990 to supplement the fami...
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184 - Year End Review with Michele Williams of Scarlet Thread Consulting from 2019-12-29T11:30
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 h...
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183 - OPPORTUNITY THINKING SERIES - Nicole Nomer and Coulisse Systems from 2019-12-22T11:30
Nicole Nomer is the owner of Fabrication Studio, a drapery workroom that has been servicing the interior design ind...
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182 - Cheryl Meiklejohn - Every Bit of Education Costs Us Something from 2019-12-15T11:30
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 m...
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181 - Jill Robson Scholarship - Why You Should Apply! from 2019-12-08T11:30
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.
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180 - Betsey Reigle - I Wanted To Be Profitable Per Job from 2019-12-01T11:30
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...
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179 - OPPORTUNITY THINKING Series - Mark and Jay Helser of Helser Brothers, Inc. from 2019-11-24T11:30
In this episode of the podcast, I welcome Mark and Jay Helser of Helser Brothers, Inc.
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178 - Roger Magalhaes - It Was Too Late, I Had Quit My Job!!! from 2019-11-17T05:30
Roger Magalhaes started in the window coverings industry in 2006 as a part-time installer for a national chain. After only two months, he was asked to leave for “standing out.” Clients ...
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177 - Kathy and Michelle Patterson - Mother Daughter Team from 2019-11-10T05:30
Kathy Patterson is the owner of Draperies by Kathy She started sewing for a designer 15 years ago and her daughte...
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176 - Ronica VanGelder - It's Nice to Have A Sounding Board from 2019-11-03T11:30
Ronica is from a small town in Western NY and moved to Raleigh 27 years ago via San Diego. She and her husband of 28 years have 2 kids and a dog.
175 - OPPORTUNITY THINKING Series - Sam Sloan and Jill Plummer Stanbro Hughes from 2019-10-27T10:30
Who doesn't have a few extra feet from Sloan Machinery!??
I must confess, I really didn't realize how extens...
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174 - Best of - Re-release of My interview with Tracie Bresnahan from 2019-10-20T10:30
173 - Sophia Lawrie - We Can't Do All The Work In Town! from 2019-10-13T10:30
172 - Bianca Henry - I Just Keep It Moving! from 2019-10-06T10:30
171 - Laura Nelson - I'm Like As Good As Santa Claus! from 2019-09-29T10:30
Since 1994, Laura Nelson has been the owner of Sew Nice, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, specializing in soft ...
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170 - OPPORTUNITY THINKING Series - CWC 19 Recap from 2019-09-22T10:30
I had such a great time at CWC this year, my first time as an exhibitor! I've been there every year so now I have been an attendee, an instructor and now an exhibitor! I wanted to share some o...
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169 - Leisha Schutt - No One Is Hiring Me, So I'll Hire Myself! from 2019-09-15T10:30
Leisha Schutt is the owner of LHS Designs, a to-the-trade workroom working with Interior Designers in the greater Richmo...
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168 - Kristen Stevenson - The Next Generation in the Family Business from 2019-09-08T10:30
167 - Cathy Stich - Everything Is Interrelated and It All Comes Together from 2019-09-01T10:30
Originally from Wisconsin, Cathy Stitch, owner of Cathy's Curtains and Accessories is the 3rd oldest of eight children & ...
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166 - THE OPPORTUNITY THINKING SERIES - Hope Arbery and QUIPA from 2019-08-25T10:30
Hope Arbery, the founder of QUIPA, is on a mission to help custom drapery workrooms work better! QUIPA is an online tool desi...
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165 - Re-release of Susan Kostelecky's Podcast from 2019-08-18T10:30
In 1995 Susan Kostelecky began SK Designs, an award-winning custom window treatment design and fabricating company s...
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164 - Kendra Hays - I've Had To Embrace The Chaos of Our Life! from 2019-08-11T10:30
Kendra Hays, the owner of Cloudberry Drapery Studio is the wife of her video game loving husband Marcus and mother t...
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163 - Sue Sifakis - I'm Always Able To Get Back Up On My Feet from 2019-08-04T10:30
Sue Sifakis started SUESEWN in 1995. She attended Cheryl Stricklands's week-long class on how to run a drapery business in 1994. She also attended CHF classes and was on an advisory committee f...
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162 - Nancy Bramwell - I Still Look At Every Job as An Opening Night from 2019-07-28T10:30
OPPORTUNITY THINKING SERIES - The Printed Table Canvas story With Jeanelle Dech and Anita Boetsma from 2019-07-21T10:30
On a sofa in the basement apartment of Cheryl Strickland’s home, and a few days later on a flight to Tampa, FL, for the 2005 International Window Coverings Expo, Jeanel...
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160 - Callie Bullock Revisited! from 2019-07-14T10:30
159 - Jessie Lee Miller - You Just Have to Rest in The Imperfection of Time from 2019-07-07T10:30
Jessie Lee Miller owns a custom workroom in Winston-Salem, North Carolina aptly named “Winston’s Workroom Listen
158 - Rachel Fletcher and Audrey Lonsway talk about the new National Upholstery Association from 2019-06-30T10:30
There is a new group in town! The National Upholstery Association is looking to gather the professionals in the Upholstery Industry and support and encourage them.
Rachel Fletcher and Au...
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157 - OPPORTUNITY THINKING SERIES Renee Rucci and Julie Wood from 2019-06-23T10:30
An interior designer's best friend! Julie began her career as an Art Educator. An avid interest in interior design led her to enroll in the Interior Design program at New Hampshire Institute of ...
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156 - Linda Erlam - I Like To See Things Through from 2019-06-16T10:30
Linda started sewing Home Decor because there wasn't anyone else in her community doing it. Shortly after starting to sew home decor, she took the New York Institute of Art and Design course an...
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155 - WCAA Executive Director - Renee Williamson and Marketing and Membership Director - Susie Tanner from 2019-06-09T10:30
Joining me today on the Podcast today are Renee Williamson, Executive Director of the Window Covering Association of America and Susie Tanner, Marketing and Membership Director.
Whether y...
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154 - Christine McLean - Every Day Is Different from 2019-06-02T10:30
Christine McLean, Owner, The Red Pincushion- An interior Design workroom, Christine never imagined, in a million years, that she would own a workroom. A graduate of Michigan State University, wi...
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153 - OPPORTUNITY THINKING SERIES - Safe T Shade - You Can't Lose if You Don't Quit! from 2019-05-26T10:30
Will Lynch - President and Owner of Safe T Shade, and Jacquelyn Weber - Vice President of Sales and Marketing visit us on th...
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152 - Camille Moore - I Am Able To Help Them Catch A Spark from 2019-05-19T10:30
Camile Moore's first love was fine art and oil painting. She looks at a client's home through the eye of an artist, as a work of art .. and window treatments are an artistic element. Ca...
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151 - Patti Ayers - If I'm Competent, I'll Be Confident! from 2019-05-12T10:30
Patti is the owner of Pillows & Pleats, LLC, a drapery design and fabrication business located ...
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150 - Diana Hershey - I Tried To Absorb As Much As I Could from 2019-05-05T10:30
Diana Hershey, the owner of DBH Designs, provides custom furnishings for the home, ...
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149 - Re-release of My Interview With Doshie Witcher from 2019-04-28T10:30
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 1...
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148 - Nicole Nomer - Just Because Its Different, Doesn't Mean Its Wrong from 2019-04-21T10:30
Nicole Nomer is the owner of Fabrication Studio, a drapery
workroom that has been serv...
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147 - Cleo Marthel - I Am A People Person from 2019-04-14T10:30
Cleo Marthel owns and is the sole operator of Complimentary Designs, a custom soft furnishings workroom locat...
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146 - Marge Jones - Still Slipcovering After 44 Years! from 2019-04-07T10:30
Marge Jones is the owner of Marge's Custom Slipcovers. Her mom taught her to sew at 5 and by high school, she ...
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145 - Freddie Graves - If You Respect Yourself, People Respect You More from 2019-03-31T10:30
Freddie Graves is the owner of The Recovery Room in Vermont. She started the business in 1989 in her basement and ha...
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144 - OPPORTUNITY THINKING SERIES - Ann K. Johnson and Susan Woodcock on Authoring and Publishing from 2019-03-24T10:30
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 ...
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143 - Louise Cornick - It Quickly Became Apparent This Was What I Should Be Doing from 2019-03-17T10:30
142 - Mary Jo Huyard - You Have To Be Ok With The Crazy from 2019-03-10T11:30
Mary Jo Huyard is the proud owner of Savannah House, a boutique window treatment shop and showroom in downtown Lanca...
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141 - Cynthia LeBlanc - Growth Isn't Always A Fun Process from 2019-03-03T11:30
Beautiful Spaces opened it’s doors in 2006. Owned and operated by Cynthia LeBlanc. Beautiful Spaces is ...
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140 - OPPORTUNITY THINKING SERIES - Seamless Workroom from 2019-02-24T11:30
Amanda Smith and Rose Mary LeBlanc are the owners and developers of Seamless Workroom, a system that helps you keep tr...
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139 - Laura Hawley - I Am The Monday Morning Optimist from 2019-02-17T11:30
Laura Hawley is a co-owner of AD Window Treatments, a Custom Window Treatment and Hunter Douglas Showroom in Bl...
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138 - Jill Plummer Stanbro Hughes - In The End You Gain What You Want To Have from 2019-02-10T11:30
Jill Stanbro Plummer Hughes was born, raised and has spent her entire life in Canton, Oh. She has imported two husbands from out of state. At separate times, of course! Married for 7 ½ years to ...
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137 - Regina Allen - Find A Fabric That Inspires You! from 2019-02-03T11:30
Regina Allen is retired from the military and a native Arkansan. She has had a life-long passion for interior design, window coverings, and fabric. Regina is the owner of Listen
136 - OPPORTUNITY THINKING SERIES - Dean Fountain's Workroom Racks from 2019-01-27T11:30
Dean Fountain is the owner of a wholesale workroom providing
draperies, bedding, slipcovers, upholstery, and installation in and
around Jacksonville, FL. Dean opened his workroom in ...
135 - Rita Boland and Auret De Gasperi - Mother Daughter Team from 2019-01-20T11:30
Rita Boland and her daughter Auret deGasperi are the owners of Island Drapes and Upholstery on St. Simon ...
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134 - Donna Skufis - I'm An Education Freak! from 2019-01-13T11:30
133 - Heather Taylor - Go Afraid! Take Your Fear With You! from 2019-01-06T11:30
Heather Taylor owns and is the sole operator of Custom Textiles, a workroom located by her farmhouse in the N...
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132 - Michele Williams and Ceil Review the Year and Look Forward from 2018-12-30T11:30
Michele Williams and I talk about how we like to finish up our year and what we do to start the new year. I love my conversations with Michele! With our personalities being so different, I re...
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131 - Opportunity Thinking Series - Donna Skufis and the Story of Jewel's Tape from 2018-12-23T11:30
Donna Skufis’s passion for creating beautiful and unique window treatments and soft home furnishing has propelled her talents into a thriving 33-year-old business. At the start she was retail; s...
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130 - Rerelease of Sarah O'Neil's Podcast - Tomorrow Isn't Promised from 2018-12-16T11:30
While many workrooms and designers started out in our homes and because we had a skill, Sarah O'Neil started her business, Listen
129 - Deborah Williamson - What Ever You Want, You Can Achieve from 2018-12-09T11:30
Deborah M. Williamson, owner of Treatments For Your Panes, a Shop at Home retail business servicing the Gre...
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128 - Judy Soccio - Fail Big! from 2018-12-02T11:30
Judy Soccio is a storyteller. But instead of using words, she weaves her tales with fabric and trim.
I listen to clues from my clients – and from their homes – to create inspired...
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127 - OPPORTUNITY THINKING SERIES - Taking Stock and Making Changes from 2018-11-25T17:01:04
In this episode, Jeanelle Dech coaches Ceil as she takes a hard look at the time, effort, and costs associated with ...
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126 - Lonnie Vanderslice and Kelly Wilson - Supporting Women in Their Community from 2018-11-18T11:30
125 - Hallie Meschter - I'm All In Now! from 2018-11-11T11:30
124 - Denise Hooper - It's A Privilege to Be In People's Home from 2018-11-04T11:30
123 - Stacie Faulkner - I Was Born With A To-Do List In My Hand from 2018-10-28T10:30
122 - The Opportunity Thinking Series - Emily Pettit on Adding Teaching To Her Business from 2018-10-21T10:30
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121 - Kathy Healey - There's No HR Department! from 2018-10-14T10:30
Kathy Healey is a sewist who lives with her family in Rochester, New York. In her home-based business, called, Healey Wear Listen
120 - The Tables Get Turned and Susan Woodcock Interviews Ceil DiGuglielmo! from 2018-10-07T10:30
Ceil DiGuglielmo is the owner of Sew Much More Custom Sewing. As a to the trade window treatment and soft furnishings...
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119 - Kathy Hamilton - I Light Up When I See The Possibilities from 2018-09-30T10:30
Kathy Hamilton
Window Alternatives
Business Profile
Kathy is the owner of WINDOW ALTERNATIVE...
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118 - Opportunity Thinking Series - Steve and Sue Landis And Running A Family Business from 2018-09-23T10:30
This series is sponsored by
The Curtains and Soft Furnishin...
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115 - Susan Woodcock Talks About the Custom Workroom Conference from 2018-09-06T10:30
Are you going to the Custom Workroom Conference???
It's coming up fast! What is it??? Well, listen in ...
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114 - Linda Principe and Rosemarie Garner- The Designer Workroom Relationship from 2018-09-02T10:30
Rosemarie Garner and Linda Principe have been working together since 2012. Today we discuss the designer/workroom relationship and the importance of it.
Linda Principe is the owner of <...
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113 - Opportunity Thinking Series - Jeanelle Dech and Ceil Talk About Feedback, Failure, Bankruptcy and Girl Scout Cookies! from 2018-08-26T10:30
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112 - Kathryn Dillon - Being Adventurous in The Second Act! from 2018-08-19T10:30
111 - Jane Crawford - There's A Lot To Be Said For Making Mistakes from 2018-08-12T10:30
Jane has been working in the interiors industry for the last 10 years. Based in the UK, about an hour outside London. Jane Crawford Interiors is aimed at the ‘High End’ market and offers a wide ...
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110 - Profit Is A Choice Series Episode 2 Michele Williams and I Talk Books! from 2018-08-09T10:30
Books we both read and loved;
109 - The Top 10 Things I've Learned Interviewing My Podcast Guests from 2018-08-05T10:30
108 - What Do Your Kids Think About Your Business? from 2018-08-03T16:47:38
Recently, I interviewed Christina Price and Jennifer Assetto, while Jeanlle Dech's son, Casey interviewed their daughters. I did not get to hear or see this interview until just recently, and I ...
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107 - JoAnne Lenart-Weary - I Said Yes Over and Over and Over Again! from 2018-07-29T10:30
106 - Episode 7 of the Opportunity Thinking Series with Jeanelle Dech and Yazmin Guzman from 2018-07-22T10:30
This Podcast is sponsored by The Curtains and Soft Furnishings Resource Library.
105 - Doshie Witcher - I Made The Decision To Do What I Loved To Do And Let The Rest Go from 2018-07-15T10:30
104 - Amanda Smith - You Have To Be Willing To Change and Adapt With The Market from 2018-07-08T10:30
103 - Jo Braxton Thomas - Don't Be An Imitator from 2018-07-02T02:01:46
102 - Episode 6 of the Opportunity Thinking Series from 2018-06-24T11:13:15
101 - Jodi Stanford - I'm Either Doing It or I'm Not! from 2018-06-17T10:30
100 - Special Episode - Profit Is A Choice with Michele Williams from 2018-06-15T10:30
99 - Addie Conte - I'm Choosing My Jobs Instead Of Them Choosing Me from 2018-06-10T10:30
Addie Conte is the owner of Addie's Custom Coverings and Design, LLC, a soft furnishing fabrication and design studio. She has taken her love of textiles and created a business that offers her ...
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98 - Kathy Geffen - I Learn From The Things That Challenge Me from 2018-06-03T10:30
97 - Opportunity Thinking Episode 5 - Parenting and Owning Your Own Business from 2018-05-27T10:30
96 - Madeleine MacRae - I Watched and I Paid Attention from 2018-05-20T10:30Madeleine MacRae is the creator of FastTrack Sales Systems and the CEO of MM MacRae Coaching & Consulting, an international learning, coaching and consulting firm out of Detroit Michigan.
95 - Theda Hadden - I Never Shy Away From A Challenge from 2018-05-13T10:30Springwood Upholstery started when Theda Hadden went shopping for the perfect fabric for window treatments and pill... Listen
94 - Kristin Nicholas - There Are No Rules When You Are Working On Your Own from 2018-05-06T10:30The podcast is sponsored by;
93 - Tracie Bresnahan - Always Push Past Your Comfort Zone from 2018-04-29T10:30Tracie N. Bresnahan The owner of Custom Creations
Tracie holds a Bachelor’s degree in Apparel Engineering and a Master’s degree in Quality Assurance Technology from Southe... Listen
90 - Melissa Hamman - Plan Your Work and Work Your Plan from 2018-04-08T10:30The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by;
87 - Sharon Gizzi - Strive to Be Invaluable from 2018-03-18T10:30
86 - A Chick&A Chair - Lindsay Orwig from 2018-03-11T11:30The Podcast is sponsored by;
84 - Opportunity Thinking Series Episode 2 - To Grow or Not To Grow from 2018-02-24T21:10:01The Opportunity Thinking Podcasts are sponsored by;
83 - Ruth Zahler - On Changing Business Models from 2018-02-18T11:30Ruth Zahler started Connecting Threads Inc in November 1998, serving interior designers in the Twin ... Listen
82 - Jennifer Assetto - Embrace The Chaos Part 2 from 2018-02-11T11:30The Sew Much More Podcast is brought to you by;
81 - Jennifer Assetto - Embracing the Chaos from 2018-02-04T11:30The Sew Much More Podcast is brought to you by;
80 - Jill Ragan Scully - Be Minnessota Nice! from 2018-01-28T11:30The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by;
79 - Jeanelle Dech - Episode 1 in the Opportunity Thinking Series from 2018-01-21T13:50:21
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#78 - Zona Tiller - Everything You Do In Business is Public Speaking from 2018-01-14T11:30The Podcast is sponsored by;
#77 - Callie Bullock - I Was Ready To Take Control from 2018-01-07T11:30The Podcast is sponsored by;
#76 - Pamela Ptak - Part 2 - The Layering of Details from 2017-12-31T11:30Pamela Ptak is a couture fashion designer, owner of Ptak Couture and co-founder of the Listen
#75 Pamela Ptak - Part 1 -The Layering of Details from 2017-12-24T03:23:54The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by;
#74 - Maureen Singer - On Loss and Strength from 2017-12-17T01:52:26Maureen Singer's childhood days were spent in Minnesota. The oldest of three girls, she was in a leadership role right out of the crib. Her mother loved to dress all three of them alike. One par... Listen
#73 - Tammy Granger-Do You Have Joy In Your Heart At The End Of The Day? from 2017-12-10T11:30Tammy Granger is the owner of BG Custom Windows located in Cary, NC. She began her career in window coverings in...
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#72- Laurel McGee - Being New In The Industry from 2017-12-03T11:30Laurel McGee began sewing at her grandmother’s knee. However, her time spent working on a sewing machine was inconsistent... Listen
#71- Annie Davis Talks About Starting Over from 2017-11-26T11:30
Annie Davis is the owner of ALDesigns, originally founded i... Listen
#70 - Stacie Kennedy - I Took The Leap from 2017-11-19T00:47:40In 2008, Stacie Kennedy created her home-based, full-service custom window treatment design and fabrication business serving the Metro Atlanta area and beyond. She is a former Commercial Real Es... Listen
#69 - LuAnn Nigara - You Can't Wish For Easy from 2017-11-12T11:30LuAnn began her career more than thirty years ago as a co-owner of Window Works, an award-winning window treatment a... Listen
#68 - Jean Lawes - One Stepping Stone Led to Another from 2017-11-05T11:30Jean Lawes is the owner of HomeStyle, LLC, a Custom Workroom to the Trade that is dedicated to the fabrication o... Listen
#67- Ravi Pankhania - Part 2 - You Are A Special Person If You Are In This Business from 2017-10-29T10:30Ravi Pankhania started sewing in High School as a lark and the hopes of meeting more girls and an easy credit.... but little did he know his true calling lay within those folds of fabric and che... Listen
#66 - Ravi Pankhania Part 1 - I Always Look For Ways to Improve Things from 2017-10-22T10:30
Ravi Pankhania started sewing in High School as a lark and the hopes of meeting more girls and an easy credit.... but little did he know his true calling lay within those folds... Listen
#65 Christina Price - The Pride In My Craft Made Me Feel Successful from 2017-10-15T10:30Christina Price, owner of Main Line Window Décor, has been fabricating window treatments since 2002 after earn... Listen
#64 - Susan Kostelecky - You Have to Set Expectations from 2017-10-08T10:30In 1995 Susan Kostelecky began SK Designs, an award-winning custom window treatment design and fabricating company s... Listen
#63 - Vita Vygovska - I Never Gave Myself Another Choice from 2017-10-01T10:30Vitalia (Vita) Vygovska is the award-winning author, speaker, business coach, and window treatment specialist. Her company, V... Listen
#62 - Jann Newton - I Love Helping My Readers from 2017-09-24T10:30
Jann Newton is the owner of Newton Custom Interiors, which opened in 2000 and... Listen
#61 Tammy Paradoski - I Believe Everyone Has A Purpose from 2017-09-17T10:30Tammy Paradoski is the owner of Daisy Chain, a full-service retail drapery and slipcover studio created in 2000. She sp... Listen
#60 - Karen Barnes - I Was Like A Sponge from 2017-09-10T10:00Karen Barnes is the owner of The Elegant Window, a to-the-trade custom drapery and soft goods workroom located in Gilbert A... Listen
#59 - Robin Matthews - I Didn't Know I Was A Workroom from 2017-09-03T10:30 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 d...
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#58 - Rose Mary LaBlanc - It Didn't Occur to Me To Not Make It A Business from 2017-08-27T10:30Rose Mary LeBlanc is the owner of RML Custom Home Creations LLC . Rose Mary began her business in 1992 fabricati... Listen
#57 The Best Advice Episode 1 from 2017-08-20T10:00In 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 tog... Listen
#56 - Anniversary Podcast Part 2 with Donna Cash from 2017-08-13T11:50:06Welcome 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 Listen
#55 Happy 1 Year Anniversary to the Sew Much More Podcast! Part 1 from 2017-08-06T10:30
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 ... Listen
#54 - Elizabeth Gerdes - You Have to Do The Hard Stuff! from 2017-07-30T10:00Elizabeth Gerdes is the owner of Stitch Above The Rest, LLC, a full-service retail drapery fabrication studio, in Woodstock, GA, established in ... Listen
#53 Nancy Letts - You Have To Be A Self Starter from 2017-07-23T10:30Nancy Letts started Pine House Drapery, an award-winning full-service workroom serving interior designers in the lakeside resort co... Listen
#52 - Frances Pusch - I Followed What Made Me Happy from 2017-07-16T10:30Frances Pusch has worked with textiles in some form her entire professional career. Her training includes art school and a bachelor’s degree in textile design from Boston University. She also st... Listen
#51 Michele Williams -Our Why is an Extension of Who We Are from 2017-07-09T11:16:36Today's podcast is a little different! Michele Williams and I tackle the question, Why? Why is it important in our businesses and in our lives? Why do we need to ask that before we do a... Listen
#50 - Young Entrepreneur, Anna Welsh Recommends Being Willing to Take Risks from 2017-06-25T10:00Anna Welsh is the Founder and CEO of littlebags.BIGIMPACT, a company that hand makes clutch bags from resourced, vintage mater... Listen
#49 - Beuancha Jeffries - You Should Add Value to the Community from 2017-06-11T10:00For Beuancha Jeffries, it was a natural progression from many years of hand crafts, knitting, needlepoint and cross-stitch to creating her business, Soft Furnishings and Home Décor. A combined 3... Listen
#48 - Brand New Instructors From CWC Before and After, What Was It Like? from 2017-06-10T22:20:38On this podcast, we talk with some of the first time instructors who applied for and had their classes accepted for the Custom Workroom Conference. I interviewed them both before the Conferenc... Listen
#47 - Jana Platina Phipps - Find Your Niche from 2017-06-04T10:00Jana Platina Phipps is an embellishment expert known for her refined vision in the use of trimmings in home furnishings and fashion. She is...
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#46 - Kim's Upholstery Class Students Why They Take Time To Educate Themselves from 2017-05-25T22:07:05We have an upholstery theme going on again this week! I visited Kim Chagnon while she was teaching a three day, hands on class in Lancaster, PA. I already knew a few of her students but there ... Listen
#45 - Cynthia Bleskachek - A Rising Tide Lifts All Ships from 2017-05-21T04:00Cynthia Bleskachek has been working as a professional upholsterer since 2001 and teaching since 2010. In 2008 she won a first place craftsmanship award through The Upholstery Journal for a tufte... Listen
#44 Live Podcast Recording with Nancy Letts and Penny Bruce at CWC from 2017-05-10T16:08:31Recorded at the Custom Workroom Conference, this podcast is a roundtable discussion with workrooms from the US and the UK, headed by Penny Bruce from Listen
#43 - Laura Kelly - What You Need Is Not to be Fearless, You Need to be Brave from 2017-05-08T00:48:31Listen
#42 What's New and Insights From Past Podcasts from 2017-04-24T04:00It's a solo podcast today! I want to let my listeners know about a few changes to the podcast and to ask you to be even more engaged with me and other listeners and with my guests. Pleas... Listen
Special Fabulous Friday Podcast from 2017-04-21T13:00This is a special podcast being brought to you by Home Dec Gal with a special announcement from Susan and Rodger! ...
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#40- Podcasting in Cars- The Wisdom of my Colleagues! from 2017-04-16T10:00Today's podcast is a traveling podcast! I drove with a few of my WCAA friends to the NJ WCAA Chapter's Windows To Success and while I had a captive group, I took the opportunity to ask them som... Listen
#39 Penny Bruce - The Rules Are Made to be Broken from 2017-04-09T14:26:53Penny Bruce is the creative force behind Denton Drapes, a couture soft furnishing business established in the UK making besp... Listen
#38 Kate Greunke - You Are Worthy of Success from 2017-04-02T16:04:56Kate the Socialite runs a marketing firm that helps interior designers and window covering specialists become professional and pr... Listen
#37 Kevin Kise - Don't Die With Your Song Still In Your Heart from 2017-03-26T14:27:49Kevin Kise owns a workroom and is a designer for Kise Interiors. Coming from humble beginnings in Rural Franklin County, Ohio, his pa... Listen
#36 Jen Anderson - Learn as Much as You Can About the People You Want to Serve from 2017-03-19T14:31:15Jen Anderson is the owner and designer of two businesses based outside Philadelphia, PA.. Listen
#35 Tammi LeNair - There is Always A Take Away from 2017-03-12T19:24:51Tammi LeNair of L'Intérieur LeNair has been fabricating couture window fashions for the past 26 years. Both a workr... Listen
#34 Teresa Paul - Take a Chance, Put Yourself Out There! from 2017-03-05T11:00Teresa Paul, Executive Director of WCAA, studied communications at George Mason University and began her career working in restaurant publicit... Listen
#33 Teal Major - I Need To Trust My Knowledge from 2017-02-26T11:00Teal Major is the owner of Slips, an interior sewing/design studio in Berkeley, California. After spending years as a pattern mak... Listen
#32 Rachel Barrera - Work your business to meet your priorities. from 2017-02-19T11:00Rachel Barrera has been in the custom soft furnishings industry, encompassing design fabrication and installation for more than 14 years. From 2000 to 2016 she owned Shorty’s Windo... Listen
#31 Rosemarie Garner - Working Through Imposter Syndrome from 2017-02-12T11:00Rosemarie Garner started out in the theater, getting her BFA from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. She spent 15 years after graduating working in theater and TV until she decided to put it all on h... Listen
#30 Artisan Project Weekend with Terri Booser from 2017-02-06T02:23:27I had such a great time helping out in Houston for the Artisan Project Weekend, helping to fabricate the vignettes for IWCE. I did short interviews with the following talented people; Ter... Listen
#29 Cathy Tucker - Still Sharing After All These Years from 2017-01-29T17:52:18Cathy 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 le... Listen
#28 Kelli Chitty - Finding Her Happy Place from 2017-01-22T11:00Interiors by Kelli is a full service interior design studio with a specialty in custom window treatments and soft furnishings for the h... Listen
#27 Linda Principe - You Can't Wait For The Work To Come To You from 2017-01-15T11:00Linda Principe is the owner of Linda Principe Interiors in Monroe Township, NJ. Linda provides full service residential interior design serv... Listen
#26 Colleen Mook - Find The Gift in Everything from 2017-01-09T01:23:46
#25 Deborah Cronin - Never be afraid to ask for help. from 2017-01-03T21:45:14Leatherwood Design Co is a custom window treatment fabrication studio, located in Ossining, New York, in the breathtaking ... Listen
#24 Marylan Borchardt and Jeanelle Dech - A legacy continues! from 2016-12-26T06:00For many of us, our first M'Fay Pattern was our introduction to professional drapery making. It's amazing that such an extensive collect... Listen
#23 Carlette Cormier - "You should feel your work is worthy of competition!" from 2016-12-18T11:00The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by;
#22 Caterina Meadows Instigator, Trouble Maker and Master Giggler from 2016-12-11T11:30The podcast is sponsored by;
#21 Susan Gillen - Soul Searching and Knowing yourself! from 2016-12-04T10:30This week I have the honor of interviewing Sue Gillen, owner of Window Fashion Designs & More. Sue is a dear friend of mine and is a Cer... Listen
#20 with Tracy Windley- From professor of Hematology to Elegant Window Fashions! from 2016-11-27T11:00Hearing Tracy's story was so inspiring! Most of us at least knew how to sew when we started this journey, but Tracy had to learn that before she learned how to fabricate. And she hasn't stopped... Listen
#19 Ann K. Johnson and Sometimes You Just Have to Walk Away! from 2016-11-20T11:00I had such fun talking with Ann K. Johnson of Sew Easy Windows! Ann owns a wholesale workroom in Ohio, established in 1992. She... Listen
#18 Beth Hodges and why you have to be nice! from 2016-11-13T11:00Beth Hodges, owner of Beth Hodges Soft Furnishings, has been in business for almost thirty years! Beth reminisces about starting her busi... Listen
#17 Monique Becker from 2016-11-06T11:30Monique Becker, CWTC and Allied ASID owner of Becker Home, started her journey in this business by googling, "how to earn a living sewi... Listen
Episode #16 With Elki Horn from 2016-10-30T11:00Elki Horn is a friend and mentor to many in the custom home furnishings industry! Elki is a commercial workroom owner with a wonderful sense of humor and a mission to share with everyone in the ... Listen
Podcast #15 with Sarah Devaney O'Neil from 2016-10-23T09:00While many workrooms and designers started out in our homes and because we had a skill, Sarah O'Neil started her business, Stori... Listen
Episode #14 with Margie Nance from 2016-10-16T11:00With over 20 years experience on many sides of this industry, Margie’s journey has moved her away from fabrication and towards education and instruction. Listen to Margie share her journey, perh... Listen
Episode # Lucky 13 Where do you find your creativity from 2016-10-14T08:30After spending a wonderful weekend with so many creative women, I am wondering about how we find time to be creative and where we find our creativity. I would love to hear how you find time to... Listen
12 Recorded Live At The Workroom Weekend Conference from 2016-10-10T14:23:35
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Episode #11 with Minda Fernish from 2016-10-02T17:20:29I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Minda Fernish for this week's podcast! Minda is so passionate about sharing what she does that it was a joy to be in h... Listen
Podcast #10 with Terri Booser from 2016-09-26T09:00Our guest today is Terri Boozer, owner of Studio of Drapery And Fabrication Arts, LLC and Construction Zone Coordinator and Director of The Window Fashions Artisan Project for IWCE. Find out how... Listen
Podcast Episode #9 Jeanelle Dech from 2016-09-19T09:00The always fascinating, Jeanelle Dech, President and Co-Owner of Adaptive Textiles and The Workroom Channel is my guest today an... Listen
Podcast Episode #8 Helpful Hints from 2016-09-12T21:45:54Today I have some helpful hints, suggestions and resources that have been valuable to me in my business. The books I mentioned can be found on my website Listen
Podcast Episode #7 with Julie Wood from 2016-09-05T09:30Julie Wood, the brand new President of WCAA National shares her elevator pitch, her biggest fear, and how she got started in the window treatment industry. You can see Julie's beautiful treatme... Listen
1 - Intro to the Sew Much More Podcast Episode 1 from 2016-09-01T23:04:53Thanks for downloading the Sew Much More Podcast! If you have any suggestions for people to interview or questions to ask, please email me at ceilwdi@g... Listen
Podcast #6 with Kim Chagnon from 2016-08-29T11:32:31Kim Chagnon has gone from upholstering in her living room to hosting live Facebook events while she chats with her viewers and works on furniture! Hear how Kim learned to upholster by driving 2... Listen
Podcast #5 With Sandra VanSickle from 2016-08-22T10:00Listen
Podcast Episode #3 with Michele Williams from 2016-08-08T01:39:05Today we chat with Michele Williams of Scarlet Thread Consulting. If you've ever taken a class or been in Michele's company you know her passi... Listen
Podcast Episode #2 with Susan Woodcock from 2016-08-08T01:22:41Susan Woodcock, also known as Home Dec Gal, joins us to tell us about learning about window treatments from her Mother, her passion for education and exc... Listen
Podcast Episode #2 with Susan Woodcock from 2016-08-08T01:22:41Susan Woodcock, also known as Home Dec Gal, joins us to tell us about learning about window treatments from her Mother, her passion for education and exc... Listen |
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