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408 - Remembering Beth Hodges

Sew Much More - April 14, 2024 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratings
The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by;   The Workroom Channel   Scarlet Thread Consulting   The WCAA   The Curtains and Soft Furnishings Resource Library   Merril Y Landis, LTD   Angel's Distributing, LLC   National Upholstery Association   Workroom Tech    

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407 - How Do You Overcome Procrastination?

Sew Much More - April 07, 2024 10:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 72 ratings
Amber De Lagarza's Time Blindness Podcast   Gretchen Rubin - The One Minute Rule and Will Future Gretchen Thank Me?   The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by;   The Workroom Channel   Scarlet Thread Consulting   The WCAA   The Curtains and Soft Furnishings Resource Libr...

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406 - Will Linn - My Boss Makes It Easy To Work For Her

Sew Much More - March 31, 2024 10:30 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 72 ratings
  Will Linn is the Head workroom manager at Marquis Design Group in West Palm Beach, Florida. With over 15 years experience in the world of Fashion and Interior Design, he manages the day-to-day operation of the shop, building and upholstering beds, ottomans, cornices, and walls for Marquis De...

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405 - Listener Favorite - Monica Rhodes

Sew Much More - March 24, 2024 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratings
An interview style podcast with people in the Custom Home Furnishings industry.

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404 - Opportunity Thinking Series with Renee Gurganas, WCAA Executive Director

Sew Much More - March 17, 2024 10:30 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 72 ratings
Renee Gurganus is a native of Augusta, Georgia and now lives in beautiful Wilmington, NC.  With over 20 years of leadership experience in the non-profit  and for-profit sectors, Renee brings a wealth of knowledge to the WCAA. Previously she was the Executive Director of a community organizatio...

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403 - Keaven Willa Hartt - Only Say Yes to the Type of Job You Want to Do More Of

Sew Much More - March 10, 2024 11:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratings
Keaven Willa Hartt was born in Bar Harbor, Maine, and grew up in the Northeast Kingdom, Vermont. She moved back to Maine in 2010 to attend the Maine College of Art, in Portland, where she obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Woodworking and Furniture Design, with a self-directed thesis on Sustain...

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402 - Rachel Crowe -If You Don't Have your Own Wisdom, You Borrow it From Others

Sew Much More - March 03, 2024 11:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratings
Rachel began her business in 2004 on the dining table of her mother’s living room after a fluke encounter with a family friend at the local bakery.  Who knew that croissants would be the catalyst to begin a soft furnishings business? The seed had been planted several years after visiting a stran...

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401 - Opportunity Thinking Episode with Deb Cronin - The Workroom Body

Sew Much More - February 25, 2024 11:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratings
Deborah Cronin is the owner of Leatherwood Design Co is a custom window treatment fabrication studio, located in Ossining, New York, in the breathtaking Hudson River Valley. Deb and her team work to the trade and delight in fine fabrics and workmanship. It's an understatement to say they love wh...

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400 - Listener Favorite - Jamie Terrel

Sew Much More - February 18, 2024 13:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratings
Jamie Terral is the owner of Workroom Creations by Jamie LLC.  With encouragement from Jamie's husband, Bob, and Susan Woodcock, she made her hobby and love for sewing into a soft furnishings workroom, where she uses beautiful fabrics and trims to sew amazing home decor.  Jamie is a window cover...

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399 - Listener Favorite - Sharon Coppede

Sew Much More - February 11, 2024 11:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratings
Sharon Coppede is the owner of Custom Window Treatments, Inc. In 1982, when her children were 4 and 2 yrs. old, Sharon joined a neighborhood cottage industry in Plymouth, Mass. as a seamstress for aprons, toaster covers, and tab top drapes stenciled on the lead edges.  She realized she had a g...

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398 - Listener Favorite - Cristina Alamdari

Sew Much More - February 04, 2024 11:30 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 72 ratings
Cristina Alamdari was born in Colombian and moved to the US almost 30 years ago. She lives in Phoenix AZ and she has 3 beautiful children, her husband is Iranian, and they have a unique family of combined cultures and religions.  Cristina enjoys traveling and learning. She has been working in ...

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397 - Mary Cardinale - I Know What I Need To Do and Sometimes It's Hard

Sew Much More - January 28, 2024 11:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratings
Mary is the owner of Bucks County Window Décor. She has been in business since 2007, offering custom drapery and soft treatments, fabrics, hardware, blinds, shades, and shutters to both retail clients as well as designers.  Her company is full-service and offers complete project management inclu...

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396 - Cheers to 5 Years at the Curtains & Soft Furnishings Resource Library!

Sew Much More - January 21, 2024 11:30 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 72 ratings
I am so happy to be celebrating 5 years of being the Librarian at the Curtains & Soft Furnishings Resource Library!!   I couldn't have done this without the help and guidance of Jeanelle Dech, and so many people in our industry who have contributed to the content within the Library. And I ...

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395 - Listener Favorite - Julia Hash

Sew Much More - January 14, 2024 11:30 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 72 ratings
Today's episode of the  Podcast is a re-release of my interview with Julia Hash of JSH Designs.  Julia needed to solve a problem in her workroom and realized, she probably wasn't the only one who needed this solution.  I think you will find her ruler is really amazing!   Links and Resources;...

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394 - Barb Flynn - It's Challenge After Challenge, But You Get Through It

Sew Much More - January 07, 2024 13:30 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 72 ratings
Barb Flynn started sewing as a young girl making drapery panels out of bed sheets for her and her sister's bedroom. Always having a mind on figuring life out and solving problems, Barb studied history and psychology in college and became a Paralegal after college.  She worked in the law field fo...

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393 - Listener Favorite - Jayna Manzelli

Sew Much More - December 31, 2023 11:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratings
Jayna Manzelli graduated from Brandeis University with a BA in Biology and began a career in Pharmaceutical Quality Control. Experience gained in analysis, equipment, procedures, organization, specifications, and personnel management became relevant when Jayna began her new custom workroom busin...

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392 - Julie Wood - White House Christmas Decorating

Sew Much More - December 24, 2023 11:30 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 72 ratings
Julie Wood, owner of The Leading Edge, began her career as an Art Educator. An avid interest in interior design led her to enroll in the Interior Design program at the New Hampshire Institute of Art. While at NHIA, her love of fabric and sewing translated perfectly into a career creating window ...

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391 - 2023 Year End Wrap Up with Michele Williams

Sew Much More - December 17, 2023 11:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratings
I look forward to this episode with Michele Williams!  We hope you enjoy hearing it as much as we enjoy recording it.   Scarlet Thread Consulting Metrique Solutions

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390 - Cara Rinne - I Work in the Past, But Live in the Present

Sew Much More - December 10, 2023 11:30 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 72 ratings
Cara has had a needle and thread in her hand since she was six. While raising her three children, she ran a sewing business from 2005 to 2021, where she focused on children's clothing items, bedroom soft furnishings, and accessories. Always with a taste for decorating, Cara rebranded her b...

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389 - Shari Walla - You Have to Implement What You Learn

Sew Much More - December 03, 2023 11:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratings
Shari Walla learned her love of sewing as a young child from her mother. Initially, she worked as a draftsman in the automobile industry. She started working for Accent Custom Drapery LLC  21 years ago, eventually became a partner. When her business partner, Karen Miceli, retired in 2018 she b...

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388 - Julia Fields - I Think There is a Lot of Opportunity for Pride to Happen Here.

Sew Much More - November 26, 2023 11:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratings
Julia Fields worked in the bridal industry for more than five years, making wedding dress dreams a reality. Since joining Savannah Window Fashions, she has had the opportunity to transfer her skills into all things custom for our clients homes! In her free time, she loves to write, crochet, a...

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387 - Nikki Greenwood - When You're in the Midst of the Crazy, You Can't Always Look Ahead

Sew Much More - November 19, 2023 11:30 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 72 ratings
  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 house sight unseen in August 2018. In their new neighborhood, they were fortunate to find a fabulous group of neighbors...

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386 - Cade Smith - From Employee to Owner in No Time!

Sew Much More - November 12, 2023 11:30 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 72 ratings
    Cade Smith was born at a very early age in Pensacola, Florida. Upon moving to Tennessee in 1999 at the age of 5, he began to explore many art and craft activities and finally found his way to The Appalachian Center for Art, Craft and Design at Tennessee Technological University, where he...

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385 - Julie Wood - There is Nothing You Have to Lose!

Sew Much More - November 05, 2023 10:30 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 72 ratings
Julie Wood, owner of The Leading Edge, began her career as an Art Educator. An avid interest in interior design led her to enroll in the Interior Design program at the New Hampshire Institute of Art. While at NHIA, her love of fabric and sewing translated perfectly into a career creating windo...

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385 - Lilye Lavender - I Know I Won't Let Myself Fail

Sew Much More - October 29, 2023 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratings
Lilye Lavender owns Laveña Luxe Interiors, a new workroom based in Austin, TX. Together with her fashion school peer, Joseph, they fabricate and sell drapery, shades, and other soft furnishings to the trade. With success happening early on, they have big ideas to help drive the industry forward ...

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384 - What Three Items in Your Workroom Can You Not Live Without?

Sew Much More - October 22, 2023 10:30 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 72 ratings
Links for podcast   Terko thread - https://workroommarketplace.com/collections/sewing-supplies     Jewel’s tape Home Sewing Depot - https://homesewingdepot.com/collections/sealah-tape-glue/products/3-16-jewels-tape-double-sided-adhesive   Workroom Channel Marketplace - https://...

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383 - Listener Favorite - Jeanne McDermott of Virtual Design 4 Interiors

Sew Much More - October 15, 2023 22:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratings
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 her clients. Jeanne discovered her passion for computer programs and has developed this into a service for designers and workroo...

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382 - Opportunity Thinking Series with Taylor Angel

Sew Much More - October 08, 2023 10:30 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 72 ratings
Taylor Angel is the Vice President of Angel's Distributing, LLC.  Today we are talking about customer service and some new products that Angel's has developed and the how and why behind their new products.

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381 - Kari Culberson

Sew Much More - October 01, 2023 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratings
Kari Culberson is an interior designer, textile designer & sewist specializing in contemporary block printed textiles & soft goods fabrication for the home. Kari has a Masters in Interior Design from Florida State University & has been working in the interior design industry for the past 15 year...

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381 - Kari Culberson - I Feel Comfortable and Ready for More

Sew Much More - October 01, 2023 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratings
Kari Culberson is an interior designer, textile designer & sewist specializing in contemporary block printed textiles & soft goods fabrication for the home. Kari has a Masters in Interior Design from Florida State University & has been working in the interior design industry for the past 15 year...

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