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Sew Much More

Ceil DiGuglielmo

An interview style podcast with people in the Custom Home Furnishings industry.

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371 - Lisa Moore - Meet The New Owner of Home Sewing...

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2023/07/23

Lisa Moore is a true AZ native, born and raised. She began sewing at the age of three on her mom's lap, learning tailoring from her. Lisa ran a successful alterations business from home between 1994 and 2008, and during that time, discovered the home decor arena, where she began learning about soft furnishings. In 2009, Sew Classic, a full service workroom, was established. 2021 brought the opportunity to purchase Home Sewing Depot, a professional sewing and workroom supply business that is

01:12:21

370 - Listener Favorite - Rodger Walker

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2023/07/16

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, Susan Woodcock. In 2013 they started Home Dec Gal, a workroom and educational resource. With years of experience planning events for non-profit organizations, Rodger was ready to help Susan produce the first Custom Workroom Conference in 2016. In 2017, Rodger and Susan opened Workroom Tech, a trade school for

01:22:29

369 - Karen Lander - I Love Trying New Things

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2023/07/09

With over 30 years in business, Karen and her team at Drapery Design collaborate, with several nationally recognized interior design and architectural firms to execute the designer’s vision for their clients. The focus is to create sophisticated, bespoke window coverings with customized detailing and manage the project in an organized and timely manner. Creating beautiful things from fabric has been an interest of Karen from an early age. Her work has been featured in magazines and Designer

01:18:39

368 - Kelly McGrory - The Pause is Everything

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2023/07/02

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. Kelly is the slipcover maker behind Covered & Stitched, a cottage industry workroom in Kennett Square, PA, where she has been stitching custom slipcovers since 2015. When Kelly is not making slipcovers, she is sketching, painting, hiking, running, gardening, reading, practicing yoga, meditating, or catching up with a

01:00:45

367 - Listener Favorite OT Series - Two Sisters...

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2023/06/25

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 – actually a poor green choice), but not stylish. Even the fabrics claiming to be “organic” were processed with chemicals that were harmful to people and the planet - and many of those chemicals remain in the fabric. Since Leigh couldn’t find a company that was creating entirely safe but gorgeous fabrics

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366 - Barbara Holley - I Had the Patience To Do It Right

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2023/06/18

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 ability to sew was the big thing that made her able to magically transform a room. Barbara's husband's job moved them to Texas and her neighbor across the street was opening a drapery workroom in her garage. Barbara would go over and help her for free and was more excited about the projects than the owner was!

01:15:26

365 - Margie Nance - Everything I've Learned Has...

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2023/06/11

Links and Resources; Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative by Austin Kleon Covid Notes from a Non-Covid Expert by Margie Nance Paperlike Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential by Tiago Forte The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey

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364 - Loretta McGranaghan - When It Turns Out Right,...

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2023/06/04

Loretta McGranaghan is the owner and President of Loretta’s Designs, LLC. She has been in the business for more than 30 years as a workroom, servicing retail & wholesale clients. They offer many services including soft treatments (panels, shades, cushions, cornices/valances, etc.), hard treatments (shutters, wood blinds, woven wood shades, etc.), fabrics, hardware & faux painting. Loretta's Designs also offers a full interior design service. Loretta received her Interior design degree from the Art

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363 - Opportunity Thinking Series with Taylor Angel

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2023/05/28

Links and Resources; My first interview with Taylor in Podcast Episode 259 Taylor's Podcast with Kate the Socialite Atomic Habits by James Clear

01:28:41

362 -Justin Dazey - Hire Professionals and Expect...

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2023/05/21

Justin began his journey into the world of furniture and soft goods working in and managing antique showrooms. After receiving a degree in Interior Design, he began working in a full-service Design and built-to-order luxury home furnishings showroom. He designed residential interiors, attended market as a showroom buyer, and eventually opened a satellite location as Design Director and Showroom Manager before leaving the Design profession in search of a new challenge. Now nine years into his

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361 - Frances Pusch on Retirement

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2023/05/14

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 studied tailoring and fashion design at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT). During twelve years in New York, Frances worked for two leading textile companies, had a custom tailor shop, was a pattern-maker for outerwear companies, including London Fog, and taught tailoring and pattern-making at FIT. As a

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360 - Elaine Parry - I Just Keep Going for Things

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2023/05/07

Elaine Parry is English, born in London and brought up in Bath. Elaine studied retail design in Paris and worked in haute couture boutiques and soft furnishings for over 20 years before moving to the countryside in Touraine. She has two grown-up children who have gone back to England to work and study. Elaine is surrounded by chateaux, vineyards, and forests and has two miniature donkeys, three miniature sheep, two cats, and a little cairn terrier who keep me busy when not sewing. Elaine owns Pretty

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359 - Resources Revisited

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2023/04/30

Podcast 240 - Resources for Your Business Laura Nelson's Artice in the Drapery & Design Digital Digest Sarah O'Neil's Podcast Custom Workroom Conference Jill Robson's Policies & Procedures Webinars (Available to PRO Access and PRO Plus members of the Curtains & Soft Furnishings Resource Library) Seamless Workroom A Wild Plan Donna Skufis's Calendar Blocking Laurel Studio Planner The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by; The Workroom Channel Scarlet Thread Consulting The WCAA The Curtains

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358 - Listener Favorite - Laurie Medford

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2023/04/23

What a thrill is was for me to interview Laurie Medford on today's podcast! Laurie joined the window treatment industry in 1983. Her workroom Centsible Creations specialized in window treatments, bedding, and upholstery. Laurie was an upholstery instructor at the Custom Home Furnishings Academy in Charlotte, N.C., and has written how-to articles for multiple magazines. From 2009 to 2018, Laurie worked for Rowley Company as an educator. In addition to her workroom experience, Laurie is an expert at

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357 - Listener Favorite - Jennifer Franco

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2023/04/16

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. Jennifer started her business as a single mother, needing to create more income for her family. She is focused on educating herself to increase her skills and confidence. When Jennifer attended the Custom Workroom Conference for the first time it was a life-changing event for her and her business and she had the

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356 - Opportunity Thinking Series - Meet Jessica...

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2023/04/09

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 team, making others feel valued to achieve their ambitious company goals. She is the founder of Behind the Design, a People Operations company that enthusiastically collaborates with leadership to build dream teams! From recruiting to training and process development, their intuition for creating strong

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355 - Excellence vs Perfection

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2023/04/02

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. Links and Resources; Growth Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carole Dweck

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354 - Re-release of Jean Lawes and the Jill Robson...

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2023/03/26

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 the Scholarship. Visit WCAA's Scholarship webpage to find out more. Ann K. Johnson's Swag Books Ann K. Johnson's Workroom Skills Class The Complete Book of Curtains and Drapes Lady Carolyn Wrey Bluprint is back to Craftsy - Cynthia Blescakchek's class - Getting Started with Upholstery The Workroom Channel

01:37:24

353 - Jeanne Henzel Swartz - We Strive for Excellence...

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2023/03/19

Jeanne Henzel is a creative artist with the mind of an engineer. She practices the kind of visionary magic that comes from a degree in fine art and a background in theatre design and theatrical costume crafts. Theatre requires couture-level quality with bomb-proof design — costumes that can be used over and over and modified from frog to princess and back again. It is wonderful training for a creative problem solver. Her work has appeared in the theatre, in museums, and in beautiful homes throughout

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352 - Michele Fugazy - Networking is Everything

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2023/03/12

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 fashion industry executive designing & selling accessories in NYC, making biannual trips to Europe, India, & Japan working on product development and fabrication. Her garment center experience provided the foundation for owning her own business. Michele Fugazy Designs for the Home Michele is on Instagram Links

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