Podcasts, Articles & Classes

 
 

Article

“The French Blackout Header Method”

In fall of 2023, my new technique for preventing blackout lining “bleed” on light-colored drapery fabrics was published in the July/August 2023 issue of the Drapery & Design Digital Digest.

Podcast

On this episode of the Sew Much More Podcast: 30 Minutes with Workroom Tech, Ceil DiGuglielmo and Susan Woodcock welcome special guest Jessie Lee Miller, owner of Winston's Workroom in Winston Salem, NC. Listen to learn how Jessie Lee created a new method for fabricating blackout drapery with white or light-colored face fabrics.

Podcast

In 2019, I was featured as a guest on the Sew Much More podcast with Ceil DiGuglielmo. The Sew Much More podcast interviews owners in the soft home furnishings and custom window treatment business.

 

Article

“An Alternative Method for Inverted Pleat Drapery Headers”

In fall of 2021, my technique for inverted pleat drapery headers was published in the July/August 2021 issue of the Drapery & Design Digital Digest.

Class

"Drapery Design and Workroom Methods" will take place Friday, March 22, 2024 at the Manufacturing Solutions Center in Conover, NC (near Hickory).

This Workroom Tech regional program is presented by Jessie Lee Miller of Winston’s Workroom, Jennifer White of Workroom Supply, LLC, and Susan Woodcock of Home Dec Gal. If you design, sell or fabricate draperies... this class is for you!

Plan to arrive on Thursday to tour Manufacturing Solutions Center in the afternoon. Register today to be part of this special experience of learning and sharing with other business owners.

Upcoming Class

Join me in Rhode Island at the 2024 Custom Workroom Conference! Several hundred workrooms will gather together to take classes on the latest techniques in the soft furnishing industry, network and partner with vendors.

The class topic will be announced soon- so check back in the Spring of 2024.