499 - Meet the Jersey Girls!
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What a fun podcast this was to record! Thanks to the Jersey Girls for taking time to chat with me! Irene Hurley Designs Instagram: @irenehurleydesigns Interior Couture for Cottage and Castle Irene Hurley Designs is a boutique design and sewing studio offering custom window coverings, interior accessories, and artisan quilts. Sue Berry - Designer and fabricator in business for 13 years Sew Stylish Designs Llc Diana Nolan Diana Nolan Custom windows LLC Instagram @dianadnolan Diana is a drapery workroom both retail and to the trade for 25 years in southern New Jersey....
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498 - Happy New Year 2026!
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Links and Resources; (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, I will make some money. I won't make a million dollars, but I might be able to get a cup of coffee, so thank you!) If the Sew Much More Podcast has played a role in your journey in any way, I hope you’ll consider participating. Here are the three questions: What changed for you after listening to, or being on, the Sew Much More Podcast? That change might have been practical—or it might...
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497 - Listener Favorite - Kelly Nanney
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If the Sew Much More Podcast has played a role in your journey in any way, I hope you’ll consider participating. Here are the three questions: What changed for you after listening to, or being on, the Sew Much More Podcast? That change might have been practical—or it might have been internal. Second: What challenge were you facing at the time, and where are you now? That challenge might still be ongoing, or it might be something you’ve moved through. And third: What one idea or moment stayed with you longer than you expected? Sometimes it’s the smallest insight or someone says...
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496 - Year End Wrap Up with Michele Williams
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495 - Please Help Me Celebrate an Important Milestone
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If the Sew Much More Podcast has played a role in your journey in any way, I hope you’ll consider participating. Here are the three questions: What changed for you after listening to, or being on, the Sew Much More Podcast? That change might have been practical—or it might have been internal. Second: What challenge were you facing at the time, and where are you now? That challenge might still be ongoing, or it might be something you’ve moved through. And third: What one idea or moment stayed with you longer than you expected? Sometimes it’s the smallest insight or someone says things a...
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494 - Mandy Szigethy - You Can Either
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Mandy Szigethy discovered upholstery while completing her Theater Technology degree at Indiana University and decided to forsake the stage in favor of the workshop. She has had the unique opportunity to work in both furniture manufacturing at Beachley Furniture and now custom upholstery as the owner of in Portland. She has received training in both modern materials and traditional methods through Upholstery Education and is now able to apply time tested techniques to all of her projects. Her love of learning lead to her to co-ownership of Upholstery Education in 2025 where...
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493 - Follow Up Podcast with Jonathan Bennett - I Do What I Do And Hope For the Best
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Jonathan Bennet, owner of Unsprung Upholstery is originally from Martinsville, VA. He caught the sewing bug from his great grandmother at a young age. He moved to Richmond, VA on a whim in August of 1989 and earned a BFA in Fashion Design from Virginia Commonwealth University. Directly after graduation, Jonathan taught in the Fashion Design department as an adjunct professor for 13 years. He started his first workroom job in 1997, learned how to make various types of window treatments, cushions, pillows, and more; since then, he has done freelance workroom client projects in...
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481 - Listener Favorite - Jonathan Bennett
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Jonathan Bennet, owner of Unsprung Upholstery is originally from Martinsville, VA. He caught the sewing bug from his great grandmother at a young age. He moved to Richmond, VA on a whim in August of 1989 and earned a BFA in Fashion Design from Virginia Commonwealth University. Directly after graduation, Jonathan taught in the Fashion Design department as an adjunct professor for 13 years. He started his first workroom job in 1997, learned how to make various types of window treatments, cushions, pillows, and more; since then, he has done freelance workroom client projects in his...
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492 - Marta Power - You Make It Work, You Just Get It Done
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Marta Powers is the owner of MartaPOW LLC, a custom workroom in Richmond, Virginia, offering upholstery and soft goods services nationally To The Trade. Her past career as a project manager for architecture and design firms has informed her business processes and broadened her network of professionals across the hospitality and interior design sectors. Marta's early training in tailoring, pattern drafting, clothing design, and fabrication skills led to her creation of a business serving designers, helping them to achieve their and their clients' vision. A...
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491 - In Memory of our Friend, Kevin Kise
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This past week, we lost our friend, Kevin Kise. I wanted to find a way to honor him and remember him, so Jonathan Bennett and I recalled our favorite memories of Kevin and I hope you will share yours on the Sew Much More Facebook page.
info_outlineWhat a fun podcast this was to record!
Thanks to the Jersey Girls for taking time to chat with me!
Irene Hurley Designs
Instagram: @irenehurleydesigns
Interior Couture for Cottage and Castle
Irene Hurley Designs is a boutique design and sewing studio offering custom window coverings, interior accessories, and artisan quilts.
Sue Berry - Designer and fabricator in business for 13 years
Sew Stylish Designs Llc
Diana Nolan
Diana Nolan Custom windows LLC
Instagram @dianadnolan
Diana is a drapery workroom both retail and to the trade for 25 years in southern New Jersey.
Suzy Daruwala
Sew Bella Home
The skilled hands at Sew Bella Home create beautiful, fine window coverings, pillows, custom bedding and accessories using couture methods while keeping your specific requests in mind. Our designs are all about you and the feeling you want your home to evoke.
Kelley Garfield, Owner
Kelley’s Custom Home Interior’s LLC
Website: http://www.kelleyscustomhomeinteriors.com
Instagram: @kelleyscustomhomeinteriors
Over 20 years in the window treatments and soft furnishings business, adding the “jewelry” as I like to call it, to your spaces one stitch at a time!
Robin Matthews
Seams Sew Right - soft furnishings workroom since 1999/2000. Mostly to the trade
Website: seamssewright.com
FB: Seams Sew Right
Insta: @seamssewright
Kate Winton
Kate Winton Designs
Designing and fabricating visual delights
kwdesigns@comcast.net
https://www.instagram.com/katewintondesigns/
Cathy Cohane
Curtain Cathy is a custom window treatment design, fabrication and installation company, in business over 25 years. We love making houses homes.
Find us @Curtain Cathy on Instagram
Rosemarie Garner, owner of R Garner Custom Designs in Northern NJ, a To The Trade custom workroom, specializing in detailed custom fabrication of Roman shades, draperies and all soft treatments.