475 - Skye Livingston
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Skye Livingston fell in love with fabrics and sewing at a young age and earned her BFA in Fiber Arts from the Kansas City Art Institute. Her journey to the soft furnishings world came by happenstance after a decade of navigating through fine arts, non-profit administration, education, and production dyeing and sewing. While her first business () has been relegated to the back burner as she builds up her custom soft furnishings business, , she still finds time to occasionally indulge in natural dyeing and teaching those skills to others. Links and Resources; ...
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474 - Opportunity Thinking Series - Beth Allen - Teaching Women to Screw. and Hammer too!
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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!) Beth is offering a $10 discount to any listeners who order an apron. Go to - and use the code SEWMUCHMORE10OFF
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473 - Listener Favorite - Donna Redmond
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Donna Redmond is the owner of . She has been a member of WCAA since 2016 and participates in ongoing professional education. Donna loves to work with both to the trade interior designers and local homeowners. Donna is always striving to provide high-quality window treatments, cushions, and/or pillows that transform a house into a special place for special people. You are special! Links and Resources; The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by;
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472 - Jan Larson - Balancing Chaos
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Jan Marie Larson is a silversmith. She makes sterling silver thimbles and sewing tools one-at-a-time by hand. Her journey from Iowa farmer’s daughter to Fashion Designer/custom tailor to missionary in Africa to Organic Crop Inspector (while being a mother of 4) all culminated with an older neighbor calling up and saying: “I need help, you can learn this”. Jan Agreed. She learned silversmithing. Jan's work can be found on the following Social Media sites; TikTok: @thimbles.for.you Instagram: Facebook: YouTube: Pinterest: Threads: ...
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471 - Sammi Day - I Love the Numbers
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Links and Resources; IWCE Noteability One Drive (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!) The Sew Much More Podcast is sponsored by;
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470 - When in Doubt, Go to the Library
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Running a custom workroom means wearing all the hats—fabricator, business owner, problem-solver, and sometimes… Google detective. But what if you didn’t have to figure it all out on your own? In this episode, Ceil DiGuglielmo (your friendly industry Librarian) shares the real value of having a trusted place to turn for answers. You’ll hear stories from Library members, learn what kind of support actually moves the needle in your business, and discover why community and curated resources make all the difference. Whether you’re a long-time member of the Curtains & Soft Furnishings...
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469 - Listener Favorite - Annette Faber
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Annette Faber is the owner of which provides custom window treatments, bedding, and other soft furnishings to interior designers. Kaylee’s Creations exists to support interior designers by providing exceptionally crafted soft furnishings. They strive to be part of the design team and to make their part of the process both enjoyable and stress-free for their client. They will go above and beyond to make sure that their client knows that they care about their business and how they are a reflection of them. Annette is a resident of Greenville, SC and is a wife, mother to 4 children...
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468 - Selina Scott - Community Over Competition
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Selina Scott is the owner of , a custom workroom and upholstery studio in Beaverton, Oregon. While her business is only three years old, she has 19 years of custom fabrication experience from her employment at a workroom in Portland and then working on the side while being a stay-at-home parent. She enjoys sewing all kinds of things for herself and family, gardening, knitting, and camping road trips. and 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...
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467 - Bree Bacon - Your Elite Energy
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Bree Bacon is a dynamic business leader, speaker, and author with over two decades of experience at leading organizations. She holds an MBA from Duke University and a BA in Business/Economics and Music from Wheaton College. A survivor of stage three, triple-negative breast cancer, Bree brings grit, grace, and deep gratitude to her mission: helping people rise above burnout and tap into their personal best capacity. Her debut book, Your Elite Energy, launches June 2025. In physics, energy is the capacity to do work; elite means the best or most effective....
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466 - Madison Stauffer - I Feel Like Architecture and Upholstery go Hand in Hand
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When Madison Stauffer graduated from Kent State in 2021 with an architecture degree, she decided to combine her sense of design and love of vintage furniture with her fledgling upholstering skills. Enter in Canton, Ohio, where she’s worked for three years. Among her other duties, she helps customers find the perfect fabric for their specific pieces, with considerations given for durability, the furniture’s original character, how it will be used, and how a fabric will lay across it. She also creates vision boards to help customers visualize fabric combinations and help them make...
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