Sew Easy Windows

Est 1992

We are a custom drapery fabrication workroom with extensive experience in sewing window treatments, bedding, cushions and soft goods for your home. We also offer upholstered cornices and headboards. Sew Easy Windows is very well known for attention to detail and quality workmanship. We specialize in challenging and detailed window treatments. Our goal is to ensure that the finished work is exactly as you envisioned and that the installation is efficient and trouble-free. Location is not a problem. We will ship anywhere in the continental United States.Contact us for a bid.

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I love to travel around the country to speak to workroom/designer organizations or teach at the Custom Home Furnishings Academy in Charlotte, NC. (read the testimonials). I'd be thrilled to meet you and/or your local organization. Bookmark this Calendar of Events and become a fan of Sew Easy Windows on Facebook or link with me on Linkedin to stay apprised of upcoming speaking events and classes.

 

When you want me. I am available to teach 1.5 hour and 3 hour seminars on workroom related topics. Topics can be combined to create a full day seminar. If you are a part of a networking group or have multiple employees who wish to improve their skills, we can put together a program to suit your needs. Click here for more information on available topics and for contact information.

List of new seminar topics being developed for 2011:

• The 'Simple' Valance
• Secrets of Cording and Banding
• Working with Difficult Fabrics
• The No-Surprise Work Order
• Ripplefold

 

Make plans to join me at the IWCE Vision 12 conference in Chicago April 24-26, 2012. This international event is a must for workrooms and designers. Attend classes in design, marketing, fabrication and much more. Explore the vendor hall for hardware, fabric, trim and business and workroom tools. Network with colleagues from all over the world. Look for me in the Construction Zone in the vendor hall. Sponsored by Custom Home Furnishings Academy, the Construction Zone is a living drapery workroom. 20 minute demos are running throughout all three days of the show. Plus, the Construction Zone highlights vignettes of CHFA Alumni designs. I will be teaching two Super Session classes:

Conquering Difficult Fabrics: A wealth of tips and techniques for handling many of the difficult and unstable fabrics we encounter daily in the workroom. Velvets, crinkles, sheers and casements, linen, upholstery weight, unruly polyesters, drop match and half drop repeats and much more. Integral to the class is how to assess the fabric’s characteristics in relation to the treatment it is chosen for and approach the cutting and fabrication to achieve efficient and quality results. The goal is to work with the fabric, not fight against it. All of the techniques can be applied to jobs throughout the workroom. If you have worked with a nightmare fabric in the past, bring a piece of it to share with us.

Ripplefold: This commercial style drapery style is making a comeback in today’s world of clean, contemporary lines. The unusual hardware may seem daunting, but I will make it simple for you. This class explains the hardware, the simple concept behind fullness choices and several fabrication techniques. Whether a designer or a workroom, you will definitely want to explore the ripplefold look and add it to your product line. You will be amazed at how easy and simple the treatment is to specify, fabricate and mount. Add ripplefold to your portfolio today.

 

The Custom Home Furnishings Academy, Charlotte, N. Carolina. I will be teaching several classes at the Academy in 2012. Mark your calendar and join me there. My classes are packed with information, yet we have fun learning. Sign up soon. Class sizes are limited

• March 26-27, 2012       WT611 - Advanced Swag Engineering
• May 30 - 31:  WT601A - Advanced Workroom Skills, Part 1
• June 1 - 2:  WT601B - Advanced Workroom Skills, Part 2
• June 3:  WT641 - Ripplefold workshop
• June 4 - 5  WT621 - Old World Pattern Drafting Skills
• June 6 - 7:  WT611 - Advanced Swag Engineering
• July 31 - Aug 1 :  WT601A - Advanced Workroom Skills, Part 1
• Aug 2 - 3 :  WT601B - Advanced Workroom Skills, Part 2
• Aug 4:   WT641 - Ripplefold workshop
• Aug 5 - 6:   WT621 - Old World Pattern Drafting Skills
• Oct 1:  WT641 - Ripplefold workshop
• Oct 2 - 3:   WT621 - Old World Pattern Drafting Skills
• Oct 4 - 5:  WT601A - Advanced Workroom Skills, Part 1
• Oct 6 - 7:  WT601B - Advanced Workroom Skills, Part 2
• Oct 8 0- 9:  WT611 - Advanced Swag Engineering
  

  2-day travel school. All of my classes are available as trave classes. Contact the CHF Academy to bring me to your association for a two-day hands-on class.

 

Every single day. I am monitoring the dreamDraper xChange forum. It is a public forum, open to anyone who wishes to network with colleagues in the industry. We have two goals for this forum: to introduce you to the dreamDraper design software and to provide you the opportunity to network with others in the industry on any industry-related questions: marketing, dealing with clients, fabrication, design, suppliers, etc. Come take a look at the xChange. We also host a picturetrail site with albums that show off the features of the exquisite dreamDraper software. Learn more about this awesome design software that allows you to do the space planning, design an entire room with specific paints, wallpaper, furniture, accessories and design a window treatment directly on a picture of the client's window, fabric and all.

With all of these opportunities, I hope to get to meet you soon.

Points of Interest

Member of:

WCAA - Window Coverings Association of America

Drapery Pro

Professional Windows

Workroom Association of America

Custom Home Furnishings Academy - Instructor

Greater Cleveland Drapery Professionals