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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.

Enjoy perusing our extensive portfolio of work.

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Invitation from Ann Johnson to Drapery Workrooms

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.

 

sew easy windows logoWhen 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

chf logoThe 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

    • January 14-17, 2012    WT601 -Advanced Workroom Skills & Efficiency
    • March 26-27, 2012       WT611 - Advanced Swag Engineering

    Check back for 2012 class schedules as they are added. I am also developing a new two-day hands-on class for the Academy for Advanced Arched Treatment pattern drafting.

    2-day travel school. Contact the CHF Academy to bring me to your association for a two-day hands-on class.

 

creative camp 2011 logo  logo March 9-11, 2012. Susan Kostelecky is already putting together the schedule of classes for the 2012 Creative Camp to be held at Camp Allen outside of Houston Texas. This will be a three day event with some very awesome teachers. Attendance is limited to 50 and it will fill up fast !!! Students in my class will fabricate an arched, pinch pleat panel with French Blackout. Check it out soon and sign up.

 

dreamDraper logoEvery 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.

 

Workroom Solutions

Swags come in all sizes and shapes. You can draw your own swag patterns very quickly and precisely. These popular reference books by Ann K. Johnson have revolutionized the workroom industry by reducing the learning curve associated with swags and by teaching workrooms to draft simple patterns for swags of any size. They explain the engineering of the swag pattern in clear, concise terms with many illustrations and pictures.

The Professional Workroom Handbook of Swags, Volume 1

The Professional Workroom Handbook of Swags, Volume 2

Swag Worksheets

Square it Up!     The latest innovation in workroom tools. Designed to draft point-to-point swag patterns in a matter of minutes, it has many other uses in the workroom too.

swags

 

 

Are you unsure how to price for your work? Do you want to earn a fair price for your skills? Kitty Stein uses her gentle wisdom and industry knowledge to walk you through the process of assessing your financial goals and your business costs to help you develop your own price list for the custom services you provide. Using proven financial methodology and her own style of folksy writing, Kitty helps you discover your own financial worth. While written for the soft goods industry, "Price Your Work With Confidence" has been used successfully by many small businesses.

Price Your Work With Confidence - Fearless Pricing Made Easy

Price Your Work
 

There are many tools a workroom could purchase to enhance their productivity. These are some of my favorites.

        Swag Dressing Template - Developed by Beth Hodges                     
swag dressing template

Points of Interest

View some of my work.

Place an order for books and other items

Researching The Professional Workroom Handbook series is an ongoing process. If you have purchased any of these books, check here for updates and revisions.

Discussions of basic, timeless techniques to assure a quality finish and to aid in developing a truly custom look. Problem solving techniques for unusual challenges. Business articles to encourage a professional business mind-set.

Links to some of my favorite sites

I'd love to hear from you - your comments on the articles and suggestions for articles you would like to see in the future.

 

 

SewEasyWindows Logo by Tom Best, Graphics Illustrator

 

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

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