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
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
- 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.
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.
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.