247 - Laurie Medford - I've Been Itching To Get Back To This!
Welcome to the Sew Much More Podcast! The interviews here are with creative business owners, mostly in the Custom Window Treatment, Soft Home Furnishings, and Upholstery industry, but also with others that are sewing related or business related.
What a thrill is was for me to
interview Laurie Medford on today's podcast!
Laurie joined the window treatment
industry in 1983. Her workroom Centsible Creations specialized in
window treatments, bedding, and upholstery. Laurie was an
upholstery instructor at the Custom Home Furnishings Academy in
Charlotte, N.C., and has written how-to articles for multiple
magazines. From 2009 to 2018, Laurie worked for Rowley Company as
an educator. In addition to her workroom experience, Laurie is an
expert at crochet and shares her ideas and talents by teaching
beginning through advanced classes both in the U.S. and
internationally at conferences and seminars. In her spare time,
Laurie enjoys testing patterns for international designers of yarn
art. In 2021 Laurie joined Workroom Tech in Tryon, N.C. as
an instructor for professional workroom courses.
An interview-style podcast with people in the Custom Window Treatment and Soft Home Furnishings industry. Ceil interviews business owners to find out their strengths, their challenges and advice they have for other business owners.