Sep 18, 2022
Cathy Cuddington is the owner of Dogwood Designs, a wholesale workroom located in
Apex,
North Carolina, a suburb of Raleigh. Her earliest sewing memory is
making clothes for her Barbie dolls. She moved on to sewing her
clothes through high school, even learning some tailoring
techniques.
Cathy spent her first career in the IT industry, during its infancy
(i.e. card punch machines).
During those 26 years, she would occasionally help out her friends
with various window treatment requests, usually following a pattern
in the pattern books. One personal project (a slipcover) took her
onto the internet to find a how-to video. That one event opened her
eyes to
the possibilities of owning her own business in the custom soft
furnishings marketplace.
Dogwood Designs was born as a 50th birthday gift to herself. She
has attended available trade schools and conferences, eventually
gaining enough experience and confidence to offer her services
exclusively to interior designers. She’s an active member of the
Triangle chapter of the
WCAA.
Cathy lives with her husband of nearly 40 years. She has two grown
sons, and one grandson.
She and Terry enjoy traveling (when they can) and taking rides in
their little convertible when the weather is nice.
Links and Resources;
Michele Williams - Profit First and Pricing without Emotion
The Workroom Endgame by Jeanelle Dech
Pricing Your Work With Confidence by Kitty Stein
Chickadee rotary cutter