402 - Rachel Crowe -If You Don't Have your Own Wisdom, You Borrow it From Others
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.
Rachel began
her business in 2004 on the dining table of her mother’s living
room after a fluke encounter with a family friend at the local
bakery. Who knew that croissants would be the catalyst to
begin a soft furnishings business? The seed had been planted
several years after visiting a stranger's home and noticing custom
bedding, draperies, and floor-length round tablecloths. “I remember
thinking …’hey I wonder if I could do that!’ after a sneaky
examination of the undersides and backsides of those items.”
Sewing had begun for Rachel at the age of 11 and 4-H sewing
programs, but it was not until 17 years later that the
entrepreneurial bug bit hard and spawned a new vocational life
trajectory!
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.