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.
Jana Platina
Phipps is an embellishment expert known for her refined vision
in the use of trimmings in home furnishings and fashion. She is a
designer and an agent for Classical Elements, which supplies
trimmings and drapery hardware to the home furnishings industry,
customizes private label programs for interior design distributors,
and sells to retail stores nationally. She develops
custom trimmings for NYC-based fashion companies, and also designs
bespoke home and fashion accessories herself, using trimmings and
vintage jewelry. She teaches others her technique of
Trim Alchemy, the concept of turning something ordinary into
extraordinary using trimmings, to express their personal
creativity.
Affectionately called “Trim Queen” by her clients, she started
her blog in 2013 and uses her social media channels to chronicle
how the design community uses trimmings creatively. With her
knowledge of the history of passementerie and hands-on experience
with fabrication, she lectures at The New York School of Interior
Design and Continuing Education Seminars and Webinars to the
interior design community. She is a regular contributor to WF
Vision and Designers Today Magazines, and Universal Furniture’s
Smartstuff Social Station blog. She conducts DIY workshops and
stages a Trim Alchemy Show at Country Living Fairs across the
country. Jana is planning a Trim Queen Maker Tour of Venice, Italy
for Spring 2018.
Other involvement:
High Point Market Design Bloggers Tour Spring 2017
2016 ITA Outstanding Trimmings Representative of the Year
ITA Board of Directors, Events Chair
Co-chair WithIt New York Design Tour
WithIt Future Leader Award
Former WithIt NE Regional VP
UU Congregation of the Hudson Valley Arts Committee
Jana resides in the Hudson River Valley, north of Manhattan,
with her husband, writer Lang Phipps, and two children, Wilton and
Giovanna, in an old Bavarian-style home called The Gingerbread
House that is in need of TLC and more trimmings.
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.