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.
Callie is the owner of Draped and Tailored, a new fabrication
studio in Little Rock, AR. Working mostly with the Trade, she
creates everything from draperies and pillows, to bedding and Roman
shades. By the age of 30, she had several upscale projects in her
portfolio, including the Arkansas Governor's Mansion and country
music star, Justin Moore.
Callie has an Interior Design degree from the University of
Central Arkansas. While earning her degree, she was required to
take a sewing class in 2008. This is where her soft-goods
fabrication journey began. Sewing draperies and pillows was a mere
“side hustle” for the first 5 years. It wasn’t until she started
working at a fabric showroom that she realized it could be an
actual business.
She is still navigating the ins and outs of running a
business and is currently in the process
of finding commercial space. In just the past year, her
work has been featured in multiple magazines and a coffee table
book, Four Seasons of Entertaining. Her favorite part
of the job is unrolling a new bolt of fabric and being inspired all
over again.
She considers herself a pretty good trivia partner and is
Harrison Ford’s #1 fan.
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.