slipcovers Trenton NJ

I am schlepping a van load up there every week, attending the WCAA groups for SE Pa and NJ...

looking to trade information related to slipcovering in an area between Valley Forge Pa. and Edison NJ.

I am up there once a week now, meet me for lunch and swap information ...who works that area, do they take furniture away, what prices, etc.

thanks in advance for your responses... slip cover lady at juno dot com

Live Textiles are Good for Your Health

I talked with Karen Dingmon of Live Textiles today on Home Fashions U Blog Talk Radio. I know I learned a lot and I hope you will too. Here is the link to the show
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Home-Fashions-U/2009/10/16/Live-Textiles--Eco-Fabric-for-OUR-Life

Enjoy

Karen Erickson www.homefashionsu.com homefashionu@gmail.com

ps... off to Kansas, Minnesota and Chicago would love to see you all.
Original Sewing and Quilt Expo

doin my happy dance !

Read the article on the link, more to come ! YAY !
click here

Listen to the Decorating Diva

Listen to the Decorating Diva

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Sharing Just Finished Slipcover Job

in progress....

click title for link. I am finally getting organized.

This is reverse order for now, while I build the series, then I will put them in order for you. For right now, use the archive at left and click each title from top to bottom for correct order.

This is not a how to it's a can you ?? series. You sure will need some one on one help. Angie does a terrific job teaching this, and it's very easy to gain confidence and speed once you practice.

This blog is a work in progress, find by clicking title. You may comment, please do, for now, and for the rough draft. When I reverse the order of entry and clarify my language I may well use your suggestions. Say it better than I do, by all means.

Healthcare for Professional Sewing Workrooms

MaryAnn and Todd Page talked with HomeFashions U on BlogTalk Radio about WAA Health Plan that is now available to members. You do want to listen to this and go onto the website to check it out. We had a little problems with phone connections, but it gets better near the end.

http://www.WorkroomHealthPlans.com or call 866-706-8020 Here is the link to the show http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Home-Fashions-U/2009/08/21/Talk-with-WAA-About-Health-Insurance-Availability

Measurement Method - Learned at the Slipcover Summit

Sherree Salmon took Angie's "Measurement class" during the Slipcover Summit and look what she did? Yeah Sherree!

Sew Creative Slipcovers sherree@sympatico.ca

Talked with Liz today Details Pattern Co

Listen to Liz as she talks about her pattern company Details Pattern Co.

I could see this on a slipcover :)
Here is the link: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Home-Fashions-U/2009/08/19/Designer-behind-Details-Pattern-Co-is-Liz-Ware

Karen Erickson www.homefashionsu.com homefashionu@...

Creating PR with new ideas, why not ?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=400068303575&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT

I imagine I will get few takers but lots of questions, and maybe referals for others.

You all can test me free. slipcoverlady@juno.com

Simple business model leads to Savannah success

Simple business model leads to Savannah success

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We Talked to the Well Dressed Window

Well Dressed Window on Blog Talk Radio

We talked with Cynthia Fields of The Well Dressed Window today on Home Fashions U Blog Talk Radio who's home based business is in Mt. Washington, Kentucky.

Cynthia recently had her workroom featured in WAA's Online June 2009 publication "Workroom Feature" and she was a scholarship awardee to the Slipcover Summit 2009 (Cynthia and Angie at the Summit) which was held in Seattle, WA.

here is the link to the show
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Home-Fashions-U/2009/08/12/Well-Dressed-Window-

Sending out samples of a poly velvet

Modelo, bought at Calico, but special ordered for the customer who found this on her own. I would have never never chosen poly velet, but it was surprisingly easy! slipcoverlady@juno.com

If you want a small swatch, email me, I will send that out to you.

Other new fun things I have played with lately...Blogger. Some things to look at when you have the time :

http://slipcovermakersblogtitles.blogspot.com/

http://easytoslipcover.blogspot.com/

WAA Talks with Home Fashions U BlogTalk Radio

Listen to Mary Ann Plumlee of WAA who is looking to form an Advisory Board if you are interested and in good standing with WAA as a member you can put your name in to be elected. In January 2010 there will be Online Conference for workrooms, if you would like to participate in this event showing others something you do.... watch for more info from WAA.

click here to listen to the show... today July 22nd.

such a silly thing! Thanks Susan T.

http://knittedchairs.wordpress.com/gallery/

gotta admire the persistance.

Join Me

Share your slipcover embellishments. What have you done new this year ?

I will be blogging my own efforts, quilting, painting, crazy seam placement, underwear done weirder than ever.

You got pictures ? Let's get them together in one place. slipcoverlady@juno.com

Anything will work here. Let's have some fun while business is slow anyway.

Slipcover Summit 2009

group on Thursday

Frank helped out while Mara was recovering

Home Decor Sewing Week

Living in the Northwest or want to plan a trip to the Northwest? It's Home Decor Sewing Week at Home Fashions U NW July 24th - 29th in Everett Washington.

click here for classes

Judit and I ...

...have been busy inventing and documenting strange cushions. Mouse over the post title, this is a link to the Cushion How To Blog which this week features a photo series instructions for the cushion pictured at left.

This pair of cushions made from scratch replaces attached backs on a rounded back sofa. Judit and I have been making photo instructional series of this and other peculiar cushions.

Invitations to Cushion How To blog available for the asking slipcoverlady@juno.com This is a continuing series, free to all who wish to visit.

I would enjoy teaching those things I have learned most recently at the Summit next year. This weeks featured cushion, the segmented and hinged cushion more reliably stands tall with the assistance of some hidden pellon bucram.

So much easier of course to cover a loose cushion than an attached back when slipcovering, but once we pulled the existing cushion out of the attached back upholstery casing it refused to stand tall and bend as required.

Look for zippers in your attached cushions, just pull the cushion out and cover it separately...that usually works without this fancy solution. This solution was about bending into the curve of the rounded back.

Using up scrap foam and playing with strange ideas for cushions which solve unusual problems, many of those are bendables. More exciting Cushion How To photos series to come !