Winner slipcover - during "project hallway" 2011 Slipcover Summit

Meet Kim Newell of Kim’s Uphostery Shop , Judith Ellis of JCE Sews 4U and Terese Bennett of  Cozy Cottage Slipcovers.com,  whom all own their own sewing businesses. click here to listen in on the interview.

Let’s find out how they started their businesses, and why they started making slipcovers for furniture. Each will be teaching at the Slipcover Summit in Hickory, NC June 26 -29, 2012.

Jeanne Liberkowski

Another Home Fashions U Blog Talk Radio Interview! Listen to the Slipcover Design Contest Winner of 2011. Join Jeanne and others in submitting your Slipcovers for the Contest. Deadline is June 1!

Sign up for classes NOW as spaces are limited! www.slipcoversummit.com

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/home-fashions-u/2012/04/30/slipcovers-and-home-fashions-by-jeanne-llc

Therese Davis

Fabrications Studio home based business focuses on custom slipcovers for clients in the Northwest Chicago Suburbs. Therese is a 2008 Slipcover Design 1st Place Winner, has attended the Slipcover Summit in 2009 and will be teaching at the Slipcover Summit in Hickory, NC June 27 – 29, in 2012.

Listen to the Interview on Home Fashions U Blog Talk Radio

We talked with Therese during the Original Sewing and Quilt Expo in Chicago. http://stitch-n-twitch.blogspot.com

Home Fashions U will be in Lakeland Florida, at the Original Sewing and Quilt Expo,  teaching classes about Slipcovering furniture and ways to update your home.

All sorts of quick tips, to make it easy.  Karen and Angie have years of experience in the Home Decor Industry sewing for their own customers.

Looking forward in seeing you there!

Showcase your creative hidden talents in the Slipcover Design Contest 2012.

Votes will be cast during Slipcover Summit 2012 both at the Summit in Hickory, North Carolina and via the Slipcover Network blog.

Contestants may submit up to 3 completed slipcovers for the contest.
Read more http://slipcoversummit.com/Slipcover_Design_Contest.html

Entries was must be postmarked no later than June 1, 2012 to be eligible for the contest.

Print brochure
http://slipcoversummit.com/uploads/contest_booklet.pdf

Print your application which must accompany each entry.
http://slipcoversummit.com/uploads/contest_entry_form.pdf

http://slipcovernetwork.org/2012/02/16/slipcover-design-contest-begins-february-20-2012/

Linda Meeks of www.Pencil-Me-In.com has completed the Level 2 – Intermediate – to move onto the Master Level of the Slipcover Professional Certification offered through www.slipcovernetwork.org.

This 3 Level “proficiency program” will help to make certain, a professional is running their business in a timely fashion, from basic office management, advertising, marketing to actually cutting and sewing the slipcover in an organized manner.

“Knowledge is no good kept to oneself”, a true professional will be encouraged to participate in Instructor Training, write articles, participate and teach at Slipcover Events, plus peer mentor others in training to become a Master Slipcover Professional. click here to find out more about the Slipcover Professional Certification Program.

Vision-impaired with glaucoma all her life, Rose became blind as a result of an accident in 1984, a mere four days before she was to undergo a cornea transplant.

click here to watch the YOUTUBE

But not only has that condition not slowed her down, Rose has used it to serve as a means to motivate others to achieve their true potential.

And it’s not as if she has been dabbling at quilting, either. “I have been doing it since 1998,” she said, “and I have made more than 475 of them.” She also had a goal to make 500 quilts by Aug 14th 2008, which was her 10th anniversary of making quilts. She achieved her anniversary goal, worked her way to 700 quilts, and she is now hoping to make 1,000 quilts by her 15th anniversary.

click here to visit her website.

This year’s event is in Hickory, North Carolina being held at the Hickory Furniture Mart.

“Thank You” to our local hosts for 2012 Linda Meeks of Pencil Me In and Lisa Devita of Devita Fabric Arts who have been making all arrangements, so we can join together to learn all about the art of fabricating slipcovers for furniture.

Our instructors are working professionals who have volunteered to teach what they have learned over the years. They have worked hard to put together packets of information and samples for a memorable learning experience. They are giving of their time and experience in the field they know best. Sharing knowledge they most likely have acquired the hard way, through actual experience.

click the link to find out more www.slipcoversummit.com

REGISTER TO ATTEND SLIPCOVER SUMMIT 2012 CLICK HERE