Home Fashions U Fall Retreat

[Claudia Buchanan]

Mary Ellen Simmons, Kelly Hendrickson of Mesa with Slipcover Instructor Karen Erickson, Seattle WA

Home Fashions U 2009 Fall Retreat
September 16-20, 2009
7755 W Ludlow Drive, Peoria, AZ

Get your creative energy off to a fast start!
• Decorating Tips
• Hands-on Sewing Classes
• Starting a New Business
• 3 Day Sewing Instructors Course
• Don't miss out on Arizona's finest Home Decor Retreat

Enjoy Arizona at its best! Hotel and retreat location is 18 minutes from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport.

• Hotel is located 1.5 miles from classroom. Workshops are being held in a professional workroom.
• Free Shuttle to and from hotel for classes.
• Friday Night! Everyone invited for Happy Hour &Dinner by the pool, no charge.
• We recommend that you try to bring your sewing machine, but we will have machines to use for class

For information go to www.HomeFashionsU.com

The idea around Home Fashions U is simple, teach and assist those who want quality "home decor" to have professional looking results.

Claudia and Karen had recognized over the years that those who sew "home decor" for their homes or as a business would like to attend specific workshops. Many cannot spend long periods of time away from home or work to further their sewing education thus, the idea of the home decor workshops and online classes came to be!

Karen Erickson has been in the Home Decor business for 22 years. In 1986 she started Fine Finishing by Karen as a part-time home based business, fabricating draperies, slipcovers and other accessories. Long time member of Drapery Pro, supporter of WCAA and avid educator in Sustainable Living (green interiors)

In 1998, her company became a corporation with a name change to Slipcover America, Inc. In 1999 she launched the Slipcover Network that supports all aspects of Slipcovers for furniture.

Claudia Buchanan is backed with 10 years of industry experience and 40 years of sewing experience.
Claudia is the owner of Sew What! Custom Home Decor & Slipcovers and HomeFashionsU.com in Peoria,AZ. Sew What is a retail-wholesale professional workroom that provides custom sewn decor to designers, decorators, and retail clients.
She is an experienced seamstress with attendance at workshops including but not limited to the Home Furnishings Industry Educational Conference in Greenville, SC, and the Slipcover Summit in St. Louis, MO. Taught at the 2004 Slipcover Summit in FT Collins, CO. and 2005 Slipcover Summit in Tampa, FL.. Sew What! Was the host of 2006 Slipcover Summit in Peoria, AZ. Buchanan also taught at the 2007 Summit in Boston, MA and 2009 in Seattle, WA.