Windows Palooza 2011 is a spectacular Vendor and Seminar Event which is sponsored by WCAA Chicagoland! Join us October 18, 2011 at Stonegate Convention Center, Hoffman Estates, IL for a full day event. Registration fee includes: 

4 hours of SEMINARS, Networking, Vendor Show, Door Prizes, Lunch AND Dinner!

•          Shop the Vendor Floor

•          Network  

•          Get a professional head shot

•          Get your scissors sharpened

•          Find out about social networking

•          See Furniture suppliers, hardware, software, workrooms, fabric and fabrication supply sources for Designer and Workrooms and MUCH, MUCH, MORE.  Stay to the end for the WONDERFUL DOOR PRIZE RAFFLE SPONSORED BY THE VENDORS! 

I’ll be teaching:

Textile Crash Course for Design Professionals

The focus will be:  

Learn about today’s fabrics; weaves, printing processes, dyes and finishes. 

Gain an understanding of today’s fabrics and their various properties AND characteristics.

What fabrics are for use in interior environments?

Learn about challenges designers and workrooms face, with today’s numerous and complex fabrics .

What Makes This Window Treatment Work?    

The focus will be:

Functional design, selling your ideas, measuring and writing specifications details for you, your workroom and installer.

See, touch and explore classic time-less designs.

Discuss solution driven window treatments.

Get tips and secrets that the pros use.

Learn how to transform the look, size or shape of a window.

Take home ideas to enrich your portfolio with innovated solutions and details that spice up your treatments and enhance your Professional image.

 When Inspiration and Technique Meet: Window Fashions       

Bring your Camera to photograph new designs.

Discuss how to create one-of-a kind designs

See unique and inspired ideas brought to you LIVE.

See actual samplings of couture window fashions, dozens of NEW designs and innovative details that will rev up your creative juices.

A brief discussion on treatment details and plenty of time to examine each work of art.

When you leave you will know how to build a portfolio of window treatment design ideas, specify design details to the workroom, better understand construction techniques and you will be creatively inspired!