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designer guide, meet your price list
june 2008 highlight
The Stevenson Vestal Wholesale Price List 2008, will ship soon, ready for its destiny as the last section of your Designer Guide. read the full article
knoxville bound
february 2008 highlight
Stevenson Vestal will exhibit in Knoxville, TN beginning Feb. 29th at D&WC Magazine's Southern Design & Workroom Conference. preview the conference
expanding a non-repeating cornice
february 2008
How can you expand non-repeating cornice styles intended for single windows? Will the elongated proportions still look attractive? take the site photo tour
sv installations now available in north carolina
october 2007 highlight
Stevenson Vestal proudly announces installation services for North Carolina customers, avialable immediately. get all the details.
a new overlook
june 2007 highlight
The design team at Village Design of Southern Pines, NC have helped to transform the former Pine Needles golf resort into The Overlook at Pine Knoll. get a new overlook
teaming up for a tall order
april 2007 highlight
Certified drapery professional, Linda Del Giudice of Home Style Fabrications teamed up with SV for lofty results. go team
wow in west palm
march 2007 e-news highlight
Nanette Price of N Design International, LLC in High Point, NC has seen a year and a half of her design work come to fruition on a luxury residential project. wow me
attention sv customers: get published!
march 2007
Attention SV customers: we would love to publish your photos of recent projects. And don't forget to hunt up a glamour shot of yourself. You look fabulous! publish me
glorious interiors, part 2
february 2007 e-news highlight
More photographic highlights of these glorious interior spaces.
let me revel in more glory
glorious interiors, part 1
january 2007 e-news highlight
Photographic highlights of glorious interior spaces.
show me the glory
December 2006 SV e-news
Ten Ways the SV CARES Program Works So Well for You, Part 2. Someone besides CS Manager Lynn W. does an end run around our receiving procedures for our CARES program. Find out who, and learn much more in this second of a two part series.
November 2006 SV e-news
Ten Ways the SV CARES Program Works So Well for You, Part 1. How exactly does this special service work so well? How does our all-star rework team collaborate to make your problems go away? And what have we caught CS Director Lynn W. smiling about?
October 2006 SV e-news
A New Day for Relationship Building. Stevenson Vestal names Jim Butler VP of Sales and Marketing. "Jim brings his dynamic personality and twenty-one years of sales and marketing experience to SV," says Dave Stevenson.
September 2006 SV e-news
Wrap It Up. We proudly announce two improvements to our product: double wrapped headings for pleated draperies and a 2" pillowcased hem for straight valances.
August 2006 SV e-news
Your Success Hinges on it. Our hinged bay cornices will deliver the success that often proves elusive with a fixed bay product. Learn about the hinge advantage.
July 2006 SV e-news
SV CARES Program: Protecting Your Reputation. The SV CARES Program protects your reputation by delivering the exceptional service your client deserves, even (and especially) when things don't quite go as you planned.
June 2006 SV e-news
Take Me to Your Leader. Meet the Stevenson Vestal Workroom Leaders. Find out who oversees which of your custom products and enjoy some relaxing photos of an Outer Banks Beach Getaway.
May 2006 SV e-news
Tour of an Idealized World. Two Model Homes become Warm and Welcoming with SV Custom Treatments. Most of us have at least a little messiness and imperfection in our day-to-day lives. Walk through an idealized world in this SV Turnkey project.
April 2006 SV e-news
To the Potomac and Beyond. Trip to DC Inspires CS Team and Customers Alike. Lynn, Paul, Jodi, Donna and Kay come face to face with customers. Also: explore the hidden Mt. Vernon and gain the wisdom of George Washington.
March 2006 SV e-news
Lend Me a Hand, and a Needle and Thread. The SV Drapery Team and Hand-Sewing. You can walk through the SV workroom on a typical day and see hand-sewing activity everywhere. Hand-sewing trims, hems, rings and ends on draperies.
February 2006 SV e-news
Super-Charged Yarder. Get it Quick or Get it Exact. Two-page At-a-Glance format with product groupings, Sample Work Orders, Quick Yardage Chart, Range of Pattern Repeats and Exact Yardage Guide.
January 2006 SV e-news
Thanks for the Memories, 2005. Our 2005 Calendar of Thank You Notes.
December 2005 SV e-news
Adding Some Music to our Day and Quality to your Products. Recent photos and activities: CSR Team --- SV Field Trip --- I See Her Walking but She Keeps On Talking --- Students Sing Out --- SVI Installer Amir.
November 2005 SV e-news
Five Ways We Care for Our Community. The SV Gifting Committee operates and supports many charitable activities, including: Adopt-a-Classroom, Free Dental Care, Humane Society, Involving Educators and the JA Bowl-a-thon.
October 2005 SV e-news
Christine's Success Story. SV Turnkey projects have run smoothly under the steady guidance of Christine Neese. Read Christine's story and see photos of a Turnkey Luxury Residential project.
September 2005 SV e-news
"Shade Tour Concludes with Rollease Mounting", Workroom tour, part 7. A demonstration of SV techniques for mounting a Rollease clutch lift system into a Roman Shade.
August 2005 SV e-news
"From Doll's Clothes to SV Romans", Workroom tour, part 6. A demonstration of SV techniques for making a Flat Roman Shade --- Fabric Placement --- Brass rings --- Pressing the folds.
July 2005 SV e-news
"A 300% Enthusiast Makes a Shelbourne", Workroom tour, part 5. A demonstration of SV techniques for making a box-pleated Shelbourne Valance.
June 2005 SV e-news
"Gather Your Wits about Gathered Swags", Workroom tour, part 4. A demonstration of SV techniques for Forming Gathered Swags.
May 2005 SV e-news
"An Artisan's Eye Forms Each and Every Swag", Workroom tour, part 3. A demonstration of SV techniques for Forming Pleated Swags.
April 2005 SV e-news
"SV Products Get Presidential at Mt. Vernon". A site tour of window coverings created for the Reception and Meeting Rooms of the Ann Pamela Cunningham Building at George Washington's historic estate, Mount Vernon. --- Brunschwig & Fils --- MVLA.
March 2005 SV e-news
"The Two Sides of Hand-guided Quilting", Workroom tour, part 2. A demonstration of SV Hand-guided Quilting techniques, both by outline and by pattern. --- TIP: Refuse Damaged Goods.
February 2005 SV e-news
"Getting Vertical with the Vertical Table", Workroom tour, part 1. A demonstration of the SV Vertical Table, used for sizing draperies. Tabling draperies with crinoline vs. a rod pocket. --- Adopt-a-Classroom --- Quality Award to Valance 2 team.
November 2004 SV e-news
"Another Side of Stevenson Vestal". An introduction to our Gifting Committee (SVGC), and its charitable causes, such as our Fall Festival Silent Auction --- Honoring Longevity and Quality --- Tigers visit SV.
September 2004 SV e-news
"Sending Your Order to SV Successfully". Strategies for Expediting your Order and preventing errors --- TIP: Communicate a change order.
August 2004 SV e-news
"Luxury Fabrics Demystified". Identifying Luxury Fabrics: silks, silk-like and ordinary cotton blend fabrics --- The "scrunch" test --- How luxury fabric charges apply to SV products.
July 2004 SV e-news
"New Trims Format Empowers You with Clarity". Types of Trims: How we handle particular trims for particular products at SV --- Hand sew vs. machine sew --- Trims with a plain lip, decorative lip, no lip --- Bead Trim: in its own special category.
May 2004 SV e-news
"More Than a Little Help From Your Friends". A description of our Sample Order Writing Guide (see our pdf downloads list) --- Close-ups of a work order sample, showing background info, product specs, fabric names and special instructions.
April 2004 SV e-news
"The Absolutely Perfect Order Form (Almost)". An introduction to our Workroom Order Form (see our pdf downloads list) --- Order Form Key --- Effective Order Writing.
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