So....after spending much time poking at different ideas. Throwing them out to friends for feedback. I came up with upholstery. As luck would have it, I was less than 300 miles from a top notch school. The Furniture Factory. Catawba Valley Community College.
By the time I realized I could make it happen, It was a rush to get enrolled and find housing. I actually missed the first day. With all the driving I had to do(back and forth) I was finally here and had a bed put together at 10:00 pm. on the first day. I made the second day. I knew the decision to go to school was the right one after the first couple hours. I will leave here with the skill needed to start my own business.
A few pictures of the kind of furniture we will be upholstering. The local furniture factories sponsor this. They send the frames over for us to upholster. Workers from the factories(with many years experience) teach us.
I just ordered my own machine to sew with at home. Not a requirement, but I intend to be using it to do projects of my own while I am in school. I will buy the machines I need while in school and be proficient with them by the time I am done with school. I ordered a new Consew 206. As I learn which machines I need, I will buy them and start using them. I will be in school for 18 months to learn what I need. It is quite likely I will be practicing on car seats and panels.
Something I like about this school. They will teach you everything. Emphasis on high-end furniture, because that is what the sponsors make, but we will learn all techniques. I am quite pleased to have this opportunity.
Mary Lee is going to get all new upholstery when I am done. I will be much better at doing upholstery. Of course my boat will get the best I can do!
