I’ve had clients who've said, I want you to design window treatments, but I’m going have them made myself. And I won’t work like that, because it’s custom, and so much about window treatments looking right is how they’re sewn, the fullness, the length and width. The details.
If I can’t communicate what the specs are to my drapery workroom, I’ve lost control over the finished project and how it will look. If I sketch up a design and hand it off to the client, who will answer the questions from the workroom? How will I ensure that it gets translated correctly into a fabric treatment? If it doesn’t come out right, who owns the problem when they call me and say: “Abbey, this is not what I wanted.”
I try to avoid potential hassles whenever possible.
