WCAA Charlotte Chapter: Introducing our Member of the Month...Cammie Berger

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Introducing our Member of the Month...Cammie Berger

Cammie Berger started sewing in the womb. Well-- not really, but her memory doesn't go back far enough to remember exactly when she started. One thing is for sure---her mother- an avid seamstress-- taught her from an early age. Sometimes she wasn't a very enthusiastic student, but once she moved out on her own, it became apparent that the only way she could afford some of the things she wanted was to make them herself!

Eventually, she and her (very supportive) husband Pat started a family. She subsidized her income during maternity leave from her full-time job as a Flight Attendant by sewing for an Interior Designer at her church. When 9/11 came and she found herself (literally) next in line for takeoff to New York airspace, she and her (still supportive) husband decided that it was time to make the move to full-time work on the ground. When the airline offered separation packages at her seniority, it was a seamless (no pun intended :] ) transition to open Cammie Berger Interiors and she hasn't ever looked back. "Best decision we ever made. I could stay home and be a wife and mommy, and also make a living doing what I love! God has blessed me beyond belief."

As the years went by, she has become a to-the-trade-only workroom and loves the sewing end the most. "I like consulting with the Designer on jobs, but am not gifted with the sales aspect. I am perfectly happy being the "woman behind the curtain", so to speak--that gets to make an object of beauty that thrills a client!"

Cammie's work has been featured on the cover of Drapery and Design Professional magazine, and most recently in the new Helser Brother's Artigiani hardware Catalog. She is the Social Media Coordinator for the Charlotte Chapter of the WCAA and has served two years as President of the Greater Charlotte Workroom Association. She has recently started blogging, though it sometimes has nothing to do with sewing! She resides in Fort Mill, SC with her husband Pat, and two boys, Grant, 14 and Preston, 11.