Cedar Park business - 7 Threadz

Cedar Park business - 7 Threadz

Written by Mandy Hobby Wednesday, 07 March 2007

Studio designs with passion and flexibility

Named after its seven original investors, 7 Threadz Design Studio opened in The Railyard a little more than two years ago. Owner Jessa Carreon said she and her husband opened the store on time although two of the seven investors backed out at the last minute.

“We invested everything we had into the store, but we weren’t really scared because we had done so much research,” Carreon said. “We knew this corridor was going to explode. We prayed about it and we felt at peace with making the decision to go ahead.”

The corridor Carreon refers to is the US 183/ FM 1431 area that just welcomed a new toll road, 183A Toll, earlier this month. Carreon began researching cities like Georgetown, Cedar Park, Round Rock and the north Austin area in 2002 and decided to locate in Cedar Park because of the rate of growth and the average age of residents.

Carreon’s research was not the only tool she carried with her when planning for her own design studio. She attended two years of design school in Wisconsin, her home state, apprenticed as a seamstress in college and later interned as a designer.

“I learned a lot about what doesn’t work when I worked for other designers,” Carreon said. “I was able to figure out other people’s mistakes so I wouldn’t make them myself.”

Carreon offers home and business design services and works with architects for new home building and material coordination. She specializes in fabric, upholstery, window treatments, slip covers and pillows.

“Everything is custom made and I am flexible with clients’ budget and taste,” Carreon said.

She has always had a passion for creating and has been rearranging people’s houses since she was a little girl. Even when she worked for a cabinet company and a mortgage company before opening 7 Threadz, she could not put down her sewing needles.

“I can’t not create. I love to take resources that clients have or I have and think outside the box to make everything work,” Carreon said. “My favorite thing to do is take really simple fabrics and drape it and later take it down to make a table cloth and then when I am done with that make a small purse.”

Carreon is also working towards getting her interior designer’s license. She plans to take the designer’s test in two years after accumulating 5,000 hours of design service.

Design It Yourself Software - Minutes Matter Studio

Carreon offers clients the chance to create their own designs with a computer program that lets you design window treatments using in-store fabrics. It allows you to use the exact measurements of walls and windows for an exact rendition.

7 Threadz, 601 E. Whitestone Blvd. , Ste. 404, 260-3732