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= Sewing: 30 Million Women Can't Be Wrong | work = New York Times|date=1997-3-02 | url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9901E0D61331F931A35750C0A961958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=3 | accessdate = 2007-10-15}}</ref> ''Burda Mode'' magazine labels Elissa Meyrich a “PowerFrau” (powerhouse).{{Fact|date=December 2007}} ''The New York Times'' features the company in an article.<ref>Christine Muhlke. "Sewing Circles." ''The New York Times.'' 21 June 1998.</ref>Sew Fast Sew Easy creates its first Stitch and Bitch Nights in New York City. |
= Sewing: 30 Million Women Can't Be Wrong | work = New York Times|date=1997-3-02 | url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9901E0D61331F931A35750C0A961958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=3 | accessdate = 2007-10-15}}</ref> ''Burda Mode'' magazine labels Elissa Meyrich a “PowerFrau” (powerhouse).{{Fact|date=December 2007}} ''The New York Times'' features the company in an article.<ref>Christine Muhlke. "Sewing Circles." ''The New York Times.'' 21 June 1998.</ref>Sew Fast Sew Easy creates its first Stitch and Bitch Nights in New York City. |
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*1998 – The online forum, Stitch & Bitch Café, along with the Sew Fast Sew Easy website are started. Magnetic seam guides are made to support the Stitch & Bitch Café brand and incorporated into manuals and instructions.{{Fact|date=December 2007}} ''“How to be your own Designer'' first airs on Manhattan Cable Access.{{Fact|date=December 2007}} |
*1998 – The online forum, Stitch & Bitch Café, along with the Sew Fast Sew Easy website are started. Magnetic seam guides are made to support the Stitch & Bitch Café brand and incorporated into manuals and instructions.{{Fact|date=December 2007}} ''“How to be your own Designer'' first airs on Manhattan Cable Access.{{Fact|date=December 2007}} |
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*1999 – Sewing trade magazine, ''Round Bobbin'', titles Sew Fast Sew Easy as the pioneer of hip sewing as “Lone Cowgirl on the Open Prairie” while MSN Sidewalk lists its classes in a City Survival Guide.{{Fact|date=December 2007}} [[CNN]] and ''The New York Times'' feature Sew Fast Sew Easy's voodoo doll making classes.{{Fact|date=November 2007}} <ref name="Sew Fast Sew Easy featured on [[CNN]] and [[NY Times]] for Voodoo Doll Making Classes">{{cite news | last = St. John Kelly | first = Erin | title = NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: MIDTOWN -- BUZZ; As Cupid Sheathes Arrows, Voodoo Dolls Come Out | work = New York Times|date=1999-2-28 | url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE5DC143CF93BA15751C0A96F958260 | accessdate = 2007-10-15}}</ref> |
*1999 – Sewing trade magazine, ''Round Bobbin'', titles Sew Fast Sew Easy as the pioneer of hip sewing as “Lone Cowgirl on the Open Prairie” while MSN Sidewalk lists its classes in a City Survival Guide.{{Fact|date=December 2007}} [[CNN]] and ''The New York Times'' feature Sew Fast Sew Easy's voodoo doll making classes.{{Fact|date=November 2007}} <ref name="Sew Fast Sew Easy featured on [[CNN]] and [[NY Times]] for Voodoo Doll Making Classes"> {{cite news | last = St. John Kelly | first = Erin | title = NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: MIDTOWN -- BUZZ; As Cupid Sheathes Arrows, Voodoo Dolls Come Out | work = New York Times|date=1999-2-28 | url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE5DC143CF93BA15751C0A96F958260 | accessdate = 2007-10-15}}</ref> |
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*2001 – First release of its online video learning series. |
*2001 – First release of its online video learning series. |
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*2002 - Best of New York lists company as “Tailor Made”.{{Fact|date=December 2007}} ''Sew Fast Sew Easy: All You Need to Know When You Start to Sew'' by Elissa K. Meyrich is published by St. Martin's Press. |
*2002 - Best of New York lists company as “Tailor Made”.{{Fact|date=December 2007}} ''Sew Fast Sew Easy: All You Need to Know When You Start to Sew'' by Elissa K. Meyrich is published by St. Martin's Press.[[Image:Home sewn exb. and others 008.jpg| thumb|200px|right|Sew Fast Sew Easy featured in April 2004 at New York's Historical Society in an exhibit entitled "Home Sewn: Three Centuries of Stitching History"]] |
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*2003 – Sew Fast Sew Easy sewing patterns and online classes featured in [[NY Historical Society]]. |
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*2003 – The [[New York Historical Society]] features Sew Fast Sew Easy patterns in exhibit. {{Fact|date=December 2007}} |
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{{cite site | title = Home Sewn: Three Centuries of Stitching | date=2003-11-18 | url = https://www.nyhistory.org/web/default.php?section=exhibits_collections&page=exhibit_detail&id=9659982 | accessdate = 2008-2-14}}</ref> {{cite site | title = EXHIBIT HANDOUT - Home Sewn: Three Centuries of Stitching | date=2003-11-18 | url = http://www.sewfastseweasy.com/press/PDF/33.pdf | accessdate = 2008-2-14}}</ref> {{cite site | title = EXHIBIT HANDOUT COVER - Home Sewn: Three Centuries of Stitching | date=2003-11-18 | url = http://www.sewfastseweasy.com/press/PDF/32.pdf | accessdate = 2008-2-14}}</ref> |
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*2004 – Stitch & Bitch product line expanded to include knitting. |
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*2005 – ''Sew Fast Sew Easy'' featured in ''[[Teen Vogue]]''. |
*2004 – Stitch & Bitch product line expanded to include knitting. *2005 – ''Sew Fast Sew Easy'' featured in ''[[Teen Vogue]]''. |
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*2006 – ''RIP IT!: How to Deconstruct and Reconstruct the Clothes of Your Dreams'' by Elissa K. Meyrich is published by [[Simon & Schuster]] and featured in ''[[Elle Girl]]'' and ''[[Readymade]]'' magazines and on Venuszine.com.{{Fact|date=December 2007}} |
*2006 – ''RIP IT!: How to Deconstruct and Reconstruct the Clothes of Your Dreams'' by Elissa K. Meyrich is published by [[Simon & Schuster]] and featured in ''[[Elle Girl]]'' and ''[[Readymade]]'' magazines and on Venuszine.com.{{Fact|date=December 2007}} |
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*2007 – Company expands and moves to its current location.In June 2007, Stitch & Bitch Café digital learning center, has a grand opening. [[CNBC]] World News features the company in its showcase of the modern face of sewing and technology.<ref name="Arts & Crafts are Big Business">{{cite news| last = Isdal | first = Karin | title = Arts & Crafts are Big Business | work = CNBC World News |date=2007-7-27 | url = http://youtube.com/watch?v=xvsbpj0m8-Y}}</ref> Stitch & Bitch magnetic seam guide featured in ''Craft Magazine''. {{Fact|date=November 2007}} Series of t-shirts offered under the Stitch & Bitch Café brand. |
*2007 – Company expands and moves to its current location.In June 2007, Stitch & Bitch Café digital learning center, has a grand opening. [[CNBC]] World News features the company in its showcase of the modern face of sewing and technology.<ref name="Arts & Crafts are Big Business">{{cite news| last = Isdal | first = Karin | title = Arts & Crafts are Big Business | work = CNBC World News |date=2007-7-27 | url = http://youtube.com/watch?v=xvsbpj0m8-Y}}</ref> Stitch & Bitch magnetic seam guide featured in ''Craft Magazine''. {{Fact|date=November 2007}} Series of t-shirts offered under the Stitch & Bitch Café brand. |
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| Company type | Private |
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| Founded | 1991 |
| Headquarters | |
Key people | Elissa Meyrich, Creative Director & Gregory Garvin, Vice President |
| Products | Online Video Learning, Sewing Patterns, Sewing Machines, Sewing, Knitting, Crochet Education and Products |
| Website | Sew Fast Sew Easy |
Sew Fast Sew Easy is a corporation based in New York City, that is best known for sewing classes, sewing patterns and sewing books. It was founded in 1991 by Elissa K. Meyrich, a designer in New York City’s garment district for over 26 years, an instructor at Parsons School of Design, author and contributing writer to sewing publications. The company claims to have created NYC's first Stitch and Bitch group[1] in 1997.[2] The company started an internet guestbook, the Stitch and Bitch Cafe, in 1998.[3]
Brands marketed by Sew Fast/Sew Easy include:
- Sew Fast Sew Easy sewing classes, books, and patterns.
- Stitch & Bitch and Stitch & Bitch Cafe sewing and knitting products.
Company timeline
- 1991 - Opened the first Sew Fast Sew Easy classes held in a small studio in New York City.
- 1992 – Sew Fast Sew Easy opens a full service sewing center with knitting and crochet classes, sewing notions, patterns and machines.
- 1994 - New York Newsday features an article on Sew Fast Sew Easy entitled “It's SEW Soothing”.[4]
- 1995 – Sew Fast Sew Easy creates its first computer fit made-to-measure sewing patterns.
- 1996 – The New York Post features an article in which Sew Fast Sew Easy in which its classes are described as being "on the cutting edge". [5]
- 1997 – The New York Times publishes an article discussing Sew Fast Sew Easy’s computer fit made-to-measure patterns. [6] Burda Mode magazine labels Elissa Meyrich a “PowerFrau” (powerhouse).[citation needed] The New York Times features the company in an article.[7]Sew Fast Sew Easy creates its first Stitch and Bitch Nights in New York City.
- 1998 – The online forum, Stitch & Bitch Café, along with the Sew Fast Sew Easy website are started. Magnetic seam guides are made to support the Stitch & Bitch Café brand and incorporated into manuals and instructions.[citation needed] “How to be your own Designer first airs on Manhattan Cable Access.[citation needed]
- 1999 – Sewing trade magazine, Round Bobbin, titles Sew Fast Sew Easy as the pioneer of hip sewing as “Lone Cowgirl on the Open Prairie” while MSN Sidewalk lists its classes in a City Survival Guide.[citation needed] CNN and The New York Times feature Sew Fast Sew Easy's voodoo doll making classes.[citation needed] [8]
- 2001 – First release of its online video learning series.
- 2002 - Best of New York lists company as “Tailor Made”.[citation needed] Sew Fast Sew Easy: All You Need to Know When You Start to Sew by Elissa K. Meyrich is published by St. Martin's Press.
Sew Fast Sew Easy featured in April 2004 at New York's Historical Society in an exhibit entitled "Home Sewn: Three Centuries of Stitching History" - 2003 – Sew Fast Sew Easy sewing patterns and online classes featured in NY Historical Society.
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- 2004 – Stitch & Bitch product line expanded to include knitting. *2005 – Sew Fast Sew Easy featured in Teen Vogue.
- 2006 – RIP IT!: How to Deconstruct and Reconstruct the Clothes of Your Dreams by Elissa K. Meyrich is published by Simon & Schuster and featured in Elle Girl and Readymade magazines and on Venuszine.com.[citation needed]
- 2007 – Company expands and moves to its current location.In June 2007, Stitch & Bitch Café digital learning center, has a grand opening. CNBC World News features the company in its showcase of the modern face of sewing and technology.[9] Stitch & Bitch magnetic seam guide featured in Craft Magazine. [citation needed] Series of t-shirts offered under the Stitch & Bitch Café brand.
References
- ^ Yun, Helen (2007-12-13). "NYC's Best: Craft Stores". timeout.com/newyork. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
- ^ Elsworth, Catherine (2006-11-02). "It's getting bitchy in knitting circles". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2007-05-25.
- ^ United States Patent and Trademark Office (November 28 2007). "Serial Number: 76026522". Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System. Retrieved 2007-11-28.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Diana Morrill. "It's Sew Soothing." New York Newsday. 2 March 1994. S1, S4.
- ^ Patricia Jacobs. "A Sewing Class that's on the Cutting Edge." The New York Post. 26 February 1996. 27.
- ^ Owens, Mitchell (1997-3-02). "Sewing: 30 Million Women Can't Be Wrong". New York Times. Retrieved 2007-10-15.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Christine Muhlke. "Sewing Circles." The New York Times. 21 June 1998.
- ^ St. John Kelly, Erin (1999-2-28). "NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: MIDTOWN -- BUZZ; As Cupid Sheathes Arrows, Voodoo Dolls Come Out". New York Times. Retrieved 2007-10-15.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Isdal, Karin (2007-7-27). "Arts & Crafts are Big Business". CNBC World News.
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