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Company type | Private |
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Founded | June 23, 1993 [1] |
Founder | Elissa K. Meyrich |
Defunct | December 10, 2012 [1] |
Fate | closed |
Headquarters | New York, NY |
Area served | New York City |
Products | Online Video Learning, Sewing Patterns, Sewing Machines, Sewing, Knitting, Crochet Education and Products |
Website | sewfastseweasy.com |
Sew Fast Sew Easy was a corporation based in the Garment District 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, and an author and contributing writer to sewing publications. Sew Fast Sew Easy classes were part of a resurgence in traditional home economics [2] enabled by networked technologies including Internet chat groups and digitally-adjustable patterns. [3]
In 1997, the company created NYC's first Stitch and Bitch group. [4] [5]
In 1998, the company started an Internet guestbook, the Stitch and Bitch Cafe.[ citation needed]
In 1999, knitting book author Debbie Stoller established a knitting group called "Stich ‘n Bitch" [sic] in the East Village of Manhattan. [6]
A controversy around rights to the phrase "Stitch and Bitch" then arose. In 2002, Sew Fast Sew Easy registered a service mark designation for "Stitch & Bitch Café". [7] [8]
In 2005, many sellers on Café Press who created goods using related phrases received cease and desist letters on behalf of Sew Fast Sew Easy, [9] which had filed for a "Stitch and Bitch" trademark related to sewing goods. The website freetostitchfreetobitch.com was formed shortly thereafter, urging crafters to boycott and protest Sew Fast Sew Easy. [10]
Stoller filed a petition to cancel Sew Fast Sew Easy's trademark application, arguing that the term had been in use previous to 1998. The two parties settled in 2008. [8]
In December 2012, Sew Fast Sew Easy ceased operations. [1]
Brands marketed by Sew Fast/Sew Easy included:[ citation needed]
![]() | This article or section appears to contradict itself.(March 2020) |
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Company type | Private |
---|---|
Founded | June 23, 1993 [1] |
Founder | Elissa K. Meyrich |
Defunct | December 10, 2012 [1] |
Fate | closed |
Headquarters | New York, NY |
Area served | New York City |
Products | Online Video Learning, Sewing Patterns, Sewing Machines, Sewing, Knitting, Crochet Education and Products |
Website | sewfastseweasy.com |
Sew Fast Sew Easy was a corporation based in the Garment District 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, and an author and contributing writer to sewing publications. Sew Fast Sew Easy classes were part of a resurgence in traditional home economics [2] enabled by networked technologies including Internet chat groups and digitally-adjustable patterns. [3]
In 1997, the company created NYC's first Stitch and Bitch group. [4] [5]
In 1998, the company started an Internet guestbook, the Stitch and Bitch Cafe.[ citation needed]
In 1999, knitting book author Debbie Stoller established a knitting group called "Stich ‘n Bitch" [sic] in the East Village of Manhattan. [6]
A controversy around rights to the phrase "Stitch and Bitch" then arose. In 2002, Sew Fast Sew Easy registered a service mark designation for "Stitch & Bitch Café". [7] [8]
In 2005, many sellers on Café Press who created goods using related phrases received cease and desist letters on behalf of Sew Fast Sew Easy, [9] which had filed for a "Stitch and Bitch" trademark related to sewing goods. The website freetostitchfreetobitch.com was formed shortly thereafter, urging crafters to boycott and protest Sew Fast Sew Easy. [10]
Stoller filed a petition to cancel Sew Fast Sew Easy's trademark application, arguing that the term had been in use previous to 1998. The two parties settled in 2008. [8]
In December 2012, Sew Fast Sew Easy ceased operations. [1]
Brands marketed by Sew Fast/Sew Easy included:[ citation needed]