* Sew Fast Sew Easy
Posted on August 15th, 2004 by maitreya. Filed under Crafty Links.
Sew Fast Sew Easy, i.e. the store that generated the book, has a neat web page. They have a lot of nice patterns for things I might actually make. The book’s been getting rave reviews from all the sewing bloggers. I paged through it at the bookstore the other day, and it did seem really useful. I think I’ll get it if I ever start sewing clothes. It has a whole section on how to fit a skirt, for instance.
6 Responses to “Sew Fast Sew Easy”
Leave a Reply
other sites
books I'm in
like lately
Categories
- Art
- Blythe
- Craft Room
- Crafty Links
- Crafty Review
- Crochet
- Cross Stitch/Embroidery
- Experiments
- Felting
- Fun with Lab Supplies
- Gocco/L Letterpress
- Holiday
- Home and Garden
- Inspiration
- Jewelry
- Knitting
- Martha
- Paper Crafts
- Projects with Instructions
- Random
- Resin
- Sewing/Fabric Crafts
- Toys (cat and kid)
- Uncategorized
- Wants
Blog Friends
Archives
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
- December 2006
- November 2006
- October 2006
- September 2006
- August 2006
- July 2006
- June 2006
- May 2006
- April 2006
- March 2006
- February 2006
- January 2006
- December 2005
- November 2005
- October 2005
- September 2005
- August 2005
- July 2005
- June 2005
- May 2005
- April 2005
- March 2005
- February 2005
- January 2005
- December 2004
- November 2004
- October 2004
- September 2004
- August 2004
- July 2004
- June 2004
- May 2004
- April 2004
- March 2004
- February 2004
- January 2004
- December 2003
- November 2003
- October 2003
- September 2003
- August 2003
- July 2003
- June 2003
- May 2003
- April 2003
July 12th, 2007 at 10:02 pm
yeah, except you might want to check out
http://freetostitchfreetobitch.org/
not exactly what I look for in a diy/indy company.
please put your money elsewhere.
xoxo.
July 13th, 2007 at 10:17 am
Yeah, you might notice the date on this post is from like 2004 before their bad behavior was posted everywhere ever, so cut me some slack.
August 13th, 2007 at 4:56 pm
Actually I love sew fast sew easy. I am shocked that your opinion went from a good review to a well I changed my mind because everyone else is mad. Go along with the group. That’s it!
http://www.sewfastseweasy.com
August 13th, 2007 at 5:22 pm
Who are you people who seem compelled to argue this fight out in the comments sections of random blogs? To state my position on this: I still think the patterns and books are OK (though I like the new Build by Wendy book better), which is why this post has not been edited. Knowing the situation now, though, I would not support, nor implicitly support through a good review on my website, a company that claims to own a decades old phrase and goes around harassing knitting groups. And I am not “going along with the group because everyone else is mad;” I actually have a friend IRL whose group was threatened and made to change their name by the company.
November 25th, 2007 at 10:05 am
Now there are multiple reasons to boycott Sew Fast Sew Easy. While taking some classes there, I took my sewing machine in to get repaired. I asked for an estimate prior to the work being done. When I followed up on the repair, I was told the work had been completed — no estimate. When I expressed my dissatisfaction, the staff including the president, Elissa Meyrich, told me that they are too busy to deal with details, their repair guy never gives estimates, and I should be lucky to have him work on my machine because he is good and cheap. Subsequently, I received a snotty, snide, sarcastic voice mail message from Ms. Meyrich (which she obviously had time to leave even though she did not have time to get me an estimate) telling me that repairs cost money and that their solution to my complaint was to refund my $25 deposit and then Sew Fast Sew Easy would keep my machine. I never got a sincere apology, only a sarcastic “thank you for arguing with them”. They obviously have unethical business practices and their “customer service” is the worst that I have ever experienced.
December 7th, 2007 at 5:18 pm
I bought my Juki machine from Sew Fast Sew Easy a couple years ago while I was enrolled in a class there and had a great experience with them. I then had my Juki repaired through them and I didn’t receive an estimate but it ended up being the cheapest I could find in the city. Other estimates I did get were over $200 for a simple repair. SFSE charged me $95 and some change. I’m now looking at getting the new brother project runway machine and am probably going to get it through them since I had no troubles with them in the past and their prices are the same compared with other stores. It’s too bad about all the negative press on these guys, they’ve always been good and fair in my eyes.