Comments on: NYTimes: Feel Ragged? Renew at This Cafe

By: cacoyote

cacoyote — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:58:11 +0000

I used to live in Long Beach & Wilmington. Where are these places?

By: Tracie

Tracie — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:17:03 +0000

I wish we did have something like that here, I live in the burbs and I can’t get a sewing class or anything…

By: Grace

Grace — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:00:25 +0000

There are a couple of places like this in the South Bay (Santa Monica Bay, not SF Bay). Land is so pricey here, many people don’t have the space to sew.

By: M

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:08:05 +0000

That’s it! I’m setting off for Paris on my vacation with a suitcase of fabric, pattern and notions. No clothes, not even underwear! Just fabric! Instead of shopping at chic but expensive boutiques, I’ll just rent a sewing machine at the Sweat Shop. I’ll return to the U.S.A. with completely finished dresses, tops, skirts. I can honestly then say: “These are Parisian made.”

By: Marie-Christine

Marie-Christine — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:00:52 +0000

Actually, there was a place like this in San Francisco for young ones, Stitch Lounge, for years (it’s closed now). And that was in turn inspired by the Sewing Workshop. So the idea isn’t new, but it’s great.

I do find it interesting that the Paris place emphasizes the old-fashioned aspect of sewing, a suicidal marketing approach imho, while Stitch Lounge was all about being cool and trendy..

By: meg

meg — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:36:03 +0000

How cool is that!

By: The Slapdash Sewist

The Slapdash Sewist — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:09:52 +0000

Although, I think Paris is a better market for this than DC. Paris apartments are TINY and unless you were really sure you wanted to sew you’d think twice before dedicating a cubic foot of space to a sewing machine, even if it stayed in the box in the top of a closet most of the time.

By: The Slapdash Sewist

The Slapdash Sewist — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:08:50 +0000

Fun! I wonder if they’ll do well. It seems like I hear about such a startup in DC every so often, but either nothing comes of it or they don’t last long.

By: Isabelle

Isabelle — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:29:39 +0000

How brilliant is this! The place is 2 minutes away from my sister’s.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:12:26 +0000

That is HOT!!!!! I love it. I wish there was something like that here.