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BMV site now bigger includes KwikSew
marec   Intermediate OR USA Member since 2008 Posts: 3002	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/3/12 11:08 AM BMV is now selling KwikSew on the site. ------ my blog: http://kf-biblioblog.blogspot.com/ Sewing through my pattern stash-105 completed.
EleanorSews   Advanced MI USA Member since 2007 Posts: 3443 Board Moderator	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/3/12 11:19 AM Do we think that is a good thing or a bad thing? ------ "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." Anais Nin "Attitude is the difference between an adventure and an ordeal." unknown
diane s   Intermediate OR USA Member since 2002 Posts: 3346	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/3/12 12:08 PM I'll be interested to know if they go on sale for members. If they do, I'll join. ------ My grandmother taught me to sew when I was 10, and I've been sewing ever since.
CraftAddict Advanced Beginner OH USA Member since 2010 Posts: 229	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/3/12 1:52 PM what's BMV?
Montarville Advanced Beginner ON CANADA Member since 2011 Posts: 36	Login to reply to this post In reply to CraftAddict Like this post Date: 2/3/12 2:36 PM BMV= Butterick McCall Vogue. Here. ------ Goals for 2012: reduce fabric stash by 50% (standing at 55 meters as of December 2011) January: - 6 meters = 49 meters April: -2.25 m = 46.75 m May: + 7.25 m = 54 m May: -1 m = 53 m
CraftAddict Advanced Beginner OH USA Member since 2010 Posts: 229	Login to reply to this post In reply to Montarville Like this post Date: 2/3/12 2:47 PM Thanks Montarville. Still learning the lingo.
mhk3boys   Intermediate NC USA Member since 2008 Posts: 241	Login to reply to this post In reply to EleanorSews Like this post Date: 2/5/12 8:47 AM Hmmm, I don't know either. On Facebook I asked the question when they were showing off their new cute "craft" patterns are they going to stop their clothing line and do crafts only. The reply I got from a "PollyAnna" Kwik Sew person is that their craft patterns are VERY popular and they will will release the new craft patterns and some clothing line patterns in their Spring release. I would LOVE to ask if any of the McVoguerrick designers or the highers ups have contaminated Kwik Sew's drafting department but do you think they REALLY will tell the truth, really? I guess this turning into a rant and maybe I need to go to the rant thread but NEVER in a million years would I ever have imagined such a merger would ever happened. I have used Kwik Sew patterns for over 27 years(yes I was 17) and paid extra $ for them b/c they were better drafted and always had the best directions. I bought the Big 4 "expecting disappointment" on fit and for their crafts. Whenever people would whine about the front covers of Kwik Sew I would ignore that aspect of Kwik Sew b/c you are looking at the design elements of the patterns and use your imagination on how to make it updated. I'm glad I never wrote to Kwik Sew to whine about such stupid superficial crap. I guess I'm having flashbacks on when big companies merge b/c I've been through it with my company I last worked for. Yes change sucks and the biggest of the 2 will mostly get their way and contaminate the little guy but it will all work out and their stocks will skyrocket(or crash) and everything will be alright. Only us "old" whiners will sit around and know how bad it really sucks b/c we remember the good drafting and will be scanning Ebay and Etsy for the oldies with the "tacky" covers! If I offended anyone "So what" ------ Relax, don't get your elastic all twisted up in your waistband! Hell hath no fury for the poor soul that sews an ill-fitting garment! Thank God for Surefitdesigns.com!
Elona   Advanced CA USA Member since 2002 Posts: 6479	Login to reply to this post In reply to EleanorSews Like this post Date: 2/5/12 11:40 AM Quote: EleanorSews Do we think that is a good thing or a bad thing? I suspect that McCall's acquisition of Kwik Sew may just save KS. After Kirsten Martinsson's death the company appeared to be floundering, as if they could not find inspiration anymore, and perhaps the new parent company will help them with that--and provide a wider market, too.
Elona   Advanced CA USA Member since 2002 Posts: 6479	Login to reply to this post In reply to EleanorSews Like this post Date: 2/5/12 11:43 AM Oooops--Duplicate post.. -- Edited on 2/5/12 12:00 PM --
mhk3boys   Intermediate NC USA Member since 2008 Posts: 241	Login to reply to this post In reply to Elona Like this post Date: 2/5/12 2:30 PM I HONESTLY hope I'm wrong on my assuming about Kwik Sew! I really hope it will be like the Burda/Simplicity deal. One can only hope. Atleast there is Jalie, Hotpatterns, and thank God I finally tried Sure Fit Designs for the best fit. Now I can get way better fit from the Big 4 with SFD. ------ Relax, don't get your elastic all twisted up in your waistband! Hell hath no fury for the poor soul that sews an ill-fitting garment! Thank God for Surefitdesigns.com!

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