Comments on: SnitchU

By: j.

j. — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 17:23:37 +0000

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By: Angela

Angela — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 14:56:42 +0000

Editorial comments in italics: I’m beginning to wonder if there’s an Internet cafe next to SFSE, or if the shop has its own access.

I just found this posting as I am finishing this exact class. I must say that I feel the techniques that I learned are well worth the cost. I knew nothing about sewing and my mom, who has sewn for years, compliments the techniques I have learned. I do plan on taking more courses there before I apply to FIT or Parsons.

I am sorry that you seem so upset by this trademark issue, but trademarks serve the purpose of protecting business from using common phrases.

Yes, that’s exactly right!

By: Jackie

Jackie — Thu, 04 May 2006 19:59:44 +0000

I think dear old Greg Garvin proofed the copy for these new products and services. Improper use of a semi-colon, MIA commas, random floating quotation marks, mispelled words, and just plain old poor sentence structure…and I still can’t figure out their math. 10 x 2.5 hours would be 25, not 26, right?

And I’m not a sewer, but I do have a machine and have made a couple of REALLY simple Halloween costumes. I must ask: will learning how to sew a pillow, a t-shirt, and a tote bag really get me “runway” ready? Those seem like REALLY simple projects I could figure out on my own. It’s pockets, linings, darts, and the like that would trip me up.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 04 May 2006 19:37:53 +0000

Did you notice that they used the wrong form of “their” (“there”) on the page advertising the sewing classes?

By: Jake

Jake — Wed, 03 May 2006 20:09:05 +0000

Well, you'll be happy to know that according to Googlefight, bona fide has more than two orders of magnitude more ghits than bonified. I know I was relieved. But I agree that it should be a word. As in, "his brain is so bonified, I'm surprised he can even dress himself!"

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Wed, 03 May 2006 17:46:50 +0000

OK,I confess, I watch Everwood. In the last 2 weeks on that show, the town slut (who happens to own the LYS)is passing out “Stitch and Bitch” flyers inviting knitters to come to her shop to knit and chat. So, do you think that SFSE will be going after the producers? Do you think that the producers even KNOW about SFSE? Or care?

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 03 May 2006 15:03:04 +0000

Well, you know, it’s really hard to be a super model turned talk show host. Because modeling is, like, hard. I’m sorry. I think my head just exploded.

By: Steph

Steph — Wed, 03 May 2006 13:57:56 +0000

I should have read ahead before I clicked the Tyra link. Once the noise started I ran away before I lost any brain cells.

Yikes.

By: Janice in GA

Janice in GA — Wed, 03 May 2006 12:49:41 +0000

But “bonified” is so… so.. VERB-Y!

Lovin’ the drama.

By: jauncourt

jauncourt — Wed, 03 May 2006 02:04:38 +0000

I find it especially appalling that they don’t even provide the materials (or, if fabric is left out to allow students a choice, their notions kit). For 25 dollars per course hour, I’d expect a bit more than a paper certificate and a shopping list, particularly given that the fee is more in line with an accredited college than a beginning sewing class series.