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Sewing needle with the caption of the exhibition "Doner, Delivery and Design" in Berlin 2009/10
© Museum Europäischer Kulturen – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, photo: Ute-Franz-Scarciglia, 2010
Personal background of Linda Eilers, proprietress of "Stitch ’n Bitch Sewing Café":
The cheap rents and pleasant atmosphere of the “Wrangelkiez” neighbourhood of Berlin-Kreuzberg provided the decisive prerequisites for opening a shop there in 2006. Linda Eilers also developed the concept, taking the name Stitch ’n Bitch from the USA. In her café one can hire sewing machines by the hour, get advice on sewing, attend sewing classes, or even buy tailor-made clothing. Here one is allowed to gossip heartily while the excellent coffee is being served.
Linda plans to open further Stitch ’n Bitch shops. She very much likes the work, even if it does leave her with little free time. In her opinion Berlin offers the best conditions for creating something new, particularly where young people are concerned.
Background: Linda Eilers moved to Berlin three years ago from the Dutch city of Utrecht. She had been taught the art of sewing by her mother, a tailoress, and later broken off her post-secondary studies, deciding to only pursue her own interests from then on. From 2004 to 2006 she ran her own business in Utrecht, where she tailored and offered sewing classes. The high rents, however, rendered an expansion of her enterprise unthinkable there.
Sewing needle with the caption of the exhibition "Doner, Delivery and Design" in Berlin 2009/10
© Museum Europäischer Kulturen – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, photo: Ute-Franz-Scarciglia, 2010
Personal background of Linda Eilers, proprietress of "Stitch ’n Bitch Sewing Café":
The cheap rents and pleasant atmosphere of the “Wrangelkiez” neighbourhood of Berlin-Kreuzberg provided the decisive prerequisites for opening a shop there in 2006. Linda Eilers also developed the concept, taking the name Stitch ’n Bitch from the USA. In her café one can hire sewing machines by the hour, get advice on sewing, attend sewing classes, or even buy tailor-made clothing. Here one is allowed to gossip heartily while the excellent coffee is being served.
Linda plans to open further Stitch ’n Bitch shops. She very much likes the work, even if it does leave her with little free time. In her opinion Berlin offers the best conditions for creating something new, particularly where young people are concerned.
Background: Linda Eilers moved to Berlin three years ago from the Dutch city of Utrecht. She had been taught the art of sewing by her mother, a tailoress, and later broken off her post-secondary studies, deciding to only pursue her own interests from then on. From 2004 to 2006 she ran her own business in Utrecht, where she tailored and offered sewing classes. The high rents, however, rendered an expansion of her enterprise unthinkable there.