Who we are...
... a company that teaches kids how to sew through sewing machine schools, workshops, camps, after school clubs & private lessons.
A group of friends asked Kim to teach them how to sew...
Kim began teaching a sewing club at Milton School in Rye....
April 2011
Where it all started....
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Here's what happened...
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2015
15 Schools
Sew Happy After School Program now in 15 schools and being taught by 5 teachers
Gaby joins Sew Happy as a teacher and designer
2012
Sew Happy Sewing, Inc.
Sew Happy becomes incorporated
Kim teaches the After School Program at Osborn, Heathcote and Cos Cob elementary schools
April 2014
Sew Happy grows...
Vanessa joins Sew Happy as a sewing instructor, teaching the After School Program
Summer Camp at Wainwright House, Rye, NY
8 Schools now running the Sew Happy After School Program (Milton, Osborn, Greenwich Academy, Cos Cob, Heathcote, Midland, Resurrection & Old Greenwich)
2016
First Sewing Kit
First sewing kit, the Happy Fox is made in the USA by Haan Crafts using recycled materials
Tina joins Sew Happy
Sew Happy After School Program is in over 25 schools and being taught by 12 instructors
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August 2017
Sew Happy After School Program now being offered to over 60 schools as far as 50 miles away!
We now have 20 instructors!
We have 3 After School Club programs in New York City!
Sew Happy Sewing Machine School is running for the third time.
4 Instructors are teaching private lessons
In addition to the Happy Fox we have developed the following projects for after school clubs:
Ice Cream
Emoji Pillow
18" Doll Dress & Vest
Daxie Days
Hello Tote Bag & iPhone Wallet
We are offering 4 Sewing Machine Schools in Rye, Scarsdale & Mount Kisco!
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December 2019
Sew Happy moved in to a new office/studio in Mamaroneck, yay! The admin team is SEW happy to have it's own space. We offer sewing classes and birthday parties in our cute studio too.
Our After School Program is now being offered to over 70 schools in Westchester, Connecticut, New York City, Brooklyn and Long Island and we now have 25 instructors!
In addition to our own camps our sewing programs are being offered at private camps including Scarsdale JCC, Greenwich Academy and Hackley School.
Our new kits which we offer at all our after school clubs are Llama Drama, Hedgehog House and Narwhal Bunting. They are adorable!
We started sewing machine programs at Greenwich Academy and Greenwich Country Day School - SEW FAR SEW GOOD!
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