This is very bad news for anyone who sews. The parent company who owned the big 4 sewing pattern brands (Simplicity, Butterick, McCalls, Vogue) has sold them to a liquidator. Meaning that the business will get wound down and dissolved.
I own a number of these patterns and like them (much more than Burda), I can't believe this is happening.
I must admit I bought mainly Lekala patterns, others like indi patterns. Meaning that the Big 4 are no longer profitable?
#sewing
https://craftindustryalliance.org/parent-company-of-the-big-4-sewing-pattern-brands-sold-to-a-liquidator/
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