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Back to business - Patrick's comeback in Stuttgart
Patrick has run a sewing studio for four years; a break-in destroyed the equipment, and $3,350 will put it back on its feet.
🇩🇪 Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany3,526 views
For four years I have run a sewing studio in Stuttgart. In August, a break-in took a cutting table and overlocker. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Wednesday, and I employed 1 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 5 weeks.
This business pays my children's school fees and rent. I have already started working from home in small ways, but I can't meet orders without proper equipment.
Every contribution brings me closer to reopening, and I promise to post photos as I buy each item.
I'll buy equipment from local suppliers and post photos and receipts as I go.
Where the $3,350 goes:
• Working capital for the first month: $650
• Initial stock: fabric: $570
• Replacing a cutting table and overlocker: $2,130
You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
- Patrick
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Can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Stuttgart
Thank you. If you're in Stuttgart I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Let me know if you want more detail.
Best of luck, Patrick. Hope you make a strong comeback. Please keep us posted. God bless
looking forward to the next update. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Thinking of Stuttgart.
Hang in there. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Thinking of Stuttgart
Shared this with my family. Thinking of Stuttgart.
Wishing you the best, Patrick. Small businesses are the heart of Stuttgart. Hope you're open again soon. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. All the best