OFFICIAL COMMENT ON THE POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIP. YOU'RE LOOKING AT A CENTRAL-INDIANA NONPROFIT MAKING
A DIVERSE AND BROAD IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY. PATTERN HAD PLANNED ON OPENING ITS SEWING PRODUCTION FACILITY
“STITCHWORKS” TO LOCAL DESIGNERS IN MARCH BUT SHIFTED FOCUS WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT AND BEGAN PRODUCING GOWNS AND MASKS.
PPE. STITCHWORKS IS ALSO WORKING ON LAUNCHING THE CITY'S ONLY INDUSTRIAL SEWING CERTIFICATE
PROGRAM. THE LONG-TERM GOAL: TO OPERATE AS A FULL-TIME CUT-AND-SEW FACILITY TO KEEP PRODUCTION IN
INDIANA INSTEAD OF OVERSEAS. FOR MORE, I'M PLEASED TO WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW PATTERN CO-FOUNDER AND STITCHWORKS
DIRECTOR, POLINA OSHEROV. AS ALWAYS, WELCOME TO THE SHOW, GREAT TO SEE YOU, UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S VIRTUALLY, BUT GREAT TO SEE
YOU. >> WELL, YOU TOO. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO BE ON THE SHOW. THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> ABSOLUTELY. PATTERN, YOUR BRAIN CHILD, LAUNCHED TEN YEARS AGO, CELEBRATING TEN YEARS IN BUSINESS, WHICH IS QUITE AN
ACCOMPLISHMENT. BUT TALK ABOUT THE MISSION. PATTERN MAGAZINE, AND THE INITIATIVE, AND VARIOUS INITIATIVES YOU HAVE AT PATTERN
TO REALLY PROMOTE FASHION AND THE CREATIVE CLASS APPAREL IN INDIANA. TALK ABOUT REALLY THE MISSION.
>> ABSOLUTELY. SO, OUR MISSION IS TO GROW THE LOCAL CREATIVE XHESHGS AND PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR CREATIVE EXPRESSION FOR YET
UP AND COMING CREATIVES OF ALL KINDS. WE CONSIDER OURSELVES A GROWTH ACCELERATOR FOR THE CREATIVE ECONOMY, WE DO IT IN A
NUMBER OF WAYS, AND STITCH WORKS IS ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS. >> I SHOULD MENTION, BECAUSE REALLY THROUGH YOUR EFFORTS, YOU
HAVE SHINED A LIGHT, REALLY, AND UNCOVERED A LOT OF THE CREATIVE TALENT THAT EXISTS THAT MAYBE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT.
>> DEFINITELY. I THINK THAT INDIANAPOLIS, I'VE DISCOVERED, HAS SO MANY INCREDIBLY TALENTED PEOPLE, AND WE ARE HAPPY TO
PROVIDE AN OUTLET FOR THEM THROUGH THE MAGAZINE BOTH THE PRINT AND THE DIGITAL AND SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT WE DO AND THE
PROGRAMMING THAT WE HAVE. >> VERY GOOD, HELPING YOU GENERATE JOBS AND INVESTMENT IN CENTRAL INDIANA INSTEAD OF
ELSEWHERE. LET'S TALK ABOUT STITCHWORKS NOW, BECAUSE, THIS IS ANOTHER INITIATIVE, YOU'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT, I'M SURE
YOU'RE GOING TO LAUREN -- LAUNCH IN MARCH AND THE PANDEMIC HIT AND FORCED THINGS TO CHANGE. TALK ABOUT THE IDEA BEHIND
STITCHWORKS AND HOW YOU SHIFTED GEARS A BIT. >> SURE. STITCHWORKS HAS BEEN A CONCEPT THAT'S BEEN IN THE
MAKING A REALLY LONG TIME, ALMOST AS LONG AS THE ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN AROUND, TO PROVIDE A RESOURCE FOR LOCAL
FASHION DESIGNERS TO HAVE THEIR COLLECTIONS MADE, INSTEAD OF MAKING THEM THEMSELVES, THEY CAN BRING IT TO A PLACE AND HAVE
EVERYTHING -- AT THIS POINT PEOPLE HAVE TO SHIP THINGS TO OTHER COUNTRIES LIKE CHINA, FOR EXAMPLE, OR OTHER PARTS OF THE
COUNTRY HERE. SO, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WE'VE BEEN WANTING TO MAKE SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPEN. AND FINALLY, TO A
GRANT FROM CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, WE'RE ABLE TO LAUNCH A PILOT, AND WE'RE GETTING READY TO OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IN LATE
MARCH WHEN COVID HAPPENED. AND VERY QUICKLY, ALMOST A WEEK LATER, THROUGH SOME VERY FORTUITOUS HAPPENINGS, WE WERE
ABLE TO PIVOT AND GET INTO A CONTRACT WITH ESKENAZI HEALTH TO MAKE 2,500 ISOLATION GOWNS FOR THEM. THAT HAPPENED VERY
QUICKLY, WE MOBILIZED CLOSE TO 100 STITCHERS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN IN A VERY, VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. IT WAS A PRETTY
STEEP LEARNING CURVE. BUT I DEFINITELY CONSIDER IT A SILVER LINING OF EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED.
>> ONLY ABOUT 45 SECONDS LEFT, BUT THIS TURNED INTO A REALLY BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU. >> ABSOLUTELY, YEAH. THERE IS
LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES HERE, AND WE HOPE TO HAVE UNCOVER THOSE FOR ALL THE LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOLKS.
>> VERY GOOD. STITCHWORKS, GROWING ENTITY NOW, AND PATTERN, AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS, ON TEN YEARS FOR PATTERN. IT HAS MADE
AN IMPACT AND WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE AN IMPACT GOING FORWARD, POLINA OSHEROV CO-FOUNDER AND