Ann Person, Oregon businesswoman who revolutionized home-sewing market, dies …
Ann Person, Oregon businesswoman who revolutionized home-sewing market, dies …
She traveled to Europe and New York to buy fabric, and developed her own sewing machine. At the business' height in the mid-'70s, there were 353 Stretch & Sew stores worldwide, as far away as Canada and New Zealand. Her daughters helped grow the …
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Century-old British sewing machine stolen in Sham Shui Po
Burglars broke into a shop in Sham Shui Po, carting away a century-old British-made sewing machine along with 12 other second-hand sewing machines and a desktop computer, Apple Daily reported on Monday. Peter Yu Wai-cheung, owner of Sun Cheong …
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Bloomington seamstress creates winning Gen Con costume
It all started with a pink sewing machine that has led seamstress Jan Lamm to a nice online business and a recent award for her work at Gen Con in Indianapolis. Lamm first got a sewing machine when she was 4 years old. By the time she was 18, she had …
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