Author: BG and Associates

Article originally appeared May 10, 2016 in Sierra Lodestar Stepping into the big airy shop at the Sonora School of Sewing and Apparel Construction on North Washington Street in Sonora, I was immersed in an oasis of couture. Sewing machines gleamed in rows at tidy workstations. Bolts of fabric waited to be unrolled and cut…

Original Article Appeared February 2, 2012 In the Union Democrat Three local fashionistas are teaching a generation of would-be seamstresses the fine art of sewing at the Mother Lode’s very own sewing school. The Sonora School of Sewing opened last year as part of a nonprofit program to teach youth to design and sew their…