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    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…

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    Fashionistas find Sonora course a stitch

    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…