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  • Stretch Your Dollar By Sewing (with video)

    06/15/2009 11:55:36 AM PDT · by STARWISE · 56 replies · 1,404+ views
    ABC local ^ | 6-9-09 | Patricia Lopez
    Sewing is making a huge comeback lately. The reason? What else? The economy! It's cheaper to make your own repairs and alterations than paying someone else to do it. Women of all backgrounds and ages are learning how to sew in order to help stretch their dollar. In a full class of eager women, each is learning the long lost art of sewing. "I am a workaholic," first time sewer Tina Noel said. "I don't cook. I don't clean. I just work." *snip* Noel says altering every season gets expensive. Pant hems cost on average $12, a skirt hem about...