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February 2018
Avis shown wearing a purple dress she created for herself.
Eight decades of needle and thread
For more than 80 years, a common thread has been woven through Avis Stradley’s life: sewing.
“I first learned in 4-H when I was young. The first thing we learned to do was darn a pair of socks with a hole in them. Our instructor couldn’t find a pair with a hole already in them, so she cut one of her daughter’s! We got it stitched back up,” said Avis. “I took two years of sewing in school. We made blouses and skirts. A group of us wanted to take another year of sewing, and
NEEDLE AND THREAD
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