"When a little girl puts on a tutu, she begins to dance.



Or, said Kaleena Lidke of Alma, they prance.



Lidke, 28, is the daughter in a mother/daughter team that makes tutus. They have an online business, The Two Tutu Ladies.  http://www.thetwotutuladies.com/

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"Ever since I can remember, my mother has been trying to get me to sew. But I never wanted any of it.



She knows all the tricks. She'd lure me downstairs to her sewing room with something else, then change the subject to which fabric would work best in her quilt. Sometimes she would offer me inducements,… Continue

By JoAnne Beiermann

There are certain images a mother can't ever forget. Like the time not long ago when I walked into the middle school after school to find my seventh grade son hunched over a sewing machine.

 

"Wow!" I said. "Do you know what you're doing?"

"Shh!" he said. "I'm trying to make this hem straight!"

 

As if that wasn't shocking enough, a few minutes later Cole was at the ironing board, pressing the same…

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BY TIFFANY ARNOLD

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Emily and Jen Burker flipped through the pages from their fashion look book for dolls, pointing out one-of-a-kind designs and exclusive dresses made for family and friends.



 Every outfit has a name and a back story. They paused and giggled at the picture of "The Shepherdess,"…

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