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FRANCES LEATE

Of necessity, I was a sewer for most of my adult life (mainly fashion and home furnishing items) before I discovered patchwork and quilting and I can truly say that was when I first started to really enjoy sewing on a machine. This discovery happened about 22 years ago and quickly turned

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