Premium Content Grandma's Clothes
by Anonymous - October 01, 2007
Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.
What a familiar sight, I thought to myself as I subconsciously stopped to stare through the display window. A couple of mannequins were dressed in half-finished garments, surrounded by waves of colourful fabrics cascading down the table. Pools of thread scattered among oddly shaped buttons. And on the right side of the window – an old-fashioned…
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