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Jennifer Davis, left, and Susan Drown, owners of Fabrics on Mill Street.Photo by John Hart

by Michelle Rindels

For sisters Susan Drown and Jennifer Davis, sewing has never been a dying art, oppressive “women's work” or tedium.

For them, sewing gives freedom to make an outfit in whatever size or color they'd like. It's power to design drapes and custom decor.

And for the past four years, it's been an exciting and rewarding business opportunity in the form of their downtown Grass Valley store, Fabrics on Mill Street.

The sisters grew up sewing when they lived in Hermosa Beach, in Southern California, and continued the hobby when the family moved to Grass Valley in 1977 and both married.....

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