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Does a sewing machine repairman actually sew? “I”ve done a few shirts, with buttons and pockets,” says Scotts Valley resident Jim Jacobson, who runs a sewing machine repair school and business, ...

“A Stitch in Time is my heartbeat,” says longtime customer Carol Mauro. Greg Harding has been fixing sewing machines for nearly 40 years in Fredericksburg, Virginia. “This is sewing machine heaven ...

To his customers, Rodolfo “Rudy” Llanes Partida was “the Sewing Machine Man.” He learned to repair sewing machines at age 12. He never just performed tune-ups; he got his fingers dirty, cleaning deep ...