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3 Years & Counting!

Rita Wheeler Anniversary Fabrics Gifts Howe Street

Wow! Has it already been 3 years since I opened my small store in Southport, NC? Time has passed so quickly. The official date is April 20th, but we are celebrating In the store all month. Friday, April 12th we will have refreshments, prize drawings and more. Thank you for 3 wonderful years and looking forward to many more.

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Don't Sew? No Problem

Rita Wheeler Don't Sew? No Problem Fabrics

My mom always told everyone she couldn't sew.  She would sew on a button, hem a pair of pants & sew up holes in seam tears.  So, for me that was sewing.  She did the basics and that is what she taught me. My grandmother, mom's mom, could sew, knit, quilt, crochet, and still have time for her business of being a Florist & having the most fabulous green house in the world. Or as my grandmother would call it "the flower shop & the hot house".  My mom took no interest in following in my grandmothers footsteps, so I guess it...

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