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Sewing Goddess

Ann Arborite Anne Reinstein

by Shelley Daily

posted 7/9/2012

On a rainy Saturday morning, Anne Reinstein's students arrive at the back door of her home on a quiet cul-de-sac on Ann Arbor's east side. In her cozy sunroom, four sewing machines await their users. Reinstein, fifty-eight, greets each student warmly, calling them "sweetie" and "dear." Dark-haired, with large, expressive eyes, Reinstein grew up on Detroit's east

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