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Fabric, sewing skills in high demand as Moree residents turn to homemade masks

Sophie Harris
Updated July 27 2020 - 3:03pm, first published July 24 2020 - 11:19am
BUSY: Nola Kite has been busy making face masks and trolley covers, while Sylvia's Fabrics owner Sylvia Broderick has been flat-out selling material and elastic to people to make their own masks. She's preparing to send a second batch of fabric (pictured) to Melbourne for 500 masks to be made.
BUSY: Nola Kite has been busy making face masks and trolley covers, while Sylvia's Fabrics owner Sylvia Broderick has been flat-out selling material and elastic to people to make their own masks. She's preparing to send a second batch of fabric (pictured) to Melbourne for 500 masks to be made.

If it wasn't for selling ready-made curtains, Sylvia Broderick from Sylvia's Fabrics and Accessories would have shut shop years ago.

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Sophie Harris

Sophie Harris

Senior Journalist

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