It's difficult to know what gives Carrie Small greater pleasure -- her sewing or her dogs. The Harwich woman has run Alterations Unlimited out of her tidy Lower County road antique home since 1989 and every customer is greeted with a bark. "OK, Bella, over here. Delilah. Come!" Small says, leaving the customer temporarily outside the door as the canine reception committee is ushered to a nearby room in the home. For Small, Isabella and Delilah are part of the fun that comes with working at a home-based business. The Cape Cod Regional Technical School fashion design graduate has welcomed customers into her personal space-- a crisp white home with black shutters and surrounding Cape Coastal plantings in the center of Harwich Port. The studio exists in a series of little rooms in the back of the home with sewing machine, full-length mirror and lots of task lighting. Customers put on the clothes requiring adjustment and Small returns with a pin cushion filled with colorful push pins. A pull here and a tug there and the garment is ready for take-off. Orders are completed within a week. Throughout it all, Isabella-- a fox terrier and Delilah-- a chihuahua, hover nearby, jumping to noisy attention only when there's a knock at the door. "It's good to have them around" says Small. "They keep life interesting around here". You might also like:
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3/27/2019 11:04:45 pm
hello carrie,how are you.your still stunning as when i first met you.i think it was around 1997.some club beaver brown was playin. anyevent ive kinda been livin all over the country.and cannot lie ive thought of u often.you absolutly was a pleasure to be arond wheather at a rest. bar.
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3/29/2019 07:31:22 pm
High carrie God it's been 4ever. I would love to see you you are so beautiful give me a ring Tom T. 508 250 7458
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