DULUTH — Sometimes the right threads get pulled and a project comes together quickly. A few years ago, learning coordinator and drama adviser Keely Waechter had an idea for a sewing club.

"I had a student who hated school, but then I got them on a sewing machine and they just lit up," Waechter said. "And I was thinking, how does this not exist? We should make this happen."

During the same week, a parent suggested the idea to a coordinator for Denfeld After School Happenings, also known as DASH. Waechter connected with the parent, and they got started stitching together plans for the Denfeld Sewing Club.

"It was the easiest club that's ever come together," Waechter said. "We got a grant, we got machines and we had people ready to donate fabric and volunteer, and it all came together in a

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