At the age of 6 years old, owner Louise Harris was sent from Los Angeles to live with her grandparents in upstate New York. Under the guidance of her Italian entrepreneurial grandparents, she learned everything from stitch embroidering to pattern making and more.
Today, Harris shares her skills at The Sewing Station with local residents in hopes of creating a space for small business manufacturing.
The business joined the Pflugerville community two years ago after Harris closed the chapter on a prior business. She noticed the lack of classes for sewing and home education in the school system and decided to fill the hole in town.
“It was survival,” Harris said. “It was because I didn't have enough money to go get the wardrobe I wanted. From there to now saying, ‘Oh, that was, we thought, a necessity.’ Now it seems like a luxury and it shouldn’t be that way.”
