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BY LEE COGHLAN
Rappahannock News Special Writer
Since 1936, Marilyn Merrill Bailey’s home has been at 665 Warren Avenue in Washington. Just off the living room is a sitting room filled with little girls’ dresses hanging on coat racks and door frames. Behind this room is Mrs. Bailey’s office filled with sewing equipment and materials.
Looking at the abundance of talent on display, Mrs. Bailey says to me, “I am highly imaginative which has helped a lot with my sewing. I am an only child. One had to be creative and find things to amuse one’s self with.”
Mrs. Bailey displays many of the dresses for me as if we were at a boutique clothing store.
She comments, “Many of the dresses I’m making are from patterns of the 1950’s. So much charm and a lot of fabric in them. I still hand finish everything. I put the buttons on my hand, these wouldn’t dare come off, and I make my own button holes. I hem by hand. The necks are hand
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