After 30 years of service, West Allis sewing machine repair shop to shutter doors

WEST ALLIS, Wis. (CBS 58) — For generations, clothes, pillows, and countless household items were sewn meticulously at home. In the heart of downtown West Allis, when those machines broke, there was a small shop where they came. A low hum. The sound of metal clicking in a familiar pattern. It’s a rhythm Bill Blenkinsop knows well.

“They’re not made to be looked at, they’re made to be used,” said Blenkinsop.

Blenkinsop has been listening closely since 1983…

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