Homewood-Flossmoor High School teacher Bill Merchantz, left, was able to repair two lamps for Flossmoor resident Dave Carvalho. (Marilyn Thomas/H-F Chronicle)
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Green initiatives: Fixers share their talents to give new life to broken objects

Note: This story is the second in a four-part series.

Jewel Jackson was worried her favorite sweater was a goner. Then she met Joanna Tassin at the Repair Café on Sept. 27.

Jackson pointed out how the collar had separated from the neckline. It saddened her to think she’d have to discard the piece, but Tassin took a look at it, threaded the bobbin on her portable sewing machine and explained to Jackson that it…

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