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Accidental Entrepreneurs Create a Thriving Textile Business

When it comes to theatrical materials, one company is center stage.

Megan Duckett's business started out just one step up from a hobby. A lighting tech/roadie for touring music acts, Duckett was in need of extra cash. In 1992, using a rented sewing machine in her garage, she took on a side job making props for a haunted house. Soon she was

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