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HITCH-N-STITCH

When she received an order for Miley Cyrus, she thought it was a joke. That joke turned out to be very real for Michelle Wheeler, founder of Hitch-N-Stitch, a custom show-apparel shop outside of Atlanta that makes colorful western chaps, chinks, shirts and a variety of other accessories. This middle school teacher by day, has turned a childhood hobby into a pretty cool business.

An inspiring evolution

In her youth, Wheeler spent many a summer vacation with her grandparents. Her grandmother taught her to sew and it was a way for

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