Delightful Dresses for Girls

DAYTON-Faye Amor has been sewing fashionable dresses for girls and their dolls since her move to the Touchet Valley four months ago, she said.

Amor, who is a member of the American Institute of Floral Designers, said she owned floral shops in Chinook, Mont., and Palm Desert, Calif., before retiring in 2012.

Amor said she has children living in Washington, Hawaii, and Montana, but she moved here to be closer to all of them.

"They have to get around," Amor said with a smile.

Amor said she found herself in need of a hobby after her move.

"I needed something to do with my hands," she explained.

Each dress takes from nine to fourteen hours to finish, and they are priced from twenty-five dollars to eighty-five dollars. But Amor figures she just breaks even on the cost.

Amor said she has been sewing since she was eight years old, and that she still sews on the Singer sewing machine her parents gave her in 1958.

"They just don't wear out," she said.

Recently Amor has purchased a more modern machine, one that "zig zags", she said.

Amor can be reached at: (509) 337-0117 or by e-mail at: fayeamor7@hotmail.com.