"Turkish Tailor a Stitch
October 8, 2008
Jul Balyoz becomes a Burlington staple
by Rebecca Wetherbee
Oct. 8, 2008
Burlington, N.C. - Jul Balyoz sits at a desk with an archaic metal sewing machine. “Old, but better than new one,” he says. “Nothing melts in here.” He pats his moss green co-worker, explains how it was used in factories and ran for hours at a time. “If plastic gets hot, it melts!” he says. But this one is built for endurance, even self-lubrication. “Once in a blue moon,” he says, “I turn it inside out.”"
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