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    You see old clothes, Devon Freund of Huntersville sees potential. Freund has made a business by turning thrift store clothes into high fashion. On Thursday, Jan.26, 2012, Freund held an "upcycle" sewing class for women at The Light Studio in Cornelius. She helped students figure out their way around a sewing machine and cut out fabric sections for them to use. The Light Studio is a hair salon that also has a store component, and it's where Freund sells a lot of her products. She takes apart clothes and combines patterns, textures and shapes into new garments she sells under the label Jelbel at two locations in the Charlotte area. She also salvages old furniture and home goods, repurposes them, and sells them. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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    You see old clothes, Devon Freund of Huntersville sees potential. Freund has made a business by turning thrift store clothes into high fashion. On Thursday, Jan.26, 2012, Freund held an "upcycle" sewing class for women at The Light Studio in Cornelius. She made this pair of jeans herself. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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    You see old clothes, Devon Freund of Huntersville sees potential. Freund has made a business by turning thrift store clothes into high fashion. On Thursday, Jan.26, 2012, Freund held an "upcycle" sewing class for women at The Light Studio in Cornelius. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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    You see old clothes, Devon Freund of Huntersville sees potential. Freund has made a business by turning thrift store clothes into high fashion. On Thursday, Jan.26, 2012, Freund held an "upcycle" sewing class for women at The Light Studio in Cornelius. Freund (standing on right) works with students (from left) Pascale Salahie and Stefanie Lucibello. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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    You see old clothes, Devon Freund of Huntersville sees potential. Freund has made a business by turning thrift store clothes into high fashion. On Thursday, Jan.26, 2012, Freund (seen through a sewing machine) held an "upcycle" sewing class for women at The Light Studio in Cornelius. She helps friend and student Stefanie Lucibello (partial face). John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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    You see old clothes, Devon Freund of Huntersville sees potential. Freund has made a business by turning thrift store clothes into high fashion. On Thursday, Jan.26, 2012, Freund (standing on right) held an "upcycle" sewing class for women at The Light Studio in Cornelius. she helps students (from left) Stefanie Lucibello, Cindy Cooper and Florence Boero figure out their way around a sewing machine. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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    You see old clothes, Devon Freund of Huntersville sees potential. Freund has made a business by turning thrift store clothes into high fashion. On Thursday, Jan.26, 2012, Freund (facing) held an "upcycle" sewing class for women at The Light Studio in Cornelius. She talks with student Florence Boero during class. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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    You see old clothes, Devon Freund of Huntersville sees potential. Freund has made a business by turning thrift store clothes into high fashion. On Thursday, Jan.26, 2012, Freund (standing) held an "upcycle" sewing class for women at The Light Studio in Cornelius. She helps student Florence Boero (far right) during class. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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    Sewing tools of the trade thread, fabric and pins were all present at the "upcycle" sewing class conducted by Devon Freund. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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    You see old clothes, Devon Freund of Huntersville sees potential. Freund has made a business by turning thrift store clothes into high fashion. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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    You see old clothes, Devon Freund of Huntersville sees potential. Freund has made a business by turning thrift store clothes into high fashion. On Thursday, Jan.26, 2012, Freund (standing in center) held an "upcycle" sewing class for women at The Light Studio in Cornelius. She helped students (from left) Pascale Salahie and Florence Boero (right) during class. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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    "Upcycle" sewing student Stefanie Lucibello (her hands) practices stitching as she guides a peice of fabric in class conducted by Devon Freund. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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    You see old clothes, Devon Freund of Huntersville sees potential. Freund has made a business by turning thrift store clothes into high fashion. On Thursday, Jan.26, 2012, Freund (standing in center left) held an "upcycle" sewing class for women at The Light Studio in Cornelius. She helped students (from left) Pascale Salahie, Stefanie Lucibello and Florence Boero (right) during class. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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    You see old clothes, Devon Freund of Huntersville sees potential. Freund has made a business by turning thrift store clothes into high fashion. On Thursday, Jan.26, 2012, Freund held an "upcycle" sewing class for women at The Light Studio in Cornelius. She unravels a bobbin of thread during class. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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