I didn't get to meet Mackenzie this week because she is off to college these days, however in the basement of her parents' house in eastern Iowa there is a full blown business that was started because she was diagnosed with severe amblyopia when she was three.
To find out more about amblyopia or Mackenzie click here!
You may be wondering what Mackenzie or amblyopia have to do with embroidery... well, I'm going to tell you. Cathy and Bill came up with an ingenious idea years ago when they were faced with reality of making their daughter wear an eye patch most of the day every day... make it fun! They began looking for a way to decorate the eye patches and found embroidery to be an ideal solution. For years the patches were being sent to a local embroidery shop to be embroidered. This past week I had the pleasure of meeting Bill and Cathy and working with them to bring the embroidery portion of the business in house. The use of their embroidery machine is going to give them more control of the lead time on the patches.
If you have been following my posts you will remember the link that I posted about Marks book - "The Spirit of an American Entrepreneur" - That spirit was alive in Cathy and Bill!
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