MKC Sewing Machine Specialists

MKC Sewing Machine Specialists, 92 Kirkgate, Leeds, West Yorkshire, 2014 • Eyecatching DIY-style 3D sign for another occupant of Leeds’ oldest street.

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By Vici MacDonald
On 2014/05/24
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2014, Leeds, Shopfront Elegy, West Yorkshire

handmade, illustration, knit and sew, specialist

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