A Midland-based embroidery enterprise now has a presence downtown after seven years of operation.
Duo Studio Designs, a retail boutique, opened in early December at 140 Ashman St., the previous location of Populace Espresso. Owned by embroidery firm Duo Threads and previously situated in Mount Nice, the store sells customized vacation and highschool clothes, together with different attire and items from distributors throughout the nation.
Co-owner Megan Dambro mentioned she and her household have run Duo Threads out of a wholesale warehouse on Poseyville Highway since 2015. The enterprise focuses on sorority put on, city/highschool spirit put on and vacation put on. The corporate additionally makes customized objects, corresponding to embroidering a reputation on a backpack or duffel bag.
Duo Threads merchandise will be present in boutiques and reward outlets throughout the nation, together with Atlanta and Dallas, Dambro mentioned. Duo Threads additionally locations wholesale orders for spirit put on for a particular space.
They’d a bit house in Mount Nice that offered solely sorority and Central Michigan College garments, however they closed it a few month in the past to maneuver to Midland.
“We reside right here in Midland (and) we have all the time mentioned, ‘If the appropriate place comes up on the proper time, we’ll do it,’ Dambro mentioned. “Once we noticed this location come up, it was simply the appropriate measurement and all the things for us.”
In early December, the shop opened in Midland with a collection of clothes and different Christmas-related objects. It additionally sells clothes associated to Dow, Midland, and Bullock Creek Excessive Colleges, with plans to promote clothes for Meridian and Freeland Excessive Colleges as effectively.
There may be additionally a piece for sororities related to Northwood College. The remainder of the merchandise on the market come from different wholesalers, together with denim and toilet objects.
Dambro mentioned she’s excited concerning the elevated foot site visitors in downtown Midland in comparison with the previous location in Mount Nice.
Individuals can view Duo Threads merchandise at https://www.duothreads.com/.