Gloria Hood recently expanded her small business, Sew Gloria Designs, into a brick-and-mortar store with various colorful resources for the craft-loving community. CONTRIBUTED
For the first few years of her small business, Hood conducted all operations from the basement of her home. She is set to open her store on Nov. 24. CONTRIBUTED
Gloria Hood, a former Greene County resident and educator, spent 27 years in the classroom as a special education math teacher before retiring early to focus on her small business, Sew Gloria Designs.
Hood found her passion for crafts at the age of eight, when her grandmother taught her how to crochet. A few years before retiring, Hood launched her small business and conducted all operations from t…