Ozawkie resident Leona Tyler used to sew her own clothes. Now she is making dresses for orphans in Haiti. - The Topeka Capital-Journal Ozawkie resident Leona Tyler used to sew her own clothes. Now she is making dresses for orphans in Haiti. - The Topeka Capital-Journal Posted: 31 May 2021 04:00 AM PDT OZAWKIE — Leona Tyler used to fashion her own dresses when she was young. Now she is doing the same for girls in Haiti. Over the past few years, Tyler, of Ozawkie, has been sewing dresses that are shipped to young girls at 22 orphanages in Haiti. Since then, Tyler has made at least 1,500 dresses in two different sizes and a variety of patterns and colors. The project first started when Tyler joined a sewing group at Grantville Methodist Church. The group mainly makes quilts and knitted hats. When Tyler decided she wanted to make dresses, she took the project on her own. Tyler has experience sewing as she used to make all of her own clot...