Sewing News

The first session was held at Preston's Edith Rigby House after funding was given for six electric sewing machines, sewing equipment and a tutor.

Simple, yet sturdy and fashionable, each dress is about the size of a pillowcase.

A few 4-H members took this week as chance to improve their sewing skills and get started on entries for this year's Stephens County Free Fair.

DK Quilt Guild: A place for quilters to gather, share ideas, projects, and to make the world a better place, one quilt at a time.

Ray Tollison regularly stays up until 2 a.m. working at his company's headquarters -- his Fort Collins, Colo., basement -- while his business partners sleep.

Imagine if the simple gift of a treadle sewing machine could transform the life of a young girl, allowing her to learn a skill that will keep her from becoming a victim of human trafficking.

Other than the sewing basket and patchwork runner on the table, this week's 100th anniversary gathering of Rose Lake Thimble Club did not involve any sewing or hand work.

For many sewn projects and garments, a basic folded hem sewn by machine serves well and looks fine, but for garments that are more formal or tailored, a blind stitch hem is less visible and looks more professional.

Velo City Bags was started by Nathan Larsen after he couldn't find my ideal messenger bag and set out to make his own.

A year-long art project by Rita Duffy remembers Londonderry's shirt factories and the women who laboured there.

Garage Sales Mark those calendars now to attend the city-wide garage sales in Grant Park - Friday, June 14, and Saturday, June 15, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fibromites Unite to Meet June 22 Fibromites Unite, a local support group for fibromyalgia patients and their families, meets on the fourth Saturday of every month, from 10 a.m. to noon, at St.

About a week ago, a friend contacted me who I haven't heard from in a while. I was stunned to learn that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer months ago and was finishing up chemotherapy.

With a little help from the BBC, a mother's sewing and crafts business is growing such that she's had to plan for the construction of a studio in her back garden to accommodate the classes that no longer fit in her living room.

As soon as a camera points their way, Raissa Kaninda, left, and her friends start striking poses, here enjoying the view from the widow's walk.

Remnants of vintage fabrics, old wallpapers, a little imagination and some basic craft skills are all that's needed to conjure the fashionable atmosphere of a bygone age, according to vintage expert Sarah Moore.

These creative DIY hair bow bracelets are utilizing a pattern often associated with hair accessories and transforming them into something chic and stylish you can wear on your wrist.

The pillow cases were one morning's handiwork for 20 girls in the American Sewing Guild Sarasota Gulf Coast's annual five-day summer sewing camp at the Harllee 4-H Center on the Manatee County Fairgrounds.

Everyone must have experienced the blast of a good spring time cleaning. Whether it has been a childhood family tradition year to year, or a usually or newly springtime cleaning of clearing out and refining clutter.

Eight-year-old Claire Hays of Davis shows off her winning quilt at the Flying Needles Quilters Guild show.

Without extravagant measures well beyond the willpower and means of most people, privacy is something that existed in an earlier world.