Sewing News

Several major European retailers have signed on to an agreement to bring greater safety to garment factories and the workers in them.

Show your American pride with these great free patterns to make some red, white and blue flag and patriotic craft ideas.

Chicken paillarde with cherry sauce and parsley rice, Italian sausage pot stickers and mango lime pie were among the scrumptious and mouthwatering fare that delighted a packed house at the Taste of Home Cooking School Thursday night at the Randolph County Armed Forces Reserve Center.

Students strutted the catwalk showcasing dozens of student-made outfits for the Morristown High School 2013 fashion show.

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The new Nelson Stitch Lab is a place where young and old can learn to sew under the guidance of owner Deborah Achleitner.

With these three terrific books, you will be able to sew and design jewelry, bags, clothing, accessories, and more! The possibilities are endless! The patterns offered with step-by-step illustrated instructions will make your sewing experience even easier.

I enjoy reading what others here at Sew News thought on the exhibit SPUN Adventures in Textiles at the Denver Art Museum .

A Bangladeshi woman holds up a portrait of her missing relative after the collapse of Rana Plaza, revealing the dark side of the Bangladesh garment industry's success.

I've slept easy the past year, knowing that 93-year-old Sharlotte Hydorn and her menacing sewing machine are both off the streets.

Lacie Mattox, who moved to Tucson from Los Angeles two years ago, is a single mom of four kids ages 3 to 14.

The 11th session of the 13-week rehabilitative and recovery program known as the Lalaga Fa'atasi Sewing Project spearheaded by the Department of Youth and Womens Affairs in partnership with the Criminal Justice Planning Agency is set to start on June 10.

As The Inter-Mountain and Elkins Distributing prepare for Thursday's Taste of Home Cooking School, a number of local companies are gearing up for the event's exclusive vendor fair.

After trolling style blogs one day, Crump - a self-professed craft maniac and hobbyist - decided to teach herself Shibori, a more intricate form of tie-dye with roots in Japan .

The rat-a-tat of a hundred green sewing machines. The hypnotic hum of spools spinning brightly colored threads.

Sewing machines are on display at West Side Sewing in Cedar Rapids. Due to the popularity of reality TV shows like 'Project Runway,' sewing machines and sewing clothes are once again in style.

My husband, Joe, has been at work several hours already and daughter Elizabeth left for her job at 5:15 a.m. Joe tilled part of the garden last night.

What can you make with covers from old, worn out book covers, used sewing patterns, stray playing cards, puzzle pieces and loads of mismatched papers? If you are Debbie Gilbert of the Altered Bee in Bristol, NH, you create beautiful, one of a kind altered journals .

The American Sewing Expo wants you to enter their 7th Annual ASE Passion For Fashion .

The opening of the McCook House Civil War Museum today through Sunday will showcase a never-before-viewed by the public McCook family album recently donated for permanent display at the state memorial.