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19 hrs ago | Lancashire Evening Post

Lancashire offenders in sewing project

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.

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21 hrs ago | KeysNews.com

'Sewing' seeds of hope

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

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Sun Jun 16, 2013

Duncan Banner

4-H youth learn sewing skills at annual camp

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.

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Daily Kos

DK Quilt Guild: Off to college! Part 1 Preparation

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.

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Related Topix: Life, Quilting, Hobbies, US News, Liberal Political News

Hattiesburg American

A family affair

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.

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Related Topix: Fort Collins, CO, Life, Hobbies, Larimer County, CO

Sat Jun 15, 2013

Green Bay Press-Gazette

Final Tanzanian Trunk Show set Tuesday, June 18

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.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Tanzania, Life, Hobbies

Fri Jun 14, 2013

Sentinel

Thimble Club marks 100 years

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.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Quilting, Dining

BellaOnline

Sewing Lesson - How to Sew a Blind Hem

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.

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Salt Lake City Weekly

Velo City Bags

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

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Fermanagh Today

Art project revisits shirt-making triumphs of Londonderry's past

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

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Thu Jun 13, 2013

Grant Park Gazette

Grant Park Gleanings

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.

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Related Topix: Bourbonnais, IL, Life, Events, Peotone, IL

Sew News

Sewing for a Friend with Breast Cancer

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.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, Life, Hobbies, Brain Cancer

Guardian-series.co.uk

Mother of three thanks BBC for booming sewing business

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.

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Naples Daily News

A common thread: Goodland couple opens their home to teach sewing and more to underprivileged girls

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.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Athens, GA, Potatoes, Food, Vegetables

This is Guernsey

Something old, something new

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.

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Trend Hunter Magazine

DIY Hair Bow Bracelets - This Creative Project Turns an Ordinary Hair ...

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.

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Wed Jun 12, 2013

Bradenton.com

Manatee County Fairgrounds crafts annual sewing camp

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.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Manatee County, FL, Sarasota, FL

Examiner.com

Spring Cleanup to Spring Shorts

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.

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Davis Enterprise

Quilt winner

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

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The Lebanon Daily News

Try to be boring; otherwise, it's RIP, privacy

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

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