My 11-year-old son pressed the sewing machine foot pedal like a NASCAR driver hitting the gas on a straight away. The machine hummed and rattled as he fed the fabric under the flashing needle. I ...

Long before basic sewing needle options evolved as “sharps” or “betweens,” cave-era folks simply threaded bone shard and animal horn with sinew or plant fiber to stitch animal skins into outerwear.

Margarita Garcia of Maplewood smiled broadly as she showed off a small cloth bag that could hold pencils, makeup or a cellphone. It looks deceptively simple, but to create it she had to learn to make ...

WSVN — It's a new pattern for fashionable women on a budget, get a pattern and make your own haute looks! At Sassy BB Design Store in Fort Lauderdale sewing classes are so popular these days. Kerry ...

ABINGDON, Va. — Got a sewing machine but don’t have a clue how to use it? Paper Moon Studio in Abingdon is offering a six-week series of sewing classes for both adults and youth. “I was hearing from ...

A four-week course on sewing basics is being offered by a Gwinnett County sewing studio starting Tuesday evening. Threaded from Heaven has been hosting virtual classes, and the April 28 class is being ...

Not all that long ago, women met in sewing circles held in homes or churches to catch up on the latest news and take a break from everyday responsibilities. They would stash mending, piecework or ...

Cora Sanderson and Meghan Meeker, both 10 and Lutz Preparatory School fifth-graders, settled down to sewing machines in Annella Martin Foshee’s home, ready for instructions about what they would ...