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.

Designer Sewing Center is a mom-and-pop shop owned by Natalie Reiners. She learned to sew at 7 or 8 years old, worked in the fashion industry for designers like Brian Bailey and Michael Campbell, then ...