Sewing News

Originally published July 1, 2009 at midnight, updated July 1, 2009 at 8:40 p.m. Shoe and boot repair shops aren't just about sewing up soles and hammering on heels.

Vera Bradley's new sewing plant in New Haven can produce more than 1,400 yards of quilted material a day.

It's summertime and the sewing is easy. There's nothing cooler, easier, or breezier than linen for summertime garments.

With thimble and needle in hand, the women carefully stitch together 80-year-old quilt blocks.

When I was in high school, I studied Shakespeare. I once engaged in a heated discussion with a friend who could not understand what I saw in Shakespeare's plays and how did I understand all those "weird" words anyway?. I tried to explain that once you understood the vocabulary and nuances of the language, it was not so difficult to comprehend what ...

Hunched over and huddled two feet from the wall, inmate Chad Hupp works while the seconds melt away.

British biological warfare scientists developed a poisoned dart to rain down on enemy troops during the second world war and used sewing machine needles to make prototypes, it was disclosed today.

Information on using a circular embroidery tool, incorporating children's artwork in quilts, and Japanese tailoring techniques will be the featured topics on "Creative Living" at noon Tuesday and 2 p.m. Saturday.

Sewing machines are working machines with many moving parts that need maintenance every so often.

For people who are learning how to sew or are already experts in sewing, one thing they must agree with and that is to have a nice and comfortable area for sewing.

Dust off the sewing machine and sharpen the shears. Heather Ross wants to get America sewing again.

During World War II, British scientists developed a new and extremely lethal secret weapon: a bomb which released a cloud of sewing needles, tipped with deadly poison .

Grab a needle, paper piercer and some floss and add some dimensional texture to your scrapbook pages and cards.

Heather Bailey is hours away from a two-day getaway to the kind of resort where there are massages, high-thread-count sheets, white cotton robes, room service and no one saying "Mommy, can you?" "Heather, where's the .

Step Two: Prepare Towel for Sewing Cut your towel in half lengthwise so that you end up with two halves .

Marines in MARPAT Uniform Government Sewing & Apparel received a maximum $8.6 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-quantity contract to supply the Marine Corps combat utility uniform, including battle dress, desert and woodland camouflage blouse and trouser sets.

When I used to teach sewing, I loved starting a new student on a vest. Making a vest teaches many aspects of sewing.

Marie Manigault sat outside the ticket offices for tours of Fort Sumter and the USS Yorktown.

Maureen Augerman , Donna Chiborak and Penny Soulsby stand with some of the many dolls made by them and other Dolly Sisters of Niagara members.

Mary Kisner has lived in the State College area almost her entire life, but her work in curriculum development at Penn State and then as a consultant in work force education has kept her on the road for much of her adult life.