Sewing is a skill that comes in handy more often than you think. If you’d like to handle clothing alterations yourself or tackle more DIY projects, pick up a book to help you learn to sew. Books that ...

This tutorial provides the photographic step-by-step process to implement a variety of the six most common basic hand ...

Not gonna lie: Sewing is a little intimidating. All those needles flying and fabric billowing—not to mention the seemingly complicated machinery—can be scary for someone who's never even attempted to ...

Maybe those sewing skills your grandmother had skipped a generation or so, but what happens when you pop a button or your step through the hem in your pants? In my grandma’s era, it was common for ...

Gavyn Meadows is well on his way to learning something new every day. He has taken the first step to learning the basics of sewing, and the summer has just begun. Gavyn, decked out in his Zachary ...

In a room filled with sewing machines from various eras, a dozen women learned to wind a bobbin, thread a machine and create a simple tote-bag. “I feel like we can go home and take out our machine and ...

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 ...

Learn why it’s essential to change your sewing needle when switching fabrics, discover beginner-friendly tips for matching needle types to your material, and avoid common sewing mistakes for flawless ...

A partnership with The Wallace Foundation helped make Boys & Girls Club fashion studio possible Students must learn basic skills to advance in course; the club has set high expectations Teacher Amy ...

Sewing may seem like something your grandmother did but it’s making a comeback in the form of homemade gifts, costumes, one-of-a-kind clothing and more. The library may not seem like the place to go ...