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.

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 ...

WILLMAR — For former Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg School District family and consumer sciences teacher Bonnie Kluver, sewing is so important. Simply put, she is a firm believer in equipping oneself with ...

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 ...

SPRINGFIELD — After more than 30 years as a chef and 14 years’ experience in bank management, Lucila “Lucy” Sanchez is pursuing another of her passions by launching Azaleah’s Sewing Academy. Her goal ...

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 ...