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 ...

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.

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 ...