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 ...

He wasn’t sure how Downtown Sewing, a destination for sewing classes, machines and repairs, would land in a culture shaped by ...

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 ...

For a kid without access to a kindly grandmother, learning how to sew can be daunting. That's where Cecilia Franklin comes in. She teaches kids the basics at Camp Sew Fun run out of her sewing supply ...

A plethora of projects await in a host of titles. Sewing with Felt: Learn Basic Stitches to Create More Than 60 Colorful Projects by Buff McAllister, photos by Hank Schneider, provides useful ...

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 ...

FASHIONISTAS: Hanger Hall School, from left, students Angelique Mills, Julianne Stanley and Holiday Railey practice their sewing skills at an after-school club. Photo by Jessica Wakeman Olivia ...

Houston – September marks National Sewing Month, a tradition recognized by President Ronald Reagan in 1982, celebrating an art that has been a cornerstone of homemaking for centuries. Sewing has ...

On Tuesday evenings this past spring, Abbey Overmeyer could be found practicing the art of patience. Bent over a sewing machine, the 13-year-old learned the skills necessary to make a pillow as part ...