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 ...

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 ...

Learn how to sew a standard pillowcase with basic sewing terms for a successful start to your first sewing project. My sewing machine is my favorite tool. Sewing is how I relax after a long day, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.