For 25 years, the best time for South Shore seamstress Patricia Slaight has been consistent — prom season. It never mattered that high school proms meant a surge in business. There were dozens of fund ...

According to a Global Arts & Crafts market report, the arts and crafts industry, which includes sewing and fabric, is expected to be valued at over $40 billion by 2025. Sewing is especially popular, ...

In these DIY times, sewing classes are bursting at the seams. Jo-Ann's, the national fabric and craft chain, opened 30 new stores this year and will open 40 more in 2011. According to the U.S. Bureau ...

Facing a layoff from his welding job, a young Steve Ferguson told his father that he didn’t want to join him in the sewing machine repair business. “It sounded like a sissy job,” he said. Ferguson ...

With sewing machines that provide quilter-friendly features, innovative sewists can produce stunning quilts that serve both utilitarian and artistic purposes. By Carol Benton Updated Aug 15, 2023 4:50 ...

EYOTA — Along the side of U.S. Highway 52 a few miles south of Rochester, you'll see a blue sign directing you to turn for Sewing By Carolyn. Plenty of cars do make that turn -- This family enterprise ...

My 11-year-old son pressed the sewing machine foot pedal like a NASCAR driver hitting the gas on a straight away. The machine hummed and rattled as he fed the fabric under the flashing needle. I ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic was a turning point for many people. For Pat Johanson, it was an opportunity to sow (as in sew) seeds of kindness in the Central Oregon ...

A sewing machine is a fantastically useful thing to own, but too often sewing machines end up languishing in a closet because something wasn't working quite right the last time you tried to use it.

NBC Select independently determines what we cover and recommend. When you click on or buy through our links, we earn a commission. Learn more. Newbie sewers should avoid all the bells and whistles and ...