After 20-some years of sewing clothes for homeless children, the Helping Hands Sewing Group has noticed some changes. Fabrics have gotten thinner and contain more polyester than they used to. What ...

Forty young Haitian girls pulled on dresses recently — some for the first time — thanks to the efforts of a New Port Richey amateur seamstress-humanitarian and the Brooksville Rotary Club. Dee Ford, ...

Sewing machines hum and laughter sprinkles the air in the Sykesville home of Patricia Mattoon on the third Wednesday of each month as a small group of ladies juggle material, elastic and bias binding.

Eleven home-schoolers in the Portland and Orlinda communities recently sewed dresses for Haitian children. Helping Haitian children has become a special citizenship focus for this group of youngsters, ...

FAIR HAVEN — A local woman has offered sewing lessons to anyone who will learn to keep young women and girls around the world safe and seen. Dress a Girl Around the World is an initiative started by ...

IOWA CITY - Students at a sewing class at Iowa City West High School were originally supposed to sew together costumes for the school's theater department. But just before the trimester began, the ...

SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio woman has dedicated her life to sewing children’s clothes for charities in need. Kathleen Gamble, 40, created her own non-profit company called, “Too Kute to Sleep In.” “I ...

Almaborealis founder Maija Nygren took cues from early learning theories, such as loose parts play, to design a tactile kit for children aged four to 12 that encourages them to make their own clothes.