DEAR MISS MANNERS: While sewing thousands of face masks to donate to family, friends and society in general, I decided it made sense to have two sewing machines. A woman in my social circle had a ...

Kate Sprout is the owner and technician of Alaska Sewing Machine Repair in Anchorage, Alaska. Sprout opened her business in 2022 shortly after quitting her job. While starting a new business can be ...

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 ...

It’s been a while since anyone slept in the spare bedroom in Pat Vandermolen’s Sunnyvale home. “Obviously, not anymore,” said Vandermolen, gesturing around a room that has been taken over as a ...

Debby Parise from Glyndon finds old sewing machines (like this hand crank-operated British Harrodia, which was originally sold at Harrods department store in London from 1920 to 1925), cleans them, ...