INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Twenty donated sewing machines is helping change the fabric of more than a dozen Afghan women’s lives. Imani Aid’s delivered them to Exodus Refugee’s sewing Art Circle group as ...
Not all that long ago, women met in sewing circles held in homes or churches to catch up on the latest news and take a break from everyday responsibilities. They would stash mending, piecework or ...
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Sew for Love is a group of sewers from the South Bay community–ranging in skill from beginner to expert–who sew a variety of projects that are then donated to people in the community who need them.
I dropped by the studio of artist Marie Watt the other day, where she was in the middle of her latest project -- a piece to be displayed this June at the Portland Art Museum in an exhibit highlighting ...
ON A DECEMBER night at Quality Sewing & Vacuum in Bellevue, about 20 women are seated on folding chairs arranged in a circle. In the center is a table filled with brightly wrapped packages. There’s a ...
L-R: Suzanne Hege, Katy Farren, Ellen Rufty, Rhonda Lauver, Patti Wesley, Prudence Robinson and Kathi Elligan are passionate about serving by sewing. Suzanne Hege has been sewing for over 50 years. It ...
Mahasin Muhammad guided sand-colored fabric through a sewing machine on Saturday, doing her bit to create trousers for an army of enslaved people who will march on New Orleans later this year.