This tutorial provides the photographic step-by-step process to implement a variety of the six most common basic hand stitches.The six stitches we’ll be learning today are: running baste stitch and ...

When life’s biggest moments come — like graduations, weddings, and even funerals — many Native families mark the occasion with a star quilt.

Rylee Arnold may be a pro on ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ but can she master sewing? In this episode of “Good House/Bad House,” the dancer goes head-to-head with Good Housekeeping Institute's Associate ...

A hand sewing machine is a compact and portable tool that makes it easy to mend clothes, stitch fabric, or handle small sewing projects without the need for a large machine. It is simple to operate ...

The blanket stitch is one of the most versatile stitches ever – for sewing two fabric pieces together, finishing the edges of fabric, doing applique easily or to decorate a garment edge – all easy ...

For “Chief of War,” the actor went from playing fictional superheroes to a real one in this epic passion project set in Hawaii. For “Chief of War,” the actor went from playing fictional superheroes to ...

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PENDLETON, Ore. — Inside the Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution, the hum of sewing machines fills the air as adults in custody (AICs) craft workwear with purpose. For more than 30 years, the ...

Under the shade of a tree, a group of Kachhi Rabari women are huddled together. With their black lehngas tucked between their legs and their veils draped across their foreheads, their eyes follow the ...

We're in our ‘fix it’ era! Along with learning how to un-shrink our clothes, fix a broken zipper and clean our suede shoes, we're also improving our sewing skills – and that starts with learning how ...

Peggy explains the concepts of length, circumference, depth and how to apply them to your patterns. Fitting garments is said to be one of the hardest skills in sewing. Peggy defines fit as when the ...

Sewing with a machine would definitely make the sewing easier and faster. But why do hand sewing? The first reason would be if you do not own a sewing machine, of course. That's pretty obvious. The ...