The Altered Thread opens in Flatbush, offering sewing classes, alterations and creative empowerment for women and children.

In a quiet living room in Luling, Louisiana, five children huddled around a few donated sewing machines. They were the first students of Brenda Clesi’s dream; one that was stitched ...

An 1895 Montgomery Ward cabinet model treadle sewing machine is part of the Northwest Montana History Museum’s new exhibit Home Sewn: Thread, Cloth, Needles, and Yarn. (Courtesy photo) A 1910 wedding ...

For as long as I can remember, I've been sewing buttons back onto shirts for my dad and three brothers. It used to be easy when we lived in the same house. But as us kids have grown up and moved away, ...