The Great British Sewing Bee is ready to crown its 2025 winner, with three skilled stitchers vying for the top spot. Making their bid for the trophy are pattern and brights enthusiast Yasmin, the ...

The New York Sewing Center has seen a surge in demand as people look to save money, upcycle and learn a skill that isn’t just for their grandparents. Students at the New York Sewing Center have ...

Men and women looking to learn the craft of sewing this week congregated at Costa Mesa’s Donald Dungan Library, where a 90-minute lesson could be extended by weeks for students interested in checking ...

The inquiry "Who invented the sewing machine?" has kept a lot of people talking for many, many years by many different people in many different sewing communities, and rightfully so. The sewing ...

The best sewing machine makes your sewing projects easier, whether you're mending clothes or making them from scratch. We've tested sewing machines from popular brands – including Brother, Janome, ...

I have been doing Auto Upholstery on my own since 1980. Being self-taught from an early age. I have always been guarded to share any of my knowledge because of competition, but now I realize that I am ...

Whether you love hosting dinners, or are always on the hunt for homemade items that'll add some charm to your space, you've likely thought about making your own custom table linens. This simple ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...

A sewing machine is a fantastically useful thing to own, but too often sewing machines end up languishing in a closet because something wasn't working quite right the last time you tried to use it.