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.

Small tears and frayed ends are easy repairs, thanks to Nicole Vasbinder’s guide to machine sewing and hand stitching. “Super Stitches Sewing” (Potter Craft/Crown Publishing Group, $19.99) includes 50 ...

Chris Stiff, 42, set up Stiff Stitches, which he operates from his Rickinghall home, at the start of November. Chris, who spent much of his career as an office worker but is currently a hatchery ...

The world of home making has been revived in the last few years. First there was the baking boom, then everyone starting knitting their own Christmas jumpers and now the art of sewing is taking the ...

Roger Fraser knew he'd be busy when he opened his sewing machine repair business in Yellowknife last January; afterall, Stitch'in Gwich'in Sewing Machine Repair and Sales was — and remains — the only ...

[Andrew] is bringing his old mechanical sewing machine into the 21st century by adding an Arduino control module. Originally, his Alfa sewing machine could only do a straight stitch or a zig-zag of ...