Manizha Naziry, 25, is busy hemming clothes for a client at the North Greenwich Congregational Church. Naziry never learned how to sew in her native country of Afghanistan. But now, she might be able ...

While it is billed as a community sewing circle, the hand-crafted items that come out of the monthly sessions have an impressive range. On any given evening, a dozen or so women might be working to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

WAYNESBORO As Bertha, Ruth and Florence Showalter bend over a new quilting project on its table-length frame, the handiwork of generations of Showalters -- and Heatwoles, Hostetters and other women of ...

SNOW HILL, Md. (AP) -- Janine Dufrene's fingers gingerly guided her needle into the soft, cotton face of the quilt stretched on a quilting frame. Around her, half a dozen ladies worked, their short, ...

WASHOUGAL, Wash. (KOIN) — A group of women in at Washougal United Methodist Church are teaming up to sew dresses for girls in 82 countries. Volunteers are part of a program called “Dress A Girl” run ...

Nearly every home on Islesboro is equipped with at least one Circle potholder. One of the easiest of sewing projects, these potholders can be sewn by hand or on a machine. Design Considerations. This ...

Knitting, crochetting, embroidering, mending -- whatever you're working on, bring it to the sewing circle! The PUL Makerspace will have some basic sewing materials like scissors and embroidery hoops, ...