Fashion, Knitting, and Sewing for Community

Jewel tones brighten black at NY Fashion Week
International Herald Tribune - France
That was emphasized with an interesting accessory: a knit band worn around the models' waists, like a scarf for the bodice. Many of the women's pants had a ...

Patterns make dressmaking hot
Bundaberg NewsMail - Australia
Dressmaker, designer and Bonnie Jean Fabric and Sewing Studio owner Annette Blair said she had recently seen a rise in numbers for her dressmaking classes. ...

An interview with Kaye Wood - part 1
Examiner.com - USA
Kaye said that PBS is gradually dropping quilting and sewing shows from their line up or putting the show in a block with generic "crafts" shows making them ...

Crafty girls with style
This is London - London,England,UK
The last time I used a sewing machine I was 11. I was so bad at sewing straight lines on tracing paper that I wasn't allowed near fabric. ...

What the world needs now: Hints from England about life, love ...
Examiner.com - USA
She also loves knitting, and offers columns on that subject as well. She even wrote about and displayed her biggest knitting disaster, which nonetheless ...

Pupils square up to knitting challenge
Reading Evening Post - Reading,England,UK
The children in the knitting club at Aldryngton Primary School in Silverdale Road have been using their lunch break at school to practise their knitting ...

Knit one, purl two, hook one thousand
Jakarta Post - Jakarta,Indonesia
Forget the image of a grandmother knitting while sitting on a rocking chair surrounded by balls of wool. Contrary to conventional ideas, knitting is not ...

Santoni gets government help with job layoffs
Knitting Industry - Manchester,UK
The group’s leading brand Santoni has suffered in recent years after seemingly saturating the market with its seamless circular knitting technology. ...

Albinos receive Sh1.5m sewing machines
The Citizen Daily - Dar Es Salam,United Republic of Tanzania
By Frederick Katulanda, Mwanza The Mwanza City Council has donated nine sewing machines worth Sh1.5 million to albinos in Mwanza Region. ...

Choiseul women start sewing business
Solomon Star - Honiara,Solomon Islands
The women’s ministry of Supizae Island in north-west Choiseul Province officially received their sewing project Wednesday week. Delegates from the EU Micro ...

Sofa's transformation was long weekend project
MLive.com - MI,USA
Basic sewing skills are required for most upholstery projects. If you don't know how to sew, recruit a friend who does to help you out. ...

Shop caters to tight-knit crafting community
Bristol Press - CT, United States
In fact, the store sells a yarn made especially for socks, with different colors that alternate in a “self-striping” pattern. ...

Interweave contest
The Oregonian - OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA
The online store will offer a large selection of knitting and crochet books, magazines, DVDs, patterns, etc. Grand Prize is a $500 gift certificate; ...

Sewing, Knitting Roundup

Do You Buy Knitting Patterns?
Now Sixth & Spring, publishers of Vogue Knitting, Knit.1, Knit Simple and others, is planning its own pattern store, and its planning to pay the designers a paltry 10 percent of pattern sales. I first learned about this ...

Knitting guild shares love of an ancient art
Statesman Journal - Salem,OR,USA
By Laurie Fry • Special to the Statesman Journal As vice president of the Millstream Knitting Guild, Bailey is one of the forces behind keeping the art of ...

Granby knitting pro Jeanne M. Crosby hopes to learn more
The Republican - MassLive.com - Springfield,MA,USA
She learned to crochet at the age of 11, but says she likes knitting better. "I like the finished product better," Crosby said. "I can follow the pattern ...

At the library
Wicked Local West Roxbury - Needham,MA,USA
Please donate your unused yarn and knitting needles to the program. Or pick up some yarn and a pattern to make a child’s hat. The library will donate all ...

Designer encourages knitters to make own clothes
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
By Deborah Deasy, TRIBUNE-REVIEW A career in knitting seemed unlikely when Maggie Jackson first tried the craft at age 6. "My mother taught me. ...

Costume designer Patricia Field shares her Confessions
Houston Chronicle - United States
Chronicle writer Joy Sewing talked with Field about Confessions of a Shopaholic: Q: What fashion style did you go for with this film? ...

Recessionista fashion: re-make your clothes
FashionUnited US News - Amsterdam,Netherlands
SANS digital sewing pattern series are easily executed and with basic sewing skills and a single needle sewing machine standing by, all you have to do is ...

USA: The Third Annual Independent Handbag Designer Awards
BharatTextile.com (subscription) - Mumbai,India
... CURVY(™) sewing machine and will be featured on the SINGER website where the winning designer will also share a handbag pattern from his/her collection. ...

Fab Fabrics: Vintage Feed and Seed Bags
Crafting A Green World - USA
Want to add a little kitsch to your next sewing project? We’ve got just the thing! Pam Knott over at Mad Creek Designs stocks these fabulous feed bags, ...

The art of quilting
Hot Springs Star - Hot Springs,SD,USA
... rug patterns, art books, images on the Internet, her imagination. Once she decides on the design, she selects fabric from the shelves in her sewing room ...

Repair shops thrive as many keep using what they have
Houston Chronicle - United States
At Alief Vacuum and Sewing Center, owner Stuart Miller has taken on repairing battery-operated toys, as vacuum and sewing machine repairs decreased three ...

Daily Planner: February 9
Enterprise-Record - Chico,CA,USA
6: 10 am Sewing. Noon lunch. Masonic Family Center, 1110 W. East Ave. SPEAKEASY TOASTMASTERS: Noon-1 pm Casual lunch. Bureau of Reclamation, 1140 W. Wood ...

Lead weight: Small businesses decry law spurred by China toy scare
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier - Waterloo,IA,USA
Her bucket of vintage buttons, passed down from her mother's collection, collected dust on the shelf near her sewing table. Designing new clothes for her ...

LDS senior humanitarians serve the world
Mormon Times - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
The words are pinned to the bulletin board in sewing room next to the lists of items and number that have been made for the month. ...

Survivor on the Main
The Gazette (Montreal) - Quebec,Canada
Barry Shinder, owner of Maple Leaf Hat and Cap Manufacturing, hunches over the same sewing machine his father did 79 years ago when the Mile End company was ...

Show goes on for 'Porkchop'
News & Observer - Raleigh,NC,USA
Alas, Parker can't sew. "I knew it was a weakness," Parker says now. "I usually have a person sewing for me. So I just tried to make something creative and ...

Monday, February 9 - Get Fiscally Fit at the Library
Examiner.com - USA
For more great classes on everything from knitting to crafts and cooking to fashion, check out the library's extensive Fresh City Life offerings.

Alameda County fire dispatcher's writing career is scorching hot
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
She also keeps a blog called Yarn-a-Go-Go, in which she muses about knitting, writing and life. Herron said she has been knitting since she was 5 years old. ...

Coconut Grove abounds with arts and crafts events
MiamiHerald.com - Miami,FL,USA
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church is gearing up for its 21st Arts and Crafts Show, which coincides with the Grove's annual Arts Fest. ...

CraftBits and Craft Gossip
Baltimore By Hand - Baltimore,MD,USA
Have you heard of Craft Gossip? These are two marvelously crafty web sites that contain a wealth of ideas, projects, articles and just about any other craft ...