When I was 16 and newly minted with a South Carolina driver's license, I signed up for my first sewing class. After a few days of sessions, my long-suffering instructor picked up my pillowcase, ...

Jessi Woska’s cozy home studio in Logan Square is located in her former dining room, just off her kitchen. Technicolor pegboards filled with cotton and wool thread spools line the walls, and plants ...

With the recent resurgence of Western style, classic chain stitching has become a micro-trend embraced by everyone from Bill Murray to Post Malone, who proudly sport shirts and suits adorned with ...

The blanket stitch creates a strong fabric join. Stitching can be a useful way of joining fabrics together to make a product. Stitches can have a practical function. This means that they have a useful ...

To glean inspiration for her small-batch, eponymous jacket line that launched this year, Austin-based Molly Dery looked to home. She says the far West Texas mountain sunrises and sunsets in El Paso, ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Shaw & Clark sewing machine (chain ...