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- August 9, 2008
- Martin Luther King speech inspires quilter.
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Bernard Adler, 87, is attached to his sewing machine. His talents as a tailor saved his life during the Holocaust!
- August 8, 2008
- Elders pass down sewing skills and provide a course in sealskin sewing - vests, pants and kamiik. (Northern News Service Online)
- August 6, 2008
- How to make do and mend, right there in the online version of Telegraph * Argus in the UK.
- Kids take sewing classes during the summer and they think it's great fun! We already knew that. (Tampa Bay Online)
- August 5, 2008
- Make a Blanket Day held at local library. Blankets made for Project Linus. What a good idea! (Frisco Enterprise Star, TX)
- A jeans cut off skirt tutorial from the LA Times. Go figure.
- August 4, 2008
- Revamped clothing created from clothing from the past. A true sewing green story!
- This physician in Arizona sews pillows for pets.
- July 4, 2008
- Foxhole pillows made by seniors in MA are a good idea that we could all try. (WCSH6.com, Falmouth, MA)
- July 1, 2008
- Gotta love a man who sews. This guy has been sewing since he was 12. Shirts are his specialty. (Lehigh Acres Citizen.com)
- Dollmakers trying to keep their children at home in Mexico by making a living sewing traditionally clothed dolls. (Charlotte.com/Charlotte Observer)
- January-June, 2008
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Mother Earth News is offering instruction on how to make a foot powered sewing machine.
- Not your usual sewing story, saving money by becoming Amish, including sewing!
- 03/15/08
- Sewing is cool again!, as if we didn't already know it. (Baltimore Sun)
- 03/12/08
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Woman start sewing group to battle gambling addictions in her community. (CBC News)
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03/10/08
- Turn hankies into sachets. (Quad City Times)
Kids get together to make fleece caps and scarves for the homeless. (TheReporter.com, Vacaville, CA)
When did your sewing bug hit? Read how this person's hit! (Hernando Today/Tampa)
Jen Newman makes and donates fabric headbands for girls with cancer in Georgia.
- 01/31/08
- Woman turns sewing hobby into a job, at home. You could do this too!
Volunteers are sewing stockings for our troops. Another project you could do on your own.
- 01/08/08
- Kids get together to make fleece caps and scarves for the homeless. (TheReporter.com, Vacaville, CA)
- 01/07/08
- When did your sewing bug hit? Read how this person's hit! (Hernando Today/Tampa)
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