| 单词 | sewing |
| 例句 | Mami watched him for a while then took her sewing inside the house. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Thinking back, the signs were there—family photos burned in the fireplace, Mother sewing her best silver and jewelry into the lining of her coat late at night, and Papa not returning from work. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “She just took in a heap of sewing that she has to finish quick. Marla Kay from church has a sewing machine, but she said hers is jammed up bad.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Werner repairs a neighbor’s sewing machine, the Children’s House grandfather clock. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “I suppose I must catch it like a cough,” said Biddy, quietly; and went on with her sewing. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z I see a sewing kit on the dresser. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z At meetings of the Female Society of Birmingham, women gathered in sewing circles to make bags decorated with abolitionist images, such as the one below. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z I would take fifteen drops from the base formula—which was kept in Mother’s sewing cupboard, where it would not be used or polluted—and add them to a small bottle of distilled water. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Dumplin’,” she calls over the sewing machine, not even acknowledging what I just said. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z When she was sure of the blue line of flame, she finished her sewing and started in on the last preparations for dinner. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Well, what about in your crafting room? Right above the sewing table,” Abby asked. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z She will wait here, sewing, until Olga can buy her legs, too. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I stay up while the house is quiet, drying clothes by the fire and sewing a rip in Helena’s skirt where I didn’t sew it very well in the first place. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The sewing machine made a resounding clatter in the room; it was of a ponderous, bygone make. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z A walking model of all the various styles of fine hand sewing and it didn’t worry me that I was only twelve years old and merely graduating from the eighth grade. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z What she lacked in smarts Hasina made up for in mischief and a mouth that, Giti said, ran like a sewing machine. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z But now the two move from partnership to marriage with the announcement that Paisley will have her own department in each Superstore, called Paisley Notions—dedicated primarily to sewing and other crafts. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Long as he don’t mind, Isaiah can stay in my sewing room.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z “How is she doing? O na-agakwa? Is her sewing going well?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Blanca spent the winter knitting a sweater made of Scottish wool in her sewing class at school, with the boy’s measurements in mind. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Eating starch, choosing when to tackle the yoke, sewing, picking, cooking, chopping. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I’m gonna need a sewing machine. I can get one secondhand down on Duval for twenty-five dollars,” she said, and looked at me. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Late the next morning he sat sewing in the room upstairs. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The woman who had lived there before us left behind an old- fashioned sewing machine that you operated with a foot treadle. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Listen up now, little sisters,” Sister Wanda said, and, as one, the girls stopped sewing, crossed hands in laps, and looked up attentively. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Last week, I wore my patchwork denim skirt and vest with the red leather pockets that just about broke my sewing machine needle. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Unlike the girl in the novel, she hadn’t made it herself, knew little about quilting or sewing or craftiness. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Ever so often, I come to work and find her bawling in her crib, Miss Leefolt busy on the sewing machine rolling her eyes like it’s a stray cat stuck in the screen door. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Papi nailed new boards under Mami’s treadle sewing machine, and under their bed, but the floor still groaned and sagged to the corners, threatening to collapse and bring the house down with it. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I reached into my pocket and pulled out her note about the sewing kit. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It’s squashed flat; the red plastic is split at the sides, where the sewing is. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z There was a wicked point to all the sewing and cooking that they were trying to impress upon me, the tedious lessons I had been spurning and ducking. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Faster than a sewing machine working a piece of cloth, I hooked down the tarpaulin on both sides of the boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Across the back of the building were the cooking and sewing labs with their banks of stoves and Singers. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The other two bedrooms were Lydia’s wardrobe room—filled with wheeled clothing racks—and her sewing/project room. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z But I thought sewing by hand, especially sewing for “pleasure” was slow torture. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z It took a couple of trips, but she ended up bringing out the sewing machine, most of the tools from her first class, a square template, and an iron. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z One day in early February, Mrs. Byrne enters the sewing room silently and unexpectedly. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Yesterday was a quiet day spent in teaching, sewing, and writing in my little room, which is very cozy, with a light and fire. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z If she had been home, she might have spent the dark afternoons spinning or sewing, but the mistress bought her woolens and calicoes at the village stores. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The sewing school part, though, makes my stomach queasy. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As the Singer sewing machine chugged up and down creating stitches in my blue-and-white elementary school uniform, I wondered why my brothers did not wear uniforms to school. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z “I’ve a lot of cooking today and there’s cleaning and sewing and all. You evidently wish to see Mr. Ttt; he’s upstairs in his study.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Biff bent close over his sewing and meditated on many things. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z On Jackie’s last day in Colby, she and Bertha sat together at the sewing machine in my room and talked about boys and clothes and movie stars while they worked on a zipper. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Otherwise, she ignored them and spent her time sewing and mumbling to herself, contentedly senile. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Then she held the braid tighter on one edge, and kept on sewing it around and around. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I kiss Momma good-bye, and soon she’s in the sewing room, threading the needle. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z He is sitting at his sewing machine, right shoe still on the foot treadle. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z We found her in the little sewing room off her downstairs bedroom. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I have no idea how long the knocking’s been going on when it dawns on me that the noise I’m hearing isn’t coming from my sewing machine acting up but from someone at the window. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z As I worked moving bolts of fabric from the back, I uncovered a dozen old sewing machines hidden by a stack of boxes. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Papi is sleeping in the sewing room over there to make sure Lolo is OK. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Slaves kept her house clean, did much of her sewing, all her cooking and washing. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Maybe I can just take the diploma and then refuse to go to sewing school, or run away if I have to. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The pig was not on the old sewing machine. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I imagined he worked by oil lamp, cutting and sewing leather well into the night. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Instead of taking a nap after she made the lunches, she started sewing a cloak using the fabric from one of her blue dresses. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z After she gets better I find a small knitted sock, pastel green, in my mother’s sewing basket. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She sat at her ease in the platform rocker, with her sewing basket at her feet. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z There was a young light-skinned Hazara woman sewing a shawl in a corner of the room. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Her mother wore shorts and a tank top as she worked the pedal of a sewing machine with her bare foot. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Now she had a sewing machine, a very fancy one, and bolts of fabric with which she created fine clothing. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z But the boy before me says playing stick-ball, and the girl before him says stamp collecting, so when the question comes to me, I say sewing. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Soon enough, we realized that she was taking us toward the dress shop where Mom worked, sewing clothes in the warehouse. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z From these she made patterns, cutting and sewing silk flowers that she arranged in the parlor. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Instead she sat calmly by the fire, sewing. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The Jeeps, troops, and sewing machines were now drawn up next to the Far Common quadrangle. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She saw it on one burning afternoon sewing with her on the porch a short time after Meme had left for school. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He sits down on my sewing chair, regards the photo again. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z It wasn’t quite pitch-dark, and in the ghostly gray predawn light he could see the old treadle sewing machine. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Shin worked late that night in the factory and was among the last of the sewing machine repairmen to walk into a ten o’clock meeting of ideological struggle, a mandatory session of self-criticism. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Feeling okay about the sketches, I close the pad and sit down at the sewing table. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Beth was soon able to lie on the study sofa all day, amusing herself with the well-beloved cats at first, and in time with doll’s sewing, which had fallen sadly behind-hand. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z She tried to stay on top of the sewing and to keep dust from gathering in the cracks between the floorboards. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The door to the sewing room opens, and I jump a little. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Elizabeth sits at the sewing machine she has on the dining room table. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Deft with a sewing machine, Katherine bought fabric from the dry goods store and stayed up nights making school outfits for the girls and dresses for herself. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The pants Bull made himself, cutting up several red handkerchiefs and sewing them together so that they formed a makeshift covering for Edward’s long legs. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z It was around that time that Amaranta started sewing her own shroud. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z They found Her Grace sewing by the fire, whilst her fool danced about to music only he could hear, the cowbells on his antlers clanging. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Grandma reached down for something in her sewing basket. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The mother took care of everything else in addition to her considerable sewing work. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z So I stood there in the “sewing room” in my socks and underwear doing the on-off routine with my pants while hot Annie pinned and her hot mother worked the sewing machine. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Horse hair is always better than thread for sewing up a wound,” she said. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama had always used a sewing machine, but it looked like Baachan sewed by hand. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z "I remember you sewing my buttons, Mom," Uncle Lou says, making her smile again. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She unpacked the trunk — some housecoats, a framed portrait of her father, sewing supplies, and an assortment of fabrics — and arranged her things on a few empty shelves. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z After all that designing, measuring, cutting, sewing, pinning, stapling, gluing, and Velcro-ing? You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The sewing machine thumps a methodic beat, never ceasing, but only getting stronger and stronger with each stitch. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She straightens a long piece of satin through her sewing machine with her foot hovering over the pedal. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Mary scowls when I step back into the sewing room. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “It’s like sewing up a turkey after you stuff it, is how my dad puts it.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He watched the sail makers cutting heavy canvas into strips and sewing it back together again. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Holly Paine’s new sewing machine was gleaming white and covered with buttons. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Several times a day Mrs. Byrne materializes in the sewing room like a phantom, but she never picks up a needle. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “Neither do I. We have to learn sewing and knitting and smocking. In Deportment, they make us walk around the room with a book on our heads.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Mami’s sewing machine, the bed, her rocking chair, the small dresser where Papi kept his special things, baked in the sun, their worn surfaces scarred, their joints loose and creaky. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Been working so busy on that sewing machine in her bedroom. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Eliza would sit half the day sewing, reading, or writing, and scarcely utter a word either to me or her sister. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Adah and I dragged our sewing projects out to the porch so we could still keep an eye out for interesting goings-on in the world. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Carrying sewing machines up and down factory stairs no longer wore him out. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z She was bending over her old treadle Singer sewing machine, threading a bobbin. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Plus, she’s been sewing banners, interviewing new judges, and finding sponsors for the pageant, which means she’s checked out of parenthood completely for a few months. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z So far in Mrs. Collins’s class, we’ve learned about the different components that make a sewing machine work and how to use it. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She sat, twisting her sewing in her hands, trying to think. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z After Kay leaves, I go inside and get right to sewing. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z When their temperamental foot-powered sewing machines broke down, Shin fixed them. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Everyone said that Mother’s sewing was better than anything purchased from a store. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z The sewing machines were carried with considerable exertion into Veazy Hall. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “Today,” I would tell him heavily, “she ate upon her sewing table.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “Even if you die, the sewing machine can’t be brought back,” the superintendent added. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z It took me an hour to organize Abuela’s sewing supplies this morning. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Eleanor had taken all the safety pins from her mom's sewing kit and used them to pin scraps of silk and velvet over the holes in her jeans, and her mom hadn't even mentioned it. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I drenched the quilt she never finished, rusted the metal parts of her sewing machine. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “Thank you for sewing it,” I told her. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I was afraid she’d get all protective and say that I could be just as useful sewing bandages to put in the supply boxes to be buried in the mountains. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Alice began to find gifts—in her sewing basket, in her worn-out purse, under her pillow—two cinnamon pinks, a bluebird’s tailfeather, half a stick of green sealing wax, a stolen handkerchief. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Two hours later her father came to get her in the sewing room. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Tonight, Minerva and I were sewing curtains in the middle room where the kitchen, living, dining room, and everything is. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Cooking is women’s work, same as sewing. Act like a man, Robbie. Go outside and get your hands dirty. You don’t start toughening up, I might have to drown that cat of yours.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I was so lonely that I kept sewing on my moccasins to keep myself busy. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, she’s good at sewing,” I said, and pointed to a patch on my pants. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z I should have stolen a knife from the kitchen, found some way to the sewing scissors. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z She continued working in the main-house kitchen, kneading dough and sewing on the sewing machine, daily growing more deformed by her maternity. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Later on, sewing machines were shipped in, and one barracks was turned into a clothing factory. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z “This war’s so technical they’ve got to use all kinds of machines, even sewing machines, don’t you think so, Gene?” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Park paid polite attention to Shin’s instructions on sewing machine maintenance. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Besides listening to music and dancing, sewing is the thing that relaxes me. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I did as she told me and sat in front of a tall black Royal typewriter that was sitting on an unused sewing table. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I pulled my sampler from my sewing bag and looked at it. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Now that Arize was pregnant, he did more overtime at the railway and asked her to cut down on her sewing. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z There’s a tailor who sets up his foot-pedal sewing machine under the tree and takes their orders, simple as that. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Before Ma broke her leg, she had been holding a sewing class in the house. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “No, you’re not. You just don’t think. Should I be knitting or sewing, do you suppose? I’m so comfortable just sitting.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I went to the parlor one afternoon, where Mother was sewing, and I said, “I have a terrific idea. Why don’t we have a ham this year for Thanksgiving?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I’ve been trading, collecting things to sell in the secondhand shops and sometimes in the rubbish bins outside the nicer houses, washing and sewing and repairing what I find. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z A sharp sound cut the air, as if someone had dropped a handful of sewing needles. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z And Mama was just sitting down short at the table, so she went back to sewing. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “My mother had to clip her lashes with sewing scissors.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Many times, when Remedios the Beauty was not present, it was he who turned the wheel on the sewing machine. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Although she’d been watching my knitting to some degree, it had been a while since Mother had inspected my fine sewing. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z OUR places of comfort are expectedly different, my friends and I. Elizabeth’s is hunched over her sewing machine trying to make her life look seamless, store-bought. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Yes, despite its thimble-sized engine that sounded like a sewing machine, the Gremlin was managing to accelerate. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I reluctantly took her my sewing bag, and she poked through it for a minute. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z We finish our snacks and Abuela leads us to the sewing room. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He spent two hours sewing up the rip with fishing line. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She ordered him to follow her into Grandpa’s bedroom, where she kept her sewing kit. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I was an early riser but was not allowed out until the sun shot in through the crack near Mami’s sewing machine and swept a glistening stripe of gold across the dirt floor. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Members staged plays, sponsored sports teams and sewing circles, and taught courses in black history and current events. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He disappeared, along with his wife, a few months after Shin dropped the sewing machine. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z One seamstress who regularly cleaned the superintendent’s room was Park Choon Young, whom Shin knew from secondary school and who operated a sewing machine that he maintained. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z She sank down into her chair and pressed her forehead against the cool body of the sewing machine he’d given her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “I started as a thread cutter, and now I’m a sewing machine operator.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you do sewing like the other sisters?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I got the needle and thread from Moms’ room and started sewing up Derek’s pants. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z When she was old enough she stopped working on the farm and got a job at a factory in a nearby town, She worked on a sewing machine making school uniforms. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Take in some sewing. Maybe a little ironing.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z There was considerable excitement and honor in winning, especially after Mother took a scrap of blue silk from her sewing basket and cut out a fine medallion, complete with long streamers. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Shin had watched him go into a rage when one of the seamstresses in Gong’s stable broke the axle of a sewing machine. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Moving through her room, trembling with excitement, Celaena gathered two balls of yarn from Philippa’s sewing basket, along with three sticks of chalk and one of her makeshift knives. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z But I was only mediocre with a sewing machine; I did my best work by hand. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I felt guilty because my future desk would ruin her sewing area. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He took a needle—like a sewing needle—from the metal tray. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Yep—sitting in front of a sewing machine all day. Best job in the world. That was after he got back from the war. Vietnam.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z The sewing kit wrapped in cheesecloth evokes the Byrnes’ grim home. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He told Tayo to get the sharp scissors out of Auntie’s sewing basket, and he trimmed the hairs in his thin mustache. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t even have a bedroom in California anymore; in October, my mother had written to say that she had sold the furniture and turned it into a sewing room. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The women were boiling eggs, roasting meat, preparing cakes, sewing backpacks. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z When she lost all interest in the schoolhouse, the sewing workshop, and the women’s meetings and once again found everything ever so lovely, they knew that she was pregnant again. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He and his sister mimic the Frenchman’s experiments; they make speedboats out of matchsticks and magnets out of sewing needles. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It was the home's guest quarters, which doubled as my aunt Geneva's sewing room. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Fannie’s head pounded from the racket of the high-speed sewing machines. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z Admiring her idea, gloating, planning, Omakayas turned the leather sewing kit and bead packet over and over in her hands. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z And just as in Mrs. Bedlow’s parlor, chairs had been pulled away from the tables and girls were chatting and sewing and reading in the living area. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Extra clothes, books, scientific instruments and specimens, chess sets, flags, lanterns, tools, sewing kits, lucky talismans, razors, barometers, combs, scissors, playing cards, dishes, silverware, photographs—each man added to the heap. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The sewing machine tumbled down the stairwell, broken beyond repair. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z On most days, by the time I am awake, Pa and my brothers are already gone and Ma is busy sewing clothes for the family or working in the garden. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time I shut the front door, all I hear is that sewing machine going like crazy. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z There’s the sewing machine table that they store in here. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Another pawned her sewing machine and summoned an exterminator. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z When it got too cold to go walking, Francie enrolled in two evening classes at the Settlement House—sewing and dancing. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Although I wanted to pay attention to my sewing, I couldn’t. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I took the scissors out of the sewing basket in the kitchen and snipped the threads of the hem of my cloak. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe because the alternative is so bleak, I’ve grown to like the sewing room. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z ‘Mr. Lorne just stood here and said he wasn’t afraid to die. We could hear the men marching down the street... it was terrible. So I just popped him in and went on sewing.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, I sit at my sewing machine and dream about the great transformation I’m going to make someday. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They lay there awhile, looking at Ma’s smooth, parted hair and her hands busy with sewing in the lamplight. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama turned to me from her sewing machine. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Dadi, who was sewing, got up and grabbed us away from the window, brought us into the kitchen, and pushed us into the pantry. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Well,” says Mom, squinting over her sewing machine as she runs a seam. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The girls stopped what they were doing and went to help Petra with the banner she’d been sewing for many days. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Then I slowly repin the cloth, measuring an inch apart with a metal sewing gauge. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “No. I couldn’t do that. I made them. Been working on them since March ninth. My sewing machine died, so I had to stitch them by hand.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Floss was sewing on another costume, one of white satin intended for her delayed marriage to Frank. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z When Mrs. Byrne appears in the sewing room one Tuesday afternoon at the end of October, it’s clear that something is wrong. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z She said nothing, bent to her sewing and drew the needle in quick neat tiny stitches even though her hands were shaking. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Shin learned how to tell from a sewing machine’s sound what was wrong with it. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “You’re sewing?” she said when she saw the patterns and cloth spread all over the bed and table. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z To come to New York City in the 1890s with a background in dressmaking or sewing or Schnittwaren Handlung was a stroke of extraordinary good fortune. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Once I learned how to use a sewing machine in Ms. Deeds’s home economics class, my imagination really took off. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z This way, I can practice sewing at home and not just at school. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Lucky to be sewing crooked lines in home economics. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Is it sewing that will give me a child? Even if I had managed to pass to go to school, I would still want a child now.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It’s the Swiss Army knife of sewing machines.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z He was sewing Martin the Warrior back in his former position on the corner of the magnificent Redwall tapestry. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I just keep sewing, stop trying to explain myself, stop talking. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She still held her sewing in one hand. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I felt such pain, literally a physical pain, as if someone had torn off both my arms without anesthesia, without sewing me back up. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I got up and found Doc’s sewing kit and took out a pair of tiny scissors. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z My shoulders were aching from bending over the sewing machine all day, and I swung my arms back and forth to relax them. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Momma sat at the sewing machine all hours, making and remaking clothes for use in California. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked up and saw Vera passing with a sewing kit dangling from her arm. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z When he finished sewing Mama’s sack, she tried it just like Papa. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z And she’d managed to embed some stolen sewing needles into a bar of soap for a makeshift, miniature pike. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She could have helped her father buy seeds and tools for next year’s crop, a couple of new chickens, or maybe that sewing machine for her mother! Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z One Saturday morning, Mother looked up from her sewing as I was running out the front door, one of Granddaddy’s butterfly nets and his old fishing creel slung over my shoulder. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Everything was in a state of disarray—sewing projects abandoned upon the spinnet, shutters drawn, dogs sleeping on the settee, dirty plates and platters still lain on the table, the food crusted to their rims. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Instead of feeling cheered by it like she usually did, Hyacinth felt as if sewing needles were poking around in her stomach. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Crisscrossed Packs Pedal, pedal Mother’s feet push the sewing machine. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The soldiers overturned the tables and chairs, and Amah’s carefully organized box of threads and sewing tools were strewn on the floor, red silk lying on the ground like a pool of blood. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The little car clattered, like a giant sewing machine. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Every bump and footstep made her jolt, and she’d managed to swipe a few pins from Philippa’s sewing basket when she wasn’t looking. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Instead she was sent to sewing classes, so she could become a “true woman” and not suffer when she got married. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z That was it; the lamp by her sewing machine was on, too. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Mother sits on the folding bed, either reading, sewing, knitting or studying, whichever is next on her list. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The way my mother and Mrs. Hull were tearing around—packing, shopping, sewing—you wouldn’t have thought either one of them would have bothered to ask what we were going to see. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Finish him off with straight and curving sewing needles? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She took a deep breath and picked her sewing up again. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He tightened a tourniquet around his upper arm and told me to fetch Mom’s sewing box. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The priest was sewing a button on his threadbare cassock when they arrived with the news of Ferula’s death. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Esther was there already, filling a bucket in slow motion for the women in the sewing shop. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Big Ma never looked up once from her sewing. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z She would go into Lansing and find different jobs—in housework, or sewing—for white people. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z There looked to be nothing but junk up there—old Christmas decorations, a sewing machine, and spools of dated cloth. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They have a hole through the toe that I tried to fix nearly a year ago, but my sewing skills are poor, and I wound up just making them ugly. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The disappearance of his grandmother’s dresses, hats, sewing machine, and gardening books didn’t bother Clayton. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Polishing silver reminds me of preschool, where I did all these random chores like sorting, scrubbing, and sewing giant buttons with a blunt needle. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I found sewing a waste of time, and I had been easing along doing the minimum. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Emma didn’t mind his experiments with her flowers or his forages into her sewing box for threads to use in his experiments. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Brother Quang drives us back to the sewing factory in his car made of mismatched parts. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z She learned to decode paper patterns and to run a sewing machine. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z During his first year in the factory, he proved it to himself and to his coworkers in a confrontation with another sewing machine repairman. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z We kept Oz on the old sewing machine in the bedroom. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z You might get a disease just by standing near this one, and you surely did not want to share a sewing machine with her in home economics. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z But when Mama pulled a long sewing needle from her dress front and poked the small end of the tail hair through the eye, I knew then. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z His mother made ten dollars a week sewing for a tailor down the street, and Harry was an only child. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z We started off immediately the first day sewing curtains. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Everywhere I looked I saw her sewing or soaking her feet or laughing with Daddy or fixing me breakfast. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Momma cut down a few give-aways that had been traded to her by white women’s maids and sat long nights in the dining room sewing jumpers and skirts for me. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z And if I’m not going to find that with the Byrnes, I will find it, however partial and illusory, with the women in the sewing room. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “I feel all right now, Ma. I got to go to my sewing class.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Marina ordered Lilya to spend the next night sewing the lining back into her boots! A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “No. The lumberyard would shut down. I’d lose my job. My family would lose its income. My mom couldn’t get by on the little sewing jobs she does.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z When we got home, my mother was sewing a hem in the kitchen. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Since those forgotten afternoons when her niece barely had enough interest to turn the crank on the sewing machine, she had reached the conclusion that she was simpleminded. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “Henry is Henry. Still waters and all that. But I’ve seen him planning. That sewing machine?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Liza, the sewing woman, fell and hurt herself. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He had nothing but a sewing needle with which to defend himself. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z When ail the vacation Bible schools ended, I would watch Mama Lessie sew at her old sewing machine. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Mami talked about sewing school uniforms and actually made a few. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z They climbed into her bed as she ate breakfast; Emma pulled licorice out of her sewing basket and gave them treats. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Seeing Doreen supported in my arms and silent except for a few wet hiccups, the woman strode away down the hall to her cubicle with its ancient Singer sewing machine and white ironing board. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z All the staring faces quickly dived back into their sewing or knitting or conversation. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Liyana had had a hard time sewing the thing so the hen's legs could poke out where they needed to. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z A few minutes after he dropped the sewing machine, Shin was called into the office of the plant superintendent, along with the chief foreman and the floor foreman who had reported the incident. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Finally Helen, shifting her weight, asked, “Did you put your jacket on the sewing pile?” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z She had an ancient sewing machine that they had bought upon their arrival in America. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z She still held her sewing and fingered the seams she’d just sewn. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Down below, under the light, the doctor was sewing up the great long, forcep-spread, thick- edged, wound. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Every day our floor was carpeted with colorful rolls of fabric, yarn, sewing patterns, and issues of Burda, a fashion magazine. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Only the servants used this stair, for the fourth floor held only servants’ quarters, storage closets for linens and out-of-season clothes, sewing rooms, and so forth. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z I take out Uhmma’s sewing kit and patch up the hole as best as I can. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z She could hear some villagers exchanging greetings, in the same loud-voiced way that the women in the sewing group did. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Thanks. I want to start making my own costumes. My mom just got me a sewing machine so I can learn.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Lori refused to wear hers outdoors, or even indoors, and Mom had to agree that sewing wasn’t the best use of our creative energy—or our money. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Ma sat in her rocking chair, sewing by the light of the lamp on the table. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z "Yes, yes. Your mother wants me to tell you that she’s now taking in some sewing and ironing. She’s a working woman! Here, hold on, she wants to speak to you." The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z I keep sewing, keep listening to the needle run and run. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I’m old enough to babysit the twins, clean Abuela’s sewing room, start dinner, and save up for stuff that I want. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z When I shake my head, she says, “We have plenty of ticking fabric in the sewing room. You can make it from that. Do you have a coat? Or a sweater?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The next day Mrs. Byrne comes into the sewing room and says she needs me to go on an errand into the center of town, a mile’s walk. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Caroline had tried to make the sweatshirts more appealing by sewing large Santas, bordered with glitter, on the fronts, but this only made the dingy cotton seem dingier. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Her mother asked if she wanted to join the sewing class at church, to keep her occupied, and her father said that this, the unending university strike, was why young people became armed robbers. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Don’t say what like that, my girl. Bring me your sewing before there’s any talk about going to the river. And where’s your bonnet? You’ll freckle.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z This time Lola’s sewing, I’m making sets, and Mom’s organizing the rummage sale. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z If they broke a sewing machine, they were not beaten. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Except that underneath he loved her very much, loved her plump gentle flesh, her quiet way of sewing, cooking . . . of being true. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He could make out the trestle of the sewing machine, and the straight-backed chair behind it. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z There was a sewing- machine on the cart ahead of us in the rain. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z He hired three more girls, and bought sewing machines for all of them. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z So while Osage boys at other institutions learned farming and carpentry, Mollie was trained in the “domestic arts”: sewing, baking, laundering, and housekeeping. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The idea of cutting and sewing a dress by herself was novel and exciting. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Remembering my work sewing uniforms, I bit at the seams that still held it on my jacket until I could rip it off. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The other women look up and silently return to their sewing. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Turning more pages, they came to a full-size sewing machine sitting atop a wooden cabinet with six drawers. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She stayed in the sewing room, spinning out dire predictions for the newlyweds, every one of which was borne out to the letter, as all concerned were later able to verify. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When my daddy died three years ago, Momma took to her sewing machine to help her ease the pain. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z She might be able to turn a thousand scraps of fabrics into a beautiful dress on her sewing machine, but she can’t figure out how to take a picture like I can. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z If only she hadn’t done such a good job of sewing it up! The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He paid for us to take private lessons in sewing and knitting and record keeping from other people. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They were huddled together like a circle of mushrooms after a rainstorm and hand sewing a big quilt with huge sunflower stars in the middle. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She had joined them two weeks ago, in the town hall, sewing singlets and towels for the soldiers. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z My mother, who stuffs thimbles in her mouth and then blows up her cheeks like Dizzy Gillespie while sewing yet another Raggedy Ann doll that she names Suzette after me. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z She found her in the kitchen sewing sequins on a Christmas stocking made of felt. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Has anybody got anything to tell? It’s been such a dismal day I’m really dying for some amusement,” said Meg, as they sat sewing together that evening. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “Like, sewing clothes? I make a lot of my own clothes,” I said, when he didn’t seem to understand. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I sleep on a narrow bed in the room where they keep the ironing board and sewing machine and mops and brooms and buckets. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She and one of the maids sat before the fire, sewing. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Eleven winding steps lead to the second floor, which is full of the smells of faded grandeur: an old sewing room, a former maid’s room. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I keep on sewing, keep on being masterful. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z When the crown was high enough, Ma held the braid loosely again as she kept on sewing around, and the braid lay flat and was the hat brim. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Seanie and Joey stayed there with me while the doctor stitched me up, but he wouldn’t let them stand too close when he was doing the actual sewing part. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Ten Snow removed from her little sewing kit a needle, and Angeline took out her own work, her own beads, bought with dried whitefish. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z A sewing basket offered her a selection of knitting. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “He started out doing odd jobs, working a sewing machine, things like that,” remembers Bill Atkinson, now an accomplished climber and guide, who also worked at Alp Sports at the time. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z She had possession of the rocker, and she was busily engaged in sewing upon a diminutive pair of night drawers. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z She loved her fabrics, her old sewing machine, her pretty, pretty objects. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z It didn’t seem likely that the ancient Egyptians used any of the kinds Ken and Toby knew about—crankcase, sewing machine, polyunsaturated or bicycle. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, I spend my weekends alone, holed up in a room with my Singer sewing machine. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother starts sewing at a factory; Brother Quang begins repairing cars. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z She went to the sewing room to look for her pendulum. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z My sewing machine was on the floor nearby, and an open box full of all my other supplies—many spools of thread, pins and a pincushion, envelopes of needles—sat beside it. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z She waves me off and starts to pack up her sewing box on her dresser. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “The thing is, Ma needs money for a sewing machine.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z A coworker betrayed Shin a few weeks after he dropped the sewing machine. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z By the end of the day, all of my clothes, my books, and my sewing machine are here at the Malloys’. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Twenty-three teenage girls, in bright chadors and head scarves, sewing clothes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “May we, Mother?” asked Meg, turning to Mrs. March, who sat sewing in what they called ‘Marmee’s corner’. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z She slept most of the day, and spent her few waking hours sewing tiny articles of clothing for a complete pink wardrobe, for she was convinced that her baby would be a girl. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She worked the thread through the flowered cloth as if she were sewing the torn ends of her life together. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z At Uncle Leang’s hut, Ma managed to hide them from the soldiers by sewing them in the straps of our bags, which we kept even after they burned our clothes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We work after school as often as we can, cutting, sewing, and measuring. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In an article about sewing, she wrote, “It will be a glorious day...when men and boys make their own clothes, and women make theirs in the plainest possible manner.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Mom went out on the porch, staying there sewing and reading magazines with Daisy Mae on her lap, Dandy at her feet, and Chipper on her shoulder until Dad returned, near midnight. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z "It just says 'pattern.' So what is it, a sewing type of thing?" Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z One day she saw her walk into the sewing room in her party dress and was astonished to discover that that tall, dark lady was her little Blanca. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z If they arrived to work even a few minutes late, as punishment they were locked in the basement for an hour and not allowed to go to their sewing machines. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z I got back into the robe he had given me, and he began sewing like the devil was breathing down his neck. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I know you were watching me, but I was too scared. Now my father is out and my mother is sewing in the back room,” she told us. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Mama grasped the scissors from her sewing kit on the table in one hand. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Mary became a combination of teacher, big sister, and fairy godmother, helping her girls with algebra homework, sewing dresses for their proms, and steering them toward college. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Back at the camp, the girls rushed around, pasting sequins on their faces, sewing palm fronds into gowns like plumage, making last- minute touch-ups. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z She walked to her parents’ room, where she knew her dad was sewing holes in his socks using mending spells, and knocked. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z My throat felt like I had swallowed a handful of sewing needles. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Grandma took out her sewing kit to mend his shirt. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His father, Isadore, was a union organizer in the garment industry who later went to work sewing shoulder pads for ladies’ dresses. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Last night, I fell asleep to the whir of her sewing machine through the yard. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “I have until Monday to redo it. She said I could get some help but that I still have to do all the sewing.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z One woman, I noticed, was pressing some baby’s clothing and another seemed to be making remarkable progress with the sections of fuchsia satin which she was joining together 011 one of the large sewing machines. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Our Singer sewing machine worked by pushing a pedal. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z In the 1920s in the United States, high school girls were given special classes in sewing, cooking, and hygiene, while boys learned woodworking and how to use tools. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Plain clothes, but when Hanako looked closely, the sewing seemed perfect, each stitch nearly identical. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Mrs. Johnson is good with tools from her years of overseeing set design, and plans how to drape the curtains and pavilions that we're sewing. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I guess a Parachute Riggers’ school has to have sewing machines.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Elizabeth was hunched over her sewing machine, intent on getting a new dress ready for the Christmas season, and it is yet another green gown, cheap and frail. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He’d been through the room thoroughly only hours before, but he’d forgotten the compartment at the side of the sewing machine, where all the patterns and bobbins were kept. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps she’s sewing, in the sitting room, with her left foot on the footstool, because of her arthritis. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The forty or so girls crowded into the small room looked almost like a sewing circle, so many of the girls were doing mending or needlework. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z There was the blow-up in home economics when Mrs. Anderson called her out for turning in a store-bought dress as her sewing project. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z One by one, they dropped into a tin can with a dull plink, and the surgeon then began sewing up the wound. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “Mrs. Collins says sewing is masterful because it means you can make something out of nothing.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z As the weather gets colder, my fingers are so stiff when I’m sewing that I have to stop and rub them so I can keep going. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “My mom says she is going to have to do wash and sewing again. Can you tell your moms? Sewing would be better because of her bad back.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The work wasn’t hard and she never complained about anything but my sewing. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z At the first curfew bell, the woman in charge pronounced the meeting adjourned until the following Tuesday, and the girls broke into a buzz, gathering their sewing things together and putting on bonnets to leave. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I was at the sewing machine with Grandma Sweetwine, one of her very first visits. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z She made quilts in her craft room, and the hum of the sewing machine could be heard throughout the downstairs. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z She would be hanging about among the stalls, pretending to be in search of shoelaces or sewing thread. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z There was exercise, there was sewing, there was supper, there was playtime in the lounge: a big shabby room with board games and a few tattered books and a table-tennis table. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “Sure, you slaughtered the family and then left a borrow note for a sewing kit. That’s a real calculated killer.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Her mother was sewing uniforms for Jackboot soldiers in a Warsaw factory. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Out of all the things I have to do in life—chores, church, work, volunteering, school—sewing is where I make the decisions. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The next morning, I ran to my father, pretending distress, and told how Hamlet had come into my room while I sat sewing. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z At first, Fannie was scared when she stood onstage to speak to a crowd, but remembering the anxious faces of the hardworking girls at their sewing machines gave her strength and courage. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z In a bedroom that last night I packed the big brown valise, and my mother sat nearby sewing initials onto the clothes I would take. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She never left her stockings draped over the back of a chair, or her sewing spread out all over the table. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Easter wasn’t that far off, or maybe it was a gift to thank him for the sewing machine. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z In the evenings, the city’s only public high school taught laboratory employees everything from sewing to dynamic model design, bookkeeping to machine shop theory. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Her mama has spent the last few nights sewing the school logo onto the pockets. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z There were also two wooden privacy screens to change behind, some freestanding mirrors, and a worktable laid out with sewing machines and bolts of raw fabric. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Occasionally, we did have a chance to talk as we sat next to each other on the ground of the prison courtyard sewing and patching up shabby old mailbags. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Speaking of my mother, she wanted me to invite you to church on Easter. There’ll be supper after and a sewing circle. For the Red Cross.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Our sewing supplies were low again, and we needed thread in several colors, seam bindings, and ribbons to complete November’s orders. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as if the Changs had run flat life through a fancy new sewing machine, and seen it emerge smocked. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z An old-fashioned crank telephone, a primitive-looking wooden mask and a treadle sewing machine. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z We hadn’t yet started sewing the couch cover, but I’d cut out the pieces, some still fastened to the cushions. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z She folded her sewing into a neat pile. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z While her dog occupied himself by staring out the window at a bird, Hyacinth took out sewing supplies and sheets of red and green felt. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I’ve been sewing all afternoon, practicing making pockets and handkerchiefs so I can work on getting the stitching perfectly straight. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z When he finished beating her he made her bring him Mammachi’s pinking shears from her sewing cupboard. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Mary had made the dress herself, when Laura thought she was sewing on her patchwork quilt. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Dozens of beautiful women were sitting around it, each sewing a copy. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Grandma turned around from the sewing machine, and froze. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t feel like carrying any old sewing machine. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I put a towel over Bertha’s sewing machine and hung my backpack on the hook on the closet door. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z They had so many clothes they were able to give perfectly good dresses, worn just under the arms, to the sewing class at our school for the larger girls to practice on. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I winced to picture them sewing the coarse material under a coal-oil lamp with fingers stiffening from the day’s work. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z For a girl who’d had her first sewing lesson in home economics only six months earlier, it really was pretty nice. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z He should definitely stick to easier things, like sewing people’s limbs back on or inventing new substances. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Starry squeals over a secondhand television, I get a fresh notebook, and Ma looks pleased with a new sewing machine and reams of different kinds of cloth, buttons, zippers, and other supplies. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She took a needle from my grandmother’s bundle and began sewing. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Lee put down his darning, moved his sewing basket to the floor, and changed his glasses. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Mama placed her scissors back in her sewing box. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z In the large brick building in Tegucigalpa, young women sit in rows behind sewing machines, furiously stitching medical scrubs for export to the United States. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He found work selling Singer sewing machines door-to-door. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The great lady was sewing, sitting rather formally in the high chair with the book beside her, and one of her waiting women, sitting on the steps of the bed, was sewing too. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “I want to see how this girl’s sewing turns out. I want to see your son come back from Vietnam. I want to see if this one gets good grades. There’s so much to do.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Big Ma put down her sewing needle and signed the note. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z The cars had old chairs and sewing machines and washtubs tied to their roofs. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Weylin complained that she was like old Mary with the children and the sewing, but he brought her his clothing to be mended. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Amelia was sewing new ribbons on her Sunday bonnet and, watching Betsy’s performance, managed to jab the needle into her finger instead of the hat brim. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z His mother patiently sewing and sewing to keep life in her son’s body. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z This room doesn't feel occupied; the bed is piled with a half-finished sewing project. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z All the PTA mothers looked forward to sewing dresses, teaching their sons to do the box step, and giving assemblies on how sixth graders are expected to behave at the dance. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “Setting up for tonight’s council meeting,” Talis said, and got back to his sewing. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z She would come walking down an aisle of rose petals, wearing a white rayon suit with frog closings that Mabelee was sewing for her. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Abbot, too, was sewing in another room, and Bessie, as she moved hither and thither, putting away toys and arranging drawers, addressed to me every now and then a word of unwonted kindness. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Their crime was conducting unthinkable research on Jews without consent—sewing siblings together to create Siamese twins, dissecting people alive to study organ function. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z It isn’t art; it’s an excuse not to take sewing class. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I’ve seen Communist pictures showing a contented woman sitting on her bunk sewing. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She was sewing us some window curtains out of dress material so they wouldn’t be looking in at us all the time, and had pins in her mouth. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw her in my mind, sewing jewelry, papers, silver, and other valuables into the coat under the lining. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I wonder if my mother, sitting on the other side of the closed pocket doors with her sewing basket, ever puzzled over these frightful noises. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Mrs. Reed and I were left alone: some minutes passed in silence; she was sewing, I was watching her. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Thursday afternoon Mom was down the hill at the Norvelt Pants Factory filling out the paperwork for a sewing job. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z There was even a sewing machine like Mama’s. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z In the morning she took care of her clothes, sewing on the porch or using Amaranta's old pedal machine. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Her house had to be thoroughly cleaned, chickens had to be plucked, cakes and pies made, and for weeks she, her friends and her daughter had been sewing. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z When Guenever got to the elephant she put down the sewing and began to rub her fingers. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The sewing machine hummed and the radio droned on. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Knitting, sewing, reading, writing, ciphering, will be all you will have to teach. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z She spent most of her day busy with the sewing workshop, the infirmary, and the schoolhouse. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We are given dissecting kits with scalpel-like knives that could be sharper, and trays with a coating of wax at the bottom, and a package of pins, as in sewing classes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z If our nerves cooperated, we could catch up on some of the hand sewing today. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And in his work, there was a relationship between effort and reward: the longer he and Regina stayed up at night sewing aprons, the more money they made the next day on the streets. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z She pulled out a long spool of bright-red knitting yarn from Mama’s sewing basket. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z It seemed as though she would never be able to master the art of sewing, to make the needle go through the material in the places where she wanted it to go. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z And then there was lunch to make and, after lunch, work to be done on the bridesmaids’ dresses for Beverly’s wedding, which she had designed and was sewing herself. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He would see her on the porch working at the sewing machine, which she had learned to operate with admirable skill, and he would not even speak to her. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z She held the coat to her cheek for a moment, wetting it with her tears, before she came out to the living room with Mamá’s small sewing basket. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z It was a long, slow job, sewing up Old Yeller’s belly. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘What was her name? And how come she—a poor sewing woman—was so well learned?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I became obsessed with the idea of making pillows for our house,” said Ms. Cohen, “never mind the fact that I had technically never used my sewing machine before.” Is Good Taste Teachable? 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z "The exquisite binding, the pages, even the sewing structure survive intact, offering us a direct connection with our forebears 1300 years ago," she added. British Library buys $14.3M ancient gospel 2012-04-17T01:46:03Z No occupation holds his interest for long: When he delivers pizzas to a sewing factory, he shows off his facility with one of the machines. Review: ‘Intrepido’ Follows an Italian From Job to Job 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z For her book and exhibition, she has acquired vintage outfits, images of people wearing leopard patterns and advertisements and sewing patterns for the clothes. Dressed to Kill: The Power of Leopard Prints 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z She fends for herself by working in a sewing circle in the courtyard of her conventillo, alongside a few newly made friends. ‘The Gods of Tango’: A gender-bending tale of music and love 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z It was titled “Last-Minute Mother’s Day Gifts In Home & Kitchen” and suggested gifts for the “high-tech homemaker,” including a garment steamer, a sewing machine and a shiny Cuisinart slow cooker. This Mother’s Day, Amazon thinks I am a 1950s housewife 2014-05-11T10:58:00Z As a soldier, his days often revolved around playing chess with the officers, decorating their workspaces with murals, sewing uniforms and painting portraits of his superiors. Could a mask maker’s quest to see the Dalai Lama bring about world peace? 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z My only regret was that while all the girls were in sewing class, all the boys were in “shop” class. The History of Hollywood, Home Economics and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z She also went through a series of crafting phases — baking, sewing and tie-dying. Tonywatch: Elizabeth Stanley seeks ‘healing and connection’ 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z Historical Society archives amid a remarkably varied set of holdings, from a sewing machine used to create the first rainbow flags to the sequinned outfits worn by the disco star Sylvester. The Moving Revelations of Gay Home Movies 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Don't worry if that sounds like gobbledygook – you get used to the sewing talk after a while! Secrets of a casual seamstress: the joy of making your own clothes 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z He says they are “proud” of their films’ nominations, and delighted whenever there is a win, but, for the most part, Angels are already focused on sewing up their next films. Go Inside the London Costume Shop Oscar-Winning Designers Rely On 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z The gimmick was an instant hit, prompting Ms. Johnson-Thares to start sewing more elaborate tails by hand, sometimes incorporating lace. Welcome to the Campiest Place on Earth 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z Home economics, which included sewing and other domestic arts, was increasingly left out of school curriculum. More Men Reach for Sewing Machines 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z He spent the entirety of this spring at the sewing machine, starting work after breakfast and going until dinner. A 90-year-old Chevy Chase man spent months making masks. In return, he got a birthday parade. 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z And Mr. Aswegan is beginning an internship program for skills like sewing and embroidery, which he says are “heading onto the endangered species list” as people look to more lucrative careers. Hard Work of Keeping City Ballet?s Costumes Fresh 2010-06-14T22:59:00Z By now, Jim was talking about taking the Maine bar exam and opening up a practice, and I was pretending that I might get back into sewing. T Magazine: On the Road Again 2012-11-12T22:00:41Z Her mother is the owner of Mustard Seed Studio, a sewing shop in Memphis. Portia Brown, Chaz Clark 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z Wall works similarly refer to gestural abstraction but involve photographic processes and sewing instead of the artist’s hand. Katy Cowan: Art about art, with a playful side 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Teachers were adamant that students learn the three Rs, as well as cooking, canning, sewing and carpentry in preparation for a productive adult life. The enlightening legacy of the Rosenwald schools 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z Davis himself was just 6 when his maternal grandmother taught him how to use a sewing machine. A Designer Who Celebrates West Indian Elegance 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z I earned my Ph.D. four years ago and received an expensive sewing machine that I’d coveted. I Came Out to My Family, and It Went Great. Except for My Brother 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z Companies started using the material on tabletop sewing machines because it’s slippery, letting fabric move over it quickly. Laminate counters look a lot better than they did in the ’80s. Can they make a comeback? 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Singer posted mask patterns, including ways to personalize them with embroidery, upcycling ideas and sewing tutorials to its website and social media. The pandemic-fueled demand for masks has reignited interest in an age-old skill 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z She made her own clothes, and that appealed to me because you know Italians, we’re always sewing. Table for Three: Cyndi Lauper and David Byrne Discuss Creating Hits, On and Off Broadway 2014-03-14T23:21:20Z She asked for extra-large windows low enough for little bodies to peer out of while seated and sewing. Meet Penelope: A DIY’d trailer bringing craftiness to a street near you 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z “It created a whole snowball effect, and by the end of April, you really could not find a single sewing machine below $500 in the United States,” he says. The pandemic-fueled demand for masks has reignited interest in an age-old skill 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z His staff was working and sewing from home, and he lent his studio to organizations making P.P.E.; instead of magical dresses, they made protective gowns. Back in the Girdle Again: Getting Fitted After a Year Untouched 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z “Kids like to learn in a small, intimate space,” she says, describing her students as less of a class and more of an old-school sewing circle. Meet Penelope: A DIY’d trailer bringing craftiness to a street near you 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Sitting alone at her sewing machine, Ms. Schiller paused every time she was tempted to share an observation with her friends. Everyone Has Left the Chat 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z Ms. Brooks-Revis started a personal fashion blog and discovered sewing as a way to produce an ever-changing wardrobe on a budget. Sewing for the Instagram Generation 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z “I’m just not made for traditional feminine handicrafts,” she complains during a sewing circle scene, the implication being that women who are made for them don’t deserve a prestige TV series. Catherine Was Great. But Was She a Girl Boss? 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z Plenty of reality shows reward people with talent, whether that’s cooking, sewing, singing or dancing. RuPaul’s Drag Race: 10 best moments of TV’s most fabulous reality show 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z Places like Brooklyn Stitchery teach newbies, and a four-day sewing retreat called Camp Workroom Social is held each year in the Catskills. Sewing for the Instagram Generation 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Tilly will put her sewing skills — acquired in Paris during her long exile — to work outfitting the local women with fashionable frocks. Review: In ‘The Dressmaker,’ a Femme Fatale Wants Vengeance 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z When Alice Walker was a young woman living in the Jim Crow South, her mother, Minnie Lou, gave her three things — a typewriter, a suitcase, and a sewing machine. 10 famous authors and their moms 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z Here, Tilly supervises a group of felons who work in the tailor shop for 37 cents an hour, chronically failing to meet the quota on uniform pants they’re supposed to be sewing on contract. Review | Showtime’s ‘Escape at Dannemora’ is a brilliant series for our remorseless times 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Their little family moved many, many times but she was reassuringly domestic: sewing him shirts, learning how to deal with artichokes and baking peach pies from scratch. For a Literary Man’s Man, Mother Knew Best 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z Under their bags of sewing materials they smuggled in books and pens. The Woman Reader by Belinda Jack – review 2012-07-05T07:00:01Z “I literally contemplated sewing some squares together to make one for me,” she said. Children’s Clothing Inspires Lines for Adults 2012-12-19T22:49:39Z Using a sewing machine, sew along the edges, or hand-stitch with needle and thread, to avoid the edges fraying. A DIY potting tarp to make indoor gardening mess-free 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z She creates and writes books of patterns for sewing and embroidery and sells patterns for tote bags, organizing pouches and other functional items. The pandemic-fueled demand for masks has reignited interest in an age-old skill 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z My mother’s sewing machine, by the way, was indestructible. Wife/Mother/Worker/Spy: Altered by a Sewing Machine 2009-12-17T06:11:40Z His mother, a dressmaker, worked in it all day long with her sewing machine and her customers sitting around in their robes. Edmund White's top 10 New York books 2011-01-12T12:24:11Z The object of all this affection sits curled up in a comfy chair in her sewing room, upstairs in her sprawling but unpretentious, family-friendly house in Malibu. Summer Movies: Julia Roberts, Enjoying Life and ?Eat Pray Love? 2010-04-29T14:37:00Z Though she employs others to do the dyeing, some of the spinning and knitting, and all of the weaving and sewing, Kansteiner still knits one piece a day. This shepherd has found her niche in the farm-to-fashion movement 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Either by hand, using a whipstitch every ¼ inch, or with a sewing machine, sew around the perimeter of the patch to reinforce it. Todd Snyder on How to Add Patches to Your Jeans 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z Some call them “darning needles” because claspers on the end of male abdomens look like sewing needles. Summer is the perfect time to spy dragonflies Dr. He designed advertisements for plays and even sewing machines, and painted and sketched portraits. Aubrey Beardsley, Racing Creatively Against the Clock 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z I remember my father sewing more hair into my weave as we sat at the dining-room table. ‘I don’t like doing this,’ my father frowned, fixing my hair. But he did it anyway 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z A seamstress picks a bundle and does all the sewing on a vintage Pfaff sewing machine. What’s New at Langlitz Leathers? Nothing 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z My idea was to introduce designers who were sewing at home and put them in a retail space. What It Was Like to Be Photographed by Bill Cunningham 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z Macrame is not only versatile but also a fairly easy technique to master — all knots, no sewing — which is why as a kid I took to it so easily. Perhaps following fashion’s lead, home design embraces macrame 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z What I hadn’t known about were the so-called sewing circles. Inspiration Information: Lucky Us 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Are you a budding designer or fashion student or do you just enjoy sewing your own clothes? Send us your fashion designs 2013-07-05T16:01:00Z As part of a penal modernization plan in the mid-1930s, the now-crumbling space is where well-behaved prisoners were allowed to work for money by sewing uniforms or reconditioning furniture. '@Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz' a powerful meditation on repression 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z I think we read letter collections in large part for the pleasure of seeing other, humanizing sides of our literary heroes: Henry James’s catty gossip; Sylvia Plath’s sewing projects; James Joyce’s raunchiness. What Do Letters Reveal About the Creative Mind? 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z Of course, every so often we are told that an arts and crafts revival is under way; sewing machines are at the ready, knitting is the new vogue, macrame is on trend. William Morris was right – true joy lies in making it yourself 2013-06-08T23:04:17Z On the other hand, the integrity of the building is mysteriously part of the company’s 75-year sewing tradition, or so the reverence of customers seems to indicate. On the Runway Blog: Behind the Southern Road Trip 2013-08-15T17:35:03Z I keep the needles on a thin piece of cardboard at the top of my sewing basket, and they are easily accessed. Hints From Heloise: Tag — your'e arrested? 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Another skit, "Put A Bird On It", mocks "crafting" shops that transform bags and clothes by simply sewing a bird motif on to them. Portland, the US capital of alternative cool, takes TV parody in good humour 2012-02-11T16:28:31Z Seaman use a marlinspike, a tool also found in sewing baskets, to untwist ropes. On a Windjammer cruise in Maine, passengers knit a seaworthy yarn 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z Anyone who’s spent time in a workplace knows just such a “character”: With 29 years on the line, making car doors and sewing car interiors, Faye feels as if she herself runs the place. Review | Detroit’s assembly line brought to vibrant life in ‘Skeleton Crew’ 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z She lived with her mother, her grandparents, one uncle and three aunts, each of whom worked for the Torrington Co., which produced sewing and surgical needles and, in World War II, bearings. Three audacious women before audacious was in 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Here, he talks to us about the fashion habits of 19th-century British aristocrats, the pleasures of sewing and why the classics aren’t as simple as they look. | A.P.C.'s New Digs 2011-02-04T20:15:36Z "During our 75th birthday party we're going to be stitched together with a single sewing machine," jokes Joel, conjuring an interesting possibility for a future photograph. Brothers Jerome and Joel-Peter Witkin and their 'Twin Visions' 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z I have seen hygge used to sell cashmere cardigans, wine, wallpaper, vegan shepherd’s pie, sewing patterns, a skincare range, teeny-tiny festive harnesses for dachshunds, yoga retreats and a holiday in a “shepherd’s hut” in Kent. The hygge conspiracy | Charlotte Higgins 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z And, on the table, his sewing machine: a basic $250 Singer from Michael’s, the arts and crafts emporium. Machine Dazzle: How Many Ways Can You Say Fabulous? 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z In her waking hours she is expected to work: polishing, sweeping, sewing, “fetching the dirt” and otherwise serving. ‘The Invention of Wings’: waking to the evils of slavery 2013-12-31T22:20:55Z Volunteers scurry around backstage, braiding hair and tying ribbons, sewing loose seams or taping up hems. Out of the Spotlight, Still a Star: The ‘Backstage Diva’ 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z “We wanted something roomy enough to accommodate two adults, a typewriter, wireless, gramophone and records, sewing machine, a mass of books, a cat and an extremely lively eighteen-month-old baby,” Aiken wrote. The Practical Magic of Joan Aiken, the Greatest Children’s Writer You’ve Likely Never Read 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z I have a full sewing team still on staff working from home that can help. Christian Siriano has become the face of a fashion industry that once dismissed him 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z Dealing with designers and understanding the fast changes of a modern world requires a special skill set apart from sewing. On the Runway Blog: Behind the Southern Road Trip 2013-08-15T17:35:03Z She learned to be a fighter as a child growing up in Caribou, a small town in northern Maine, raging that girls had to take sewing and home economics classes. The Pill Helped Start the Sexual Revolution. What Will Phexxi Do? 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z On a tour of the factory, which employs 6,000 people, Mr. Charney raced through the sewing area while the mostly female crew clucked and cheered as he passed by. He?s Only Just Begun to Fight 2011-04-13T22:52:55Z One dress lay on a table covered with what still looked like a zillion crystal tipped pins, and yet the sewing was all done. On the Runway Blog: Paco Rabanne Returns With an Edge 2011-10-04T21:03:27Z If she had to, she could make money sewing clothes or selling tamales. Food Scholar, Folk Singer, Blunt Speaker: The Many Lives of Leni Sorensen 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z For my scholarship, I was working in the costume department, sewing clothing. Meet the 24-Year-Old Director Bringing Kanye West’s Visions to Life 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Volunteers sewing the bedding will tie 32,000 knots to create the elaborate fringe. Museums Are Trying New Things in the Bedroom 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z The World of Interiors is essentially a decorating magazine, but this is like saying Vogue concerns itself with sewing. Inside The World of Interiors, Condé Nast’s Secret Weapon 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z “All his planning, cutting and sewing took final shape,” Huang writes. What Makes a Good Chinese Father? In a New Novel, It’s Complicated. 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z Those who can’t find what they are specifically looking for, or perhaps are on a tight budget, are taking the scissors, fabrics and sewing machines into their amateur hands. Feeling Crafty? Make Your Own Wedding Day Look. 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z They divided the bedroom closet, bought a bedroom chest for each and installed two narrow mirrored Ikea Brimnes wardrobes in the den for out-of-season clothes, beach towels, a sewing machine and bike helmets. Small-space living: A 707-square-foot rental in Shaw Sometimes she split the sheet in two before delicately sewing the gashes back together. Two explorations of the power and prominence of Latino art: 'Anna Maria Maiolino' and 'Carlos Almaraz' 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z But a tat you did yourself with little more than a common sewing needle? This DIY tattoo trend will make you wince — or want one yourself 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z Ms. Lovelle, whose wavy brown hair and wasp waist evokes Rita Hayworth, has carved out a character for herself as a pin-up, batting giant yellow feather fans and sewing her own sweeping satin gowns. Theater: Tassel-Twirling Gets a Feminist Touch 2011-11-08T13:30:07Z Oh, and she was genuinely sewing the whole time — sewing uniforms for the freedom fighters, that is. 7 of the most amazing women you’ve never heard of 2014-01-20T20:00:00Z Her students weren’t just learning math and sewing. Handmade blankets for homeless crafted with ‘love’ come to Capitol Hill 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z Next to it is Cézanne’s enigmatic drawing of his wife working on a piece of sewing. Art Review: ‘Mantegna to Matisse,’ at the Frick Collection 2012-10-18T21:43:09Z When I was 12 and we needed money, I started sewing. Elizabeth Warren and Tracee Ellis Ross on the Road to Activism 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z The show’s largest piece is Valladares’s “Taller,” a three-sided enclosure studded with sewing implements and other domestic talismans. Review | In the galleries: Blurring the boundary between sculpture and space 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Rowan filled the room with props such as mannequins, sewing machines and a robe that guests can put on. Remember the creepy house from ‘The Silence of the Lambs’? Now it’s a vacation rental. 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z I did fashion design but I was terrible at sewing. Club to Catwalk: London fashion in the 80s remembered 2013-07-09T17:29:00Z That means saying goodbye to his brave grandmother, who vows that the family will not go hungry if it can hang on to its sewing machine. Books of The Times: Wartime Greece in Alan Furst?s ?Spies of the Balkans? 2010-06-16T22:08:00Z “There’s no experience in sewing necessary,” Ms. Bode said. Emily Bode on How to Make a ‘Sweetheart’ T-Shirt 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z At a coastal hamlet called Owls Head, he left shutters, filing cabinets, buoys, anchors, marbles, toy soldiers, chandeliers, sleigh bells and sewing machines largely exposed to sea air. Antiques: Prized Chinese Crafts, Delicate and Detailed 2011-01-27T21:37:59Z She found a way to do both by designing and sewing her wedding dress. Feeling Crafty? Make Your Own Wedding Day Look. 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z Based on the 2010 film, the production tells the story of the Ford sewing machinists' strike of 1968 over equal pay for women. Dagenham musical to close in April 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z Sally Hawkins stars as a fictional character plopped into the true story of a worker’s strike at a Ford motor company sewing plant in the Dagenham area of London. Stiff upper lip or man on the edge? How movies see real-life heroes 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z “During the protests, we were in the studio sewing,” she said. Wrestling With Politics at New York Fashion Week 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z The hubs are created using traditional Korean sewing techniques along with computer modeling. Colorful fabric structures at Smithsonian explore what home means 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z But instead of acting like a newly minted star, leaning into a world of stylists and on-demand everything, he brought a sewing machine from home. Valee, Kanye West’s New Signee, Is a Rapper Who Just Might Build You a Koi Pond 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z By the 1920s, the rising availability of commercial garments decreased the demand for home sewing and consequently the value associated with it. More Men Reach for Sewing Machines 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z In addition, Jo-Ann is offering its store classrooms, sewing machines and professional instruction for people to produce the personal protective equipment with the free supplies there. Jo-Ann craft stores are giving away free kits to make face masks, gowns 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z On March 14, he shared the process of sewing a red jacket with heart details for her birthday. More Men Reach for Sewing Machines 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z Seeing the influx of creative food trucks, an idea came to her: “I thought I should do a sewing studio in one.” Meet Penelope: A DIY’d trailer bringing craftiness to a street near you 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z The wedge part was coated in tiny golden spikes, like pins on a sewing cushion. On the Runway Blog: London Fashion: Rethinking Luxury 2012-09-17T00:53:01Z He – Aragorn – falls instead for a wispy, floaty elf called Arwen whose entire contribution to the war effort was sewing a banner. Where are all the daring women's heroines? 2011-03-08T10:57:47Z Dating to the early days of feminist art, this approach is exemplified by strong, symmetrical, abstract forms, references to the body, and craft practices such as weaving and sewing. What is the 'women's aesthetic'? The gallery show '3 Women' offers some answers 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z His designs are known for extraordinary silhouettes that push the boundaries of form, proportion and production; they’re all intricately engineered with little to no sewing at all. How a Rei Kawakubo Disciple Is Using All-Black Clothing to Make Something New 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z As Abboud glides between industrial sewing machines and Italian steamers, an elaborate overhead conveyor system zips half-finished suits around the room; one of them gently whacks him in the shoulder. Joseph Abboud’s suits aren’t hip, but they’re made in America. Can that make them cool? 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z After selling sewing machines door to door, Mr. Lewis tried his luck in Nashville, without success. Jerry Lee Lewis, a Rock ’n’ Roll Original, Dies at 87 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z She ends her book with an account borrowed from Christina Lamb, of Afghan women under the Taliban setting up "sewing circles" in Herat, as a cover for talking about books. The Woman Reader by Belinda Jack – review 2012-07-05T07:00:01Z But the book doggedly follows its intriguing conceit, rendering even more poignant the scene of the czarina and her daughters busily sewing jewels into the seams of their garments, optimistic to the end. Fictional Glimpses of the Past: From the Tudors to the Czars 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z His spouse sat on the floor nearby, sewing a red velvet clown collar onto a bright turquoise shirt. Iquitos, Peru: Wet and Wild 2013-09-13T17:49:30Z Start stitching on the existing seam line before gradually sewing over the pinned, stable fabric, then guide the stitching back towards the original seam line in a smooth line. How to mend a ripped seam 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Colorado’s Arapahoe Libraries offer staffed labs filled with laser cutters, routers, vinyl cutters, band saws, sewing machines and 3-D printers. Kayaks, ukuleles, neckties: The weird and useful things you can check out from local libraries 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z They’d openly chat with audience members during the performance and be there for the Q. and A. afterward, usually at their sewing machines. Kristina Wong’s Pandemic Story: Sewing With Her Aunties 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z Her boutique offers classes on crocheting, quilting, knitting and garment sewing and hosts kids’ camps. Destination Design: Leesburg People in that income bracket aren’t leveraging their credit card debt by buying skeins of yarn or sewing machines and fabric. "Making It" and the bittersweet economics of crafting culture 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z But the great virtue of Eyre's production and Tim Hatley's design, with its array of sewing machines, is that they never let us forget that the musical takes place against a background of work. The Pajama Game – review 2013-04-30T18:00:36Z DUNCAN: Miriam was exploring the feminist roots of decoration, dealing with craft, women’s work, sewing and patterns and decoupage — they all fed into her subject matter. Remembering Miriam Schapiro: The unheralded legacy of a CalArts pioneer 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Kilims, antique sewing machines, a set of 1950s towels, and moldering linen imported from Europe and embroidered with the hotel's name, cascaded from large rattan trunks. At historic Aleppo hotel, nostalgia for a Syria lost 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z My mother used one for every child, and the reason was that when her kids were toddlers she was much too busy cooking, cleaning, sewing, doing laundry, etc., to hold or play with them. Are iPhones Bad for Kids? 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Harry's sewing something to attach to his jacket. TV review: Harry's Arctic Heroes 2011-08-23T21:10:01Z Those who get into sewing to save money, though, might be in for a surprise. Dusting Off the Sewing Machine 2012-07-04T15:28:44Z Soon, Becky was in tears – first as she hunched over the sewing machine and then a few minutes later when she fled to the bathroom, slamming the stall door in the face of the cameraman. On the Runway Blog: On Project Runway, a Team of Rivals 2011-08-26T18:59:16Z She works two jobs: one in food service and the other at a printing factory where she operates sewing and cutting machines. Polls show Americans distrust the media. But talk to them, and it’s a very different story. 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z The team of milliners, tailors and textile experts has been studiously sewing face coverings since the spring, so everyone working on the 300-acre property, whether they’re maintenance or Martha Washington, has masks made on-site. At tourist sites, masking up without diluting the experience 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z As the Million Mask Challenge grows, she said she hopes it will retain the sense of community among everyone sewing masks for hospitals, nursing homes and pediatricians. Lawyers, hobbyists and even a bridal shop are making masks — and giving them away 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z The book showcases her successes, like the “Lucille Ball” look, for which she took a baggy polka-dot dress, snipped off its sleeves, ran the new armholes through a sewing machine and voilà, bonbon time. Books of Style: Holiday Reading, Some Homework Required 2012-12-12T23:23:53Z On those days the seamstress hides Zuhour and her children in her sewing room — the only place her father never sets foot. Like a Schindler for Iraq, This Unlikely War Hero Freed Women From ISIS 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Cotton was cheap, thanks to the British Empire’s stranglehold on India and slave labor in America; mass-producing clothing became possible, thanks to the sewing machine’s decimation of the domestic hand-sewing cottage industry. The strange and magical Victorian wonders of “Penny Dreadful” suffer no sophomore slump 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z But it’s also a reflection of fabric being expensive and plastic being cheap, and there’s no sewing edges of the plastic label. Taking the Scissors to Annoying Labels 2011-07-27T18:32:44Z The team: the inventor of the sewing machine, the grande dame of the Grand Ole Opry, the founder of what is now Zimbabwe, and Charles Gulden of condiment fame. Style Invitational Week 1104: HOW’s this? Compare 2 things with the same abbrev. 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z “I started secretly sewing it together every night,” she said. It Was Almost a Bridge Too Far to Get Married 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z She used imperfectly shaped canvases made by cutting up and sewing pieces together. New York Galleries: What to See Right Now 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z Some are gilded poster-boys, some are Marxist militants, and some are lowly seamstresses, supposed sitcom fodder, hunched over their Singer sewing machines,expecting an honest day's wage for an honest day's work. Made in Dagenham 2010-09-20T23:36:00Z He studied drawing, hand sewing and draping, ultimately sewing 100 buttonholes and remaking a Balenciaga sheath dress from scratch. Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Thomas Anderson on How They Created ‘Phantom Thread’ 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z As a teenager Ms. Walsh set out to become a fashion designer but quickly learned that sewing wasn’t her forte. Middle-Earth Wizard’s Not-So-Silent Partner 2012-11-30T13:00:00Z This is another case of sewing machines and umbrellas, the items in question being the eccentric 1960s modernism of the original building, a pavilion with a somewhat wonky paraboloid roof, and Pawson's minimalism. Designs of the Year 2012 ? review 2012-02-12T00:05:52Z "It's heaven," she declares, and a few scenes later, Mrs. Harris, a "capable seamstress," is living the dream and sewing buttons alongside the other workers. Lesley Manville is endearing in "Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris," a feel-good couture fairy tale 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Sew a men’s pant; design a bathing suit; learn how to repair a sewing machine. What You Should Watch This Week: ‘Empire’ and ‘Pitch’ 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Reynolds Woodcock, a couturier plying his trade in London in the 1950s, has a habit of sewing secret messages into his garments. Review: Daniel Day-Lewis Sews Up Another Great Performance in ‘Phantom Thread’ 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z Ballerinas absorbed in the pinpoint precision of sewing the ribbons on their toe shoes. ‘Ballet 422’: A young choreographer’s nervous rise at New York City Ballet 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z “I was still sewing the gown right before the wedding, but I was determined. Wearing this huge accomplishment made the whole experience worth it.” Feeling Crafty? Make Your Own Wedding Day Look. 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z “I heard someone saw them bringing in some sewing machines,” said one. Marc Jacobs and the End of Fashion 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z In an airy work room filled with old sewing machines and towering shelves full of fabric, craftspeople stitched, pinned, sewed, stepping back from the mannequins to admire their work. Not Off the Rack: This Year’s Bespoke ‘Nutcracker’ at City Ballet 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z It’s a family business that has supplied the sewing industry since 1947 with pins and needles, buttons and snaps, threads and ribbons, and tools of the trade. Arming a Chorus of Women with Scissors 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z He usually depicted her alone, absorbed in some ordinary activity like sewing or fixing her hair or, more often, posing nude in the manner of a Greco-Roman Venus or a Titianesque courtesan. Art Review: Artist in Retreat: ?Late Renoir? in Philadelphia 2010-06-17T21:18:00Z Baking, painting, sewing, pottery, flower design — and now woodworking. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z If you know how to use a sewing machine then, using a straight stitch, start slightly before the rip, stitching on the existing seam line. How to mend a ripped seam 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z The fact is I'd never met him at A & S because the tailors never came onto the shop floor, and he was there in the basement sewing away at pocket linings and such. | A Tale of Two Tailors 2013-01-07T16:48:56Z “They would go to their day jobs, and then at night they would go to his apartment and stay up all night with him sewing,” Mrs. Currey recalled. Death of a Downtown Icon: Remembering Benjamin Cho 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z In proactive fashion, their quilting sisters leapt into action, sewing thousands of masks and donating them to hospitals and emergency medical workers. Gone but Never Forgotten in a Quilt 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z The adjacent room held a worktable strewn with fabric swatches, a sewing machine, back issues of the magazine, clothes on hangars, rolls of wallpaper stuffed into a closet. Inside The World of Interiors, Condé Nast’s Secret Weapon 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z At that point, Ms. Zheng’s sewing skills had consisted of making pillowcases. Feeling Crafty? Make Your Own Wedding Day Look. 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Rodriguez said that his studio lost about a day and a half of sewing time. On the Runway Blog: The Package 2011-09-02T17:55:04Z Well, I suppose you could have some kind of sewing competition in which failure to complete a task in the allotted time would incur a nine-point penalty. TV review: Rome Wasn't Built in a Day 2011-01-21T07:00:06Z “I did a bit of sewing and I had, what do they call it? The dummy? I had one of those. I had some fabric. I bought some books.” Ewan McGregor: Dahling, He’s Halston! 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z Paris Singer — Isadora’s lover, father to her youngest child and an heir to a sewing machine fortune — spends the novel saddled between constant worry and managing the household. Review | Amelia Gray captures the mind of Isadora Duncan, the mother of modern dance 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z You can put your own sewing skills to the test on Saturday or Sunday at Wave Hill House in the Bronx, where plentiful squares of fabric will be on hand. 7 Ways to Remember Martin Luther King in New York 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Before sewing, I was addicted to fast fashion. Secrets of a casual seamstress: the joy of making your own clothes 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z On her belt was a little pouch made of bark-tanned salmon skin and deer hide holding a twig toothbrush, a sinew sewing cord and a bone needle, a piece of yerba santa for smudging. How to Prepare Now for the Complete End of the World 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z I'm at an age when sewing projects are not on my to-do list, so I won't be altering top sheets. Perspective | Hints From Heloise: A safe swap 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z And it was a female friend who made me think that playing a game like the Sims Social is actually a bit like a sewing circle. Critic?s Notebook: Sims Social Is an Astonishing Success on Facebook 2011-10-08T00:28:56Z Then onto Jade Apparel in Philadelphia for the cutting and sewing of shirts. The Annals of Flannel 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Riseborough trained on the machines, sewing leather panels together to make car seats, for two weeks as preparation for her role. The rise of Andrea Riseborough 2010-09-25T23:06:00Z Having made beadwork in grade school — “sewing beads into fabric or using that Girl Scout/American Indian loom,” she explained — Ms. Scott worked with textiles early in her career, weaving, quilting and making garments. Inspired by Harriet Tubman, an Artist Takes Glass to Extremes 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z It is easy to dismiss both these debates and the very existence of Instagram-based knitting and sewing communities as trivial. Stitch-up: online sewing community at war over cultural appropriation 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z She remembers Jon Stewart comparing the gaudy red, white and blue stage at a Republican convention to what it must look like “inside of Betsy Ross’s, well, sewing room. I’m paraphrasing.” In Lorrie Moore’s Nonfiction, the Sounds of an Intellectual Having a Good Time 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z Across the table, Storm is fidgeting impatiently, chewing his finger and bouncing his leg like a sewing machine. How “Dungeons & Dragons” saved my autistic son 2014-04-15T11:50:00Z Alyokhina is spending most of her time reading and writing, he said, whereas she would normally be sewing uniforms with fellow inmates at the women's prison. Pussy Riot member 'upbeat' despite hunger strike 2013-05-29T15:57:21Z As a teenager, Ms. van Seenus was crafty and artistic, even sewing her own prom dress. Moving Through the Lens 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z He, because sewing is what he does; she, because despite all the agonies, singing is what she does. Back in the Girdle Again: Getting Fitted After a Year Untouched 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z The dim, narrow entrance, next to an airy bakery, is indicated only by an inconspicuous window displaying vintage Singer sewing machines and clothing draped over hangers. A guide to Sydney’s flourishing small-bar scene 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z I didn’t even work with a sewing machine,” Van Herpen says. Iris van Herpen’s astonishing designs don’t look like ‘clothes.’ They look like the future. 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z The Papered Parlour Set up by two artists, this crafting hub offers daylong workshops in sewing, silversmithing, screen-printing and photography led by professionals and specialists. T Magazine: Craft Service 2011-03-22T22:00:12Z All you need is enough fabric and sewing and fitting skills – then anything is possible. Making my own clothes transformed my body image – and my life 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z She remembered her childhood love of sewing, and "it was a light-bulb moment" — an artist, finding her niche. Artist Mandy Greer molds the fiber of life 2011-11-30T23:49:57Z Sometimes we would go to the workroom, down the hall in 618, which was filled with dress forms, a sewing machine and a cutting table placed over a bed. Charles James and Me 2014-04-23T23:10:18Z The impeccably clad and coifed housewives and secretaries don’t simply employ the steam irons, sewing machines and other devices — they actually meld with them. Review | In the galleries: A satire on images of women and the objects they advertise 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Well, maybe sewing would have been too much to hope for, even for a modern royal. TV review: Harry's Arctic Heroes 2011-08-23T21:10:01Z When Mr. Sofield moved in, he had excavated the basement room and found carcasses of sewing machines along with old sets, props and scripts. On Location: B.D. Wong Tames His Inner Hoarder 2012-09-05T22:37:29Z Gaskell's own passport, sewing boxes, silver teapot, ivory brooch and wedding veil are among her items on show. Doors open to Cranford author's home 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z SAT Open-air quilt show and sale, sewing activities, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Now a men's wear pattern designer and online sewing teacher in Atlanta, he is at the forefront of a new and growing movement of men embracing home sewing. More Men Reach for Sewing Machines 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z “We all accept that this is how it is,” the woman said from her sewing machine, surrounded by cloth rolls and tape measures. Inside Italy’s Shadow Economy 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Doing their own sewing also allows the twins to wear the same dresses, constructing sleeves and collars that erase any subtle physical differences between them. In Daniel Sada's ticklish 'One Out of Two,' twins raise questions about self and identity 2015-12-24T05:00:00Z Are things once again humming along at Downton like a certain household’s newfangled sewing machine? ArtsBeat: ‘Downton Abbey’ Recap: A Warning From Mr. Bates 2014-01-27T03:00:44Z While it may be too early to call the growing demand for sewing lessons a widespread trend, there are certainly signs of a revival of interest in various forms of needlework in Italy. A Return to Basics, One Stitch at a Time 2010-08-09T14:30:00Z FRI Help make quilts for families whose infants pass away at Providence Hospital; materials provided; bring your own sewing machine and basic sewing tools, or help with cutting and pressing; 10 a.m. Community calendar 2012-01-18T22:17:04Z I might spend all day sewing a pair of pajama bottoms for Julian or weeding the taken. Summer Encounters 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z Times readers were further misinformed by Roger Lewis's suggestion that "the dons are sewing it up to elect" me this time round. Out of the poetic mire 2010-05-28T18:29:00Z First of all but you've to spend time – years! – frequenting the scrapyard or the sewing box, cobbling together a new self, then letting it find its way. Kathleen Jamie on writing a book 2012-08-17T21:55:09Z No. 11 puts that into action, with free beers for the spectators charged with sewing a doublet. Review: In ‘Ye Bear & Ye Cubb,’ Colonial America Takes the Stage 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z In the spring of 1880, in a railroad town in Dakota Territory, a girl in her 15th year bends over her sewing to help support her family. Linda Sue Park Rewrites ‘Little House on the Prairie’ with an Asian-American Heroine 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z Even more surprising is the large number of workshops for kids, in particular sewing and embroidery classes for young children. 1000 kids | Art and design museums 2010-03-30T23:05:00Z Right now, I'm sewing a maid of honour dress for my friend's wedding in June. Secrets of a casual seamstress: the joy of making your own clothes 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z She praised her mom, who worked "so hard all her life" as a sewing machine operator. "It helps to be born rich": "View” co-hosts criticize Kim Kardashian’s "tone deaf" advice for women 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z A North Vietnamese officer recalls when she was assigned to a house abandoned by a South Vietnamese counterpart, an unfinished dress that the daughter had been sewing still lying in place. Review: Ken Burns’s ‘Vietnam War’ Will Break Your Heart and Win Your Mind 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z It started with me taking my Hello Kitty sewing machine and fabric and making a naïve offer to the internet: “If you need masks and don’t have access to them, I will help you!” Kristina Wong’s Pandemic Story: Sewing With Her Aunties 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z The party is elsewhere in the boardinghouse where our heroine, Esther, a shy, plain woman of 35, sits in her room sewing corsets and camisoles for socialites and streetwalkers. Review: In ‘Intimate Apparel,’ Letting the Seamstress Sing 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z But, stepping back and looking at it with a rare objectivity and selflessness, she thinks that perhaps sewing doesn't lend itself to TV in the same way baking does. The Great British Sewing Bee; Crossing England in a Punt: River of Dreams – TV review 2013-04-03T06:00:07Z One day a fight erupted as her mother sat sewing. This Life: Today, Gayan Peart helps victims of domestic abuse. As a girl, she lived it. 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z After roll call and a breakfast of gruel, they spend seven to eight hours a day at work, usually hunched over sewing machines working on uniforms and other clothing. Pussy Riot members face tough life in penal colony 2012-10-14T10:33:10Z “Most people start to sew to address the inadequacies they face in purchasing ready-to-wear clothing. If the same thing occurs in the sewing world, what recourse does someone have?” Stitch-up: online sewing community at war over cultural appropriation 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z For sheer incongruity, as defined by Isidore Ducasse — “the chance encounter of a sewing machine and an umbrella on an operating table” — few works can match the five original Surrealist exquisite corpses in MoMA’s collection. Art Review: ?Exquisite Corpses: Drawing and Disfiguration? at MoMA 2012-03-29T22:25:34Z So-called truthers accuse the Kremlin of pumping artificial fog over the runway, planting explosives on the plane and doctoring and then sewing victims’ bodies back together in fake autopsies. Poland’s Divide Over ‘Smolensk,’ Film on 2010 Air Crash 2013-05-28T22:05:50Z Other favorite attractions include the floral exhibit, agriculture-horticulture displays with giant pumpkins, free daily entertainment on five stages, Home Arts baking, sewing, quilting and knitting displays and demonstrations and Northwest Outdoors information and activities. The fair formerly known as the Puyallup returns with fun for all 2013-09-04T23:25:08Z Made in Dagenham is based on the Ford women car workers' strike of 1968, in which female staff sewing seat covers for Cortinas and Zephyrs went on strike for the same wage as the men. Film review: Made in Dagenham 2010-09-30T10:59:00Z Baskets add texture to the room and provide storage for books and sewing materials. To make a living room cozy, take the furniture off the walls 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z He expects that the sewing pod, which cost his company about $250,000 to set up, will become profitable in October, after three months of operation. Saving the Artwork of the South: Deep Investment, and a Drone 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z "I didn't know much about gay people," she said, sitting shyly behind her sewing machine in an alarmingly orange room from the family's next abode. Rewind TV: Panda Makers; Operation Mincemeat; The House That Made Me; The Day John Lennon Died; The Nation's Favourite Abba Song 2010-12-12T00:06:00Z On the second floor, models mixed with seamstresses lurched over their sewing machines. Givenchy’s Riccardo Tisci Is the King of Fashion Week 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z “She’s saying that sewing is just as valuable as painting or drawing.” Anila Quayyum Agha Uses Patterns to Break Patterns 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z This outpost of the San Francisco cyclist lifestyle and work-wear shop opened last October and vibrates with color and whirring sewing machines. Five Places to Go in D.C.’s North Shaw Neighborhood 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z There was hardly a noise except the purr of sewing machines or the slap of the pocket machine and a radio somewhere. A Tennessee Clothing Factory Keeps Up the Old Ways 2013-08-14T22:12:21Z She’s mended broken spider webs with red sewing thread, then chronicled how her gestures of good will were received. For an Artist, the Morgan Is Subject, Object and Venue 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z In the dim light of a cluttered storage unit, she stoops over her brother’s lifeless body — sewing bloody flesh together — determined to coax him back from the dead. ‘The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster’ Review: Death Transforms Her 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z They variously use sewing, stone, adobe, hemp and photography. 12 Galleries to Visit Now in Chelsea 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Their combinations may adhere to the Surrealist tradition of a sewing machine on an ironing board and all that,except that they yield little in the way of enigma. Art Review: Combining People and Machines in Venice 2011-07-08T16:55:52Z As everything came into focus, he saw he was face-to-face with one of his good friends, Faisal, who worked on the second floor as a sewing machine operator. Why Won’t We Learn from the Survivors of the Rana Plaza Disaster? 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z The glue that simulates stitches is nowhere near as good as hand sewing, but it’s an awful lot better than it used to be. It’s the Economy: What’s a $4,000 Suit Worth? 2012-09-05T03:19:28Z Fittingly, at the tender heart of this book is a treadle sewing machine used by his grandmother, Mamá Tey, to support the family in El Salvador and, later, San Francisco. A Salvadoran-American Assembles the Fragments of a Violent Cultural History 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z "It's very much like a sewing machine," he observed. Eye for art and artistry amid jigsaw's jumble 2010-12-10T02:15:00Z But the designer abstracted the school uniform references to the breast of a sweater or to box-pleated skirts, streamlined by sewing some panels together. Fashion Review: Pringle Plays With Uniforms While Topshop Goes Military 2012-02-20T19:07:46Z Mardi Gras Indians will spend months, sometimes years sewing the costumes they reveal on Fat Tuesday. Mardi Gras returns to New Orleans after year of shutdowns: 'Let the good times roll!' 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z And she paints the limited opportunities for women in Trinidad during her grandmother’s era, when poor women were relegated to sewing, cooking or pressing shirts in a factory. In ‘ ’Til the Well Runs Dry,’ a tale turns on a West Indian woman’s secrets “We are already in month four, and a lot of people who did come back to sewing will continue.” The pandemic-fueled demand for masks has reignited interest in an age-old skill 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Fourteen sewing machines and mannequins from size 0 to 16 are in the room, as are costumes in various stages of creation. Magic behind custom-made costumes for `Dancing' 2011-03-21T14:02:18Z In her self-portraits, Ms. Yeager is often encased in a two-piece suit of her own design, which she whipped up at home on her sewing machine. On the Runway: Beyond Bunny Yeager's Lens, a Shy Pinup 2011-05-18T19:39:20Z “My grandmother saw cooking, knitting and sewing as taking care of other people,” Ms. Ahmad said. Dusting Off the Sewing Machine 2012-07-04T15:28:44Z She then became, her Polish passport file shows, “Maria Sowiak,” an ostensible Catholic who survived the war with fake papers in Warsaw — perhaps, from hints she later dropped, working in a sewing factory. In Berlin, Unraveling a Family Mystery 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Painting, writing poetry, sewing and any other form of creative expression are terrific ways to push through the chronic stress that defines burnout, Nagoski said. What burnout really means, and what bosses and employees can do about it 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z Yelawolf raps in a series of nimble incisions, perforating the track like a sewing machine. Music Monday: Mesita, James Pants, Yelawolf 2010-06-28T16:54:00Z “About a week before my wedding I carted my dress and sewing machine to a friend’s and sewed basically all night,” she said. Feeling Crafty? Make Your Own Wedding Day Look. 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z But in general, paintings and drawings were done by men, and tanning, sewing and beadwork by women. Review: ‘The Plains Indians,’ America’s Early Artists, at the Met 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z “There was an expectation in Pakistan that women would sew, and her mother was in a sewing circle,” Ms. Reece-Hughes said of Ms. Agha. Anila Quayyum Agha Uses Patterns to Break Patterns 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z At the age of 5, Cecilia began to show an interest in clothes and asked for a sewing machine for her sixth birthday. The Kiddie Couturiers 2011-02-23T21:07:10Z Obviously it doesn't sound anything like the original – the duo cut up and splice various elements of the song, before looping them, burying them and then sewing them all back together again. New music: Liars - No 1 Against the Rush (Matmos remix) 2012-05-24T15:38:00Z Jazz is also founder of the successful Shoreditch arm of the Women's Institute and last year her book on sewing and baking, Queen of Crafts, was published. Our dad, Joe Strummer, remembered 2012-07-27T23:05:09Z “Recently I dusted off my old sewing machine,” he said. Todd Snyder on How to Add Patches to Your Jeans 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z So for every new machine that comes in and limits the number of workers needed — whether it’s the new digital sewing machine or the printing press that uses lasers — Crawford said he welcomes the innovation. Few may be hanging on Congress’s every word, but the GPO is still printing them “Women’s history . . . often depends on recovering things later deemed unimportant, like a gathering of women quilting and sewing,” Ulrich writes. How the Women of the Mormon Church Came to Embrace Polygamy 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z The sewing machines in the Seattle Opera costume shop hadn’t been touched in over a year. Peek behind the scenes as some Seattle performing arts groups prepare for fall 2021 — their first in-person shows in over a year 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z This summer, he raffled off two sewing machines, with entries based on participating in the voting process or going to a protest, designating one for a person of color. More Men Reach for Sewing Machines 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z Many spinners — think sewing, not cycling — knew badly behaved men, so they coped with problems at home and took revenge in their evening stories. How a Smithsonian researcher reinterpreted Rumpelstiltskin for the #MeToo era 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z After graduating from Evander Childs High School in the Bronx, he went to work as a machinist’s helper and seemed headed for a career repairing sewing machines. Carl Reiner, Multifaceted Master of Comedy, Is Dead at 98 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Winthrop got his face right down to the sewing needles, to examine the warping for flaws. The Annals of Flannel 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z "They collected what they could from the rubble, repaired the sewing machines. They borrowed money, and life began anew." Gentrification tears at Istanbul's historically diverse fabric 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z The sewing machines are once again switched on in the workroom. Perspective | Designers made New York fashion week happen. Sort of. 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z In the middle of the store, there’s a sewing table with a Juki sewing machine on it. Critical Shopper: Marimekko in the Flatiron District - Critical Shopper 2011-10-19T22:14:30Z Much as for a passport photograph, he adopted exactly the same angle for each picture: the effect is striking yet poetic, "an encounter between an umbrella and a sewing machine". Architectural appeal remains as Italy's deconsecrated churches rise again 2013-01-01T12:33:38Z I took a sewing course last year and really enjoyed that. Imogen Poots Keeps Everyone Guessing in ‘Outer Range’ 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z There, she began to teach herself how to sew by “dismantling clothes” she owned and then sewing them back together. DIY fashion influencer Mimi G overcame homelessness to build a thriving business 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z He ordered a bunch of Union Jack flags and spent hours with his mother sewing the flags into a jacket. ‘Worn Stories’ Treats Clothing as the Fabric of Memory. I Can Relate. 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z In one horrific scene, the company’s artists, instead of sewing costumes, produce a tiny explosive vest for a little boy to wear on a suicide mission. Review: ‘A Room in India’ Overflows With Astonishing Visions 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z For four months she worked nights at her parents’ dining room table crafting a gown from scratch using four different sewing patterns. Feeling Crafty? Make Your Own Wedding Day Look. 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z In my growing up home, sewing was very important, as much as you'd go shopping and buy something. Betsey Johnson also has a low-key, private side: "I'm too much for myself to live up to" 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z It describes a 19th-century séance in which entranced participants act in concert, like the parts of a sewing machine. Joachim Koester: ‘Body Electric’ 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z It was the latter machine — given to McDonald by his husband in 1996, before McDonald became a dancer touring with Mark Morris Dance Group — that sparked his interest in sewing as an art form. Former 'Runway' finalist Bradon McDonald's costumes create character for Jessica Lang Dance 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z I dressed as Robin all the time as a child – my grandmother ran up my costume in the kitchen on her sewing machine – and seeing a 21st-century version was oddly emotional for me. Comic-Con 2010: My favourite bits 2010-07-26T14:23:00Z She was fortunate: Once, offered a fur coat by her husband, she chose a sewing machine instead and he did not demur. Ardis James Dies at 85; Established Center on Quilts 2011-07-17T06:48:04Z Most of the projects focus on hand-sewing, though a few incorporate sewing machines. Stitching together the case for sewing 2011-04-28T19:19:34Z Once she was granted tenure, she stopped sewing for a couple of years. ‘I can’t breathe’: How one Black quilter channels social justice into her work 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Burri also starts applying his surgical skills, sewing pieces of fabric together; stitches of varying sizes become a recurring motif, at once structural and visual. Alberto Burri, a Man of Steel, and Burlap 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Sewing and Stitchery Expo: Seminars, vendors, speakers, displays for sewing, quilting, 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Dr. Seuss’ birthday, Kent Kids Art Day | Community Corner 2013-03-01T21:00:35Z She said inmates at the colony were forced to work up to 17 hours a day sewing police uniforms. Jailed member of Russia's punk band goes on hunger strike 2013-09-23T11:33:44Z Plus, did we mention there are no sewing skills required? 8 Projects to Renew Every Room in Your Home 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z A found object, such as a sewing machine, guitar, rifle and various signs, sits atop each tree. An outsider art tour of California 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Sadie contributed to the design and helped with the sewing and gluing. Halloween costs can be scary. Here are smart and creative ways to save. 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z I was on an unusual search: for sewing needles. Presto! A Museum Becomes a House of Illusion 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z If I am at home sewing my kids’ Halloween costumes, I’m probably blowing off a rewrite I was supposed to turn in. Shonda Rhimes Has the Final Word on "Doing it All" 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z “I grew up sewing,” said Ms. Butler, who learned from her mother and grandmother during her New Jersey childhood. From 2 Artists, 2 Ways to Tell Stories of Black America 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z If you’re sewing a button on a shirt, thread the needle with two, three or four strands of thread and knot them together. How to escape your phone and other life hacks 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z Anything categorized as "old fashioned" was sure to be fussy and complicated with a steep learning curve like sewing my own clothes. How to make a Rye Old-Fashioned, a classic 3-ingredient drink (plus ice) 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z Seeing as she was bored of her job and in search of an outlet, Mimi decided to start her own blog about sewing and her life. DIY fashion influencer Mimi G overcame homelessness to build a thriving business 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z The light soap coating will help ease them through your sewing projects. Perspective | Hints From Heloise: A taxing time! 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z “It’s both extremely true and very wrong to say it’s just sewing, calm down,” they say. Stitch-up: online sewing community at war over cultural appropriation 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z Like many upper-class women of the time, Phelan belonged to several sewing clubs. A Folk Art Quilt Is on the Block 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z Now’s a good time for an encore, and a sewing kit. “Game of Thrones”: Start Choppin’ 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z His father gave him a sewing machine when he was 10. Free to Be... Isaac Mizrahi 2013-08-28T22:35:16Z She began by using salmon bones to create earrings, eventually moving on to clothing and sewing some bones onto a corset. In Alaska, a new life for old bones 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z When sewing, be sure to start from the back, not the front. Simone Rocha on How to Tie-Dye a Pair of Socks 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z “I liked Mannie instantly. He was clever and he knew about the sewing industry, just like my father did,” she said. A 100th Birthday Celebration, and (Surprise!), a Wedding, Too 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Relatedly, Marisol’s flashbacks center on her time in high school when her mother was designing beautiful clothes for people and sewing designer tags in them to lend credibility to her craft. 'Orange Is the New Black' Season 3, Episode 5 Recap: Flaca Takes a Test 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z Closetcase currently runs to a size 20, but in January announced plans following criticism from a number of sewing bloggers, including Rockcastle, to expand its size range later in the year. Stitch-up: online sewing community at war over cultural appropriation 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z It involves intricate, time-consuming sewing, unusual fabrics and luxurious embellishments such as rare feathers and semi-precious stone beading. Versace leads Paris’ haute couture revival 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z The sewing pattern, with its basic lines and neutral color, seems like a bland and simple thing, but Ms. Baum reminds us that the devil is in taking such details for granted. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z As it happens, women are the subjects of more than half the show’s 37 works, and they are mostly pictured doing domestic things like sewing, setting tables and writing and reading letters. Art Review: Danish Paintings Show at Scandinavia House 2013-12-05T22:25:09Z In this age of ready-to-wear, most of us leave sewing to the professionals. Books of Style: Holiday Reading, Some Homework Required 2012-12-12T23:23:53Z Because they had no friends in Miami, they stayed in a lot and worked; their living room was a studio, with sewing machines, mannequins and a heat press machine. Bria Vinaite: from Instagram entrepreneur to starring opposite Willem Dafoe 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z Her latest sewing project is whipping up personalized, oversize pillows for her three young children to loll upon while reading. Summer Movies: Julia Roberts, Enjoying Life and ?Eat Pray Love? 2010-04-29T14:37:00Z Once he was again snug in his traveling clothes for the afterlife, a delicate sewing job was needed. Melvin the Mummy, Rewrapped, at Brooklyn Museum 2010-05-06T22:57:00Z “People dragged machines out of their closets or went online to buy new ones,” Grant says, and stores started selling out of sewing machines, dark fabrics and elastic. The pandemic-fueled demand for masks has reignited interest in an age-old skill 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z From some viewpoints it looks like the tip of a sewing needle poking out above the trees and cellular towers of this island in the San Francisco Bay. A New Hiroshi Sugimoto Sculpture in San Francisco Reaches for Infinity 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z The show’s biggest, most hectic installation, it replicates the workings of the artist’s brain with moving parts that include a model train and a sewing machine. Art Review: ‘Jason Rhoades: Four Roads’ at Penn 2013-12-19T23:02:30Z “These sewing circles and knitting clubs and quilting bees were forums to talk about women’s rights, to propel the abolition of slavery, to create garments and blankets sold to provide income,” Rapaport said. Imagine Spider-Woman With a Crochet Hook 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Seminars, vendors, speakers, displays for sewing, quilting, 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2013-02-28T00:52:33Z During each sewing period we were taught the next step and returned the following week to continue the process. The History of Hollywood, Home Economics and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z Today, the historic hotel showcases antique sewing paraphernalia and a beautifully restored original lift. Top 10 hotels in Istanbul 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z “Butterfly” began during a residency that Ms. Watt did at the Denver Museum of Art in 2013; she hosted a sewing circle open to the community. In Denver, the Pandemic Deepens Artistic Collaboration 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z This is Day 6 with my new sewing machine. Wife/Mother/Worker/Spy: Altered by a Sewing Machine 2009-12-17T06:11:40Z The Kingston Trio When Stockade Tavern opened three years ago, selling sophisticated cocktails in a one-time Singer sewing machine factory in Kingston’s 17th-century Stockade District, the bar’s arrival foreshadowed changes for New York’s former capital. 36 Hours in the Hudson Valley, New York 2013-07-26T15:18:39Z Battling boredom at the camp, where officers were not put to work because of Geneva Conventions rules, he first took up sewing and then carving model airplanes. National Symphony Orchestra violist plays heirloom built by grandfather 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z He built them from scavenged trash — Popsicle sticks, cigarette-pack foil and recycled tea bags — held together with pins purloined from the prison sewing shop. Making Art When ‘Lockdown’ Means Prison 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z At one point, Bert and Joshua got into a spat over whose turn it was to use a certain sewing machine, and as Joshua stormed off in anger, Bert yelled after him, “Drop Dead.” On the Runway Blog: On Project Runway, a Team of Rivals 2011-08-26T18:59:16Z “They form fantastic bonds with each other while they’re sewing together.” Meet Penelope: A DIY’d trailer bringing craftiness to a street near you 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z “I like sewing,” she says, and making toys whole again. 9-year-old gives tattered stuffed toys a new life 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z It prevented her from sitting at a sewing machine for long periods, which limited her cosplay. She Brings Comic Book Characters to Life 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z A band of 15 tailors started to work on the clothes immediately, sewing carefully but with haste enough to finish the suits within 48 hours. Prince and David Bowie Shared a Hong Kong Tailor 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z The number of members at BurdaStyle, a five-year-old social network for sewing novices, grew to 753,184 in mid-May, an increase of 47 percent from a year earlier, the company said. Dusting Off the Sewing Machine 2012-07-04T15:28:44Z They argued that their sewing skills — making seats for Zephyrs and Cortinas — should put them on the same pay level as the spray-painters. Veterans of Dagenham dispute strike another blow for equality 42 years on 2010-09-22T20:50:00Z Pasquale worked in restaurants and, in his spare time, taught singing; Maria, his wife, cleaned offices and took in sewing and ironing. Antonio Pappano, a Conductor of the Old School, Makes His Carnegie Debut 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z Living History Farms in Urbandale, Iowa, offers sewing classes with costumed teachers. Historical interpreters serve as time travelers in a tech-crazed modern world 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z If you are sewing by hand, then the best hand stitch is the backstitch. How to mend a ripped seam 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z A similar debate about cultural sensitivity and appropriation recently occurred in the sewing community. 'White supremacy': popular knitting website Ravelry bans support for Trump 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z Mass is seen at home sewing the costume, and describing the challenges, physical and existential, of embodying the large-meloned mascot. Erroll Morris creates ambitious documentary series for ESPN 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z A stolen plate, a grandmother’s camera, an 18th-century sewing chest, a dog’s beloved ball. Celebrating Creators of Design 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z The father and his young son scurried over to the bride’s house, sewing kit in tow: wedding saved. New Neighbors, New Considerations 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z The show includes domestic sewing and some more unusual works, like quilts made on a prison ship. Spirit Drawings in London and Rock in Niigata, Japan: Global Arts Guide 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z In an adjacent space, a painting of a Madonna gazing down at three people at sea in a rowboat hangs over early-1900s Singer sewing machines. Havana artisan makes guayaberas for the famous 2011-06-20T18:57:14Z He told CNN he was able to confirm its authenticity in part, by distinctive sewing on the folds used to bind it together. Agents recover stolen 500-year-old copy of Columbus letter 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z A disproportionate amount of camera time is given to Mila, who apparently is thinking more than she was sewing. 2010-01-29T14:30:00Z For the contestants, just as in Bake Off, the programme-makers have gone out of their way to show that sewing isn't just practised by little old ladies with glasses hanging round their necks. The Great British Sewing Bee; Crossing England in a Punt: River of Dreams – TV review 2013-04-03T06:00:07Z Ms. Lucas prides herself on working without glue, instead pinning, tying, or sewing the collages together, or embedding their constituent parts in clay. Bonnie Lucas, Still Playing With Dolls 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z Using the sewing machine his grandmother gave him for his birthday, he has cut up all of his bow ties to test the new concept. Davidson teenager adds bowties to growing resume 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z At one point, Bert and Joshua got into a spat over whose turn it was to use a certain sewing machine, and as Joshua stormed off in anger, Bert yelled after him, “Drop dead.” On the Runway Blog: On 'Project Runway,' a Team of Rivals 2011-08-29T16:46:54Z Ms. Redniss, whose mother was also a teacher, recalled sewing her own moccasins and drawing on cigarette cartons while hanging out in the small grocery store in Massachusetts owned by her grandparents. For Author Lauren Redniss, No Such Thing as Bad Weather 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z Later she visits a beauty salon, a women’s weight-lifting tournament, a room with three workers at sewing machines and a rural school, among other sites. Movie Review: ?Where Are You Taking Me,? Kimi Takesue?s Arty Look at Uganda 2012-03-02T01:13:17Z It was during this delusional period that I flashed back, nostalgically, to my mother’s sewing machine, a sturdy Singer in a practical beige color, the sewing machine equivalent of nude pantyhose. Wife/Mother/Worker/Spy: Altered by a Sewing Machine 2009-12-17T06:11:40Z Much as I enjoyed making my graduation dress and other sewing projects, I envied the boys in shop. The History of Hollywood, Home Economics and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z On this analysis, the lawless frontier had fewer pistols and much more in the way of sewing supplies, ribbons and hay. On a Native American tour through the badlands 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z This sharing of stories, food, song and dance will unfold on and around 4,000 square feet of quilts, created at sewing bees in the United States, Australia and Taiwan over the past three years. Dance in NYC This Week 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z The Smoking Rocket is one of the signature drinks at Stitch, a basement cocktail bar in Sydney with cheeky Victorian accents, like the stacks of Singer sewing machines that form the foundation of the bar. A guide to Sydney’s flourishing small-bar scene 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Ms. Tolokonnikova and a compatriot, Ekaterina Nenasheva, had appeared in a central square dressed in Russian prisoner uniforms and armed with a sewing machine, thread and needles, aiming to stitch a Russian flag. Vice Gets a New Columnist: A Founding Member of Pussy Riot 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Keeping a diary, like sewing a quilt, involves stitching together its different parts. Alice Walker's "Gathering Blossoms Under Fire" and the rare gift of Black women's published journals 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z Next Thing She is starting a co-op sewing project in Chicago to help immigrant seamstresses team up with small-scale fashion houses. A Muslim Fashion Blogger With a Fierce Message 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z This sewing machine has been in my family for 40 years. 'I bought this mixer when I was pregnant. My son is now 35': Guardian readers on the appliances that just won’t quit 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z “Think the size and shape of a sewing thimble soft, wine cork erect.” “I’m hung like a toddler”: Meet a man with a micropenis 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z He was recently named a brand ambassador for Janome, a sewing machine company. More Men Reach for Sewing Machines 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z It lived in its own special Singer sewing table in our upstairs hallway. Wife/Mother/Worker/Spy: Altered by a Sewing Machine 2009-12-17T06:11:40Z Working with a flexible geometric vocabulary, she produces paintings whose taut visual clarity is the result of meticulously sewing together contrasting pieces of painted or raw canvas. 10 Galleries to Visit in Chelsea 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z “The sewing notions, the tools, a lot of it is pink and girlie,” Mr. Ford said. More Men Reach for Sewing Machines 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z Toiling in a decrepit, leaky factory in sweatshop conditions, the brash and feisty “girls,” as everyone calls them, strip down to their bras while sewing car-seat upholstery. | 'Made in Dagenham': ?60s Sweatshop Girls Fighting Ford 2010-11-19T06:05:00Z Dear Earl and Dave: Thank you both for writing and reminding folks that this column is NOT just about baking, sewing and housework. Hints From Heloise: Turning magnet ads into fun fridge flair 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z The snippets of film record and preserve the motions of sewing, dyeing, spinning, making puppets, casting hand shadows and more. Her quilts are made of 16-mm film. Here's what they reveal, frame by frame 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z And the West Country marquee full of pastel shades has been replaced by an East End workshop full of sewing machines and haberdashery. The Great British Sewing Bee; Crossing England in a Punt: River of Dreams – TV review 2013-04-03T06:00:07Z A self-taught tailor, Mr. Cole found his inner Bob Mackie to make his own outfits, sewing elaborate confections of feathers, rhinestones, pearls and satin. Walter Cole, Who Dazzled as Darcelle, the World’s Oldest Drag Performer, Dies at 92 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z We kids sat at the very end, our sewing needles at the ready. How pizza fritte brings me home for the holidays 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z Mimi says she wasn’t interested in sewing for hire, though, and continued to keep up with her blog. DIY fashion influencer Mimi G overcame homelessness to build a thriving business 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z FRI-SUN Hundreds of displays, vendors, seminars, workshops, style shows for sewing enthusiasts, 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Community calendar 2012-02-29T23:02:08Z The home sewing kit is the most popular use for cookie tins. Finding Memories, and Mom’s Sewing Stuff, in a Reused Cookie Tin 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z “I like sitting in a room and sewing. I don’t like the attention.” A Bigger Canvas for Jayson Musson Includes Puppets and Picasso 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z But the mood across the exhibition hall is mostly contemporary, from displays of the latest sewing machines to how to download knitting patterns onto a PDF file on a computer. A stitch online saves time: British show highlights knitting is trendy 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Many of the tricks, too, are familiar, including the priceless segment in which Teller swallows one sewing needle after another, and Penn’s climactic fire-eating routine. Review: ‘Penn & Teller on Broadway’ Explores the Illusions of Technology 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z Don was named Father of the Year in 1965 by a local civic group, and Mimi, sewing the children’s clothing herself, was an engine of unflappable can-do industriousness. Good Looks Ran in the Family. So Did Schizophrenia. 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z The show, which is the basis for an eponymous film starring America Ferrera, finds five women in a race to save their tiny sewing factory in East Los Angeles. Pasadena Playhouse 2015-16 season has 'Real Women,' cultural diversity 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z She has been sewing for more than 50 years and is frequently discriminated against in sewing shops. Stitch-up: online sewing community at war over cultural appropriation 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z The wait denies them prompt medical care for injuries they sustain at work sewing uniforms, she added. Pussy Riot member on hunger strike hospitalized 2013-05-28T11:02:11Z Though I’ve dabbled in everything from sewing to woodworking to basket weaving to gardening, there’s one discipline that has always eluded me: baking. This app takes the cake 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z You cover your lodging and meals, then spend four hours or so a day cutting out leather shadow puppets in Malaysia or sewing denim jackets in a Los Angeles design studio. Forget souvenir shopping; these destinations let you craft your own meaningful memento 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z As a child growing up in a suburb of Philadelphia, Eric spoke sewing the way a violin prodigy speaks music. Back in the Girdle Again: Getting Fitted After a Year Untouched 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z “Queer Threads: Crafting Identity and Community” takes you places that you and your sewing never thought to go. Art in Review: ‘Queer Threads: Crafting Identity and Community’ 2014-02-21T16:40:39Z Ms. Mucha, by her account, assisted Mr. Oldenburg with sewing his famed “soft” sculptures, made of canvas and later vinyl, filled with foam. Claes Oldenburg Dies at 93; Pop Artist Made the Everyday Monumental 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z Ideas like domesticity, and traditionally women’s crafts, like knitting and sewing, were taboo, she found. Phyllida Barlow, British Sculptor of Playful, Scale-Defying Works, Dies at 78 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z One woman named Jessica Montgomery had come from San Diego and made her own bikini by sewing aqua starfish on to a nude nylon top. The Last Mermaid Show 2013-07-05T13:25:59Z Friends joked that they wouldn’t get surgery from him; one said, “You’ll end up sewing something up inside my head!” “Dr. Death” and the Perils of Making Medical Malpractice a Thriller 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z The piece opens with driving and increasing mechanical noise, like a giant sewing machine about to chew up the theater. Dance Review: Repetitions Build Drama With Rhythm and Gesture 2011-06-14T23:56:46Z She dusted off her sewing machine a few days ago, she said, gathering scraps of fabric to make homemade masks. A time of unprecedented fear for parents of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z SAT Experience the gardening and sewing of the mid-1800s with activities for all ages in restoration of the Hudson’s Bay Company outpost on Puget Sound, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2013-04-24T23:00:53Z After some misadventures — including a narrow escape that shows Reichardt gently flexing her action muscles — the two men reunite and set up house together, cooking, sewing, philosophizing. Around the Movie World in 17 Days at the New York Film Festival 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Pat also notes, uncritically, that his mother routinely beat him and his siblings with a sewing machine belt, and that he was spanked until he was 17 years old. Style Invitational Week 1099: Yours for the asking — it’s Questionable Journalism Her long hair became entangled in the sewing machine, she said, “and I couldn’t free myself because my hand was stuck.” Why Won’t We Learn from the Survivors of the Rana Plaza Disaster? 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z This show includes more than 150 examples – sewing boxes, jewelry boxes, communion boxes, picture frames, small furniture pieces — from the United States and seven other countries. From 12th Century B.C. to 2017, Art in Startling Variety 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z What worked in Syria – her high spirits and sense of fun, her mother's efforts to dress her beautifully, sewing dresses from patterns in French Vogue – did not work at all in Detroit. Harley Loco by Rayya Elias – review 2013-06-14T09:00:11Z Once the domain of apron-clad matrons tasked with domestic busywork, sewing, like knitting before it, is making a comeback. Dusting Off the Sewing Machine 2012-07-04T15:28:44Z The author's achievements can be traced back to those gifts: the typewriter that allowed her to express herself, a suitcase to escape the prejudices of her community, and a sewing machine to teach her self-sufficiency. 10 famous authors and their moms 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z This odd sewing machine-like device tattoos a short, pithy truth on each person’s arm. Best new science fiction for summer 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z He and his friends were soon practicing the art on one another, using equipment jury-rigged from sewing needles and cassette player motors. A Tattoo Master, Off the Street, Into the Gallery 2011-03-25T20:47:08Z My sister-in-law started playing tennis every day, and my best friend took on sewing. Upcycling old jars is self-care in its purest form 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z Mr. Thomas, who turned 36 in September, never studied fashion or garment making, and he can’t work a sewing machine. Is It Street Wear or Is It Art? 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Next came "pulling clothes out of my closet and taking them apart and sewing them around the forms," intoxicated by the immediacy of a process that didn't require machines and painting and glazing. Artist Mandy Greer molds the fiber of life 2011-11-30T23:49:57Z At the time of Warhol’s death, a stack of the photos was found next to a sewing machine, waiting to be stitched. For Warhol, ’15 Brings More Fame 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z He’s occupied himself with projects around the house, sewing a new seat cover for an outdoor swing and fixing the mechanical cover on their swimming pool. Alex Trebek Is Still in the Game 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z Its exposed brick walls and wood-and-steel-beam floors, and signature rows of old sewing machines suggest nothing so much as an East London warehouse fallen into desuetude. | AllSaints Spitalfields: The Rugged Charm of Jack the Ripper?s London 2010-06-09T01:28:00Z Then, in 1871, James B. Morrison invented a drill powered by a foot pedal, much like a sewing machine. This Exhibition Has Real Bite 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z She wrote string parts that recall sewing machines, and at several points in the score she included the sound of scissors opening and closing. Arming a Chorus of Women with Scissors 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z And I got some real lifesaving skills, like cooking, ironing, sewing. Rodriguez helps Light in the Attic celebrate 10 years of revivals 2012-10-09T18:02:04Z “I use a sewing machine the way I use a hammer,” Dazzle said. Machine Dazzle: How Many Ways Can You Say Fabulous? 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z She added that she also spent time making beaded jewelry, belly dancing, hula dancing, sewing, baking and gardening. Chicago woman's self-written obituary goes viral for her wise advice 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z She first learned to sew at age 4, on her great-aunt’s treadle sewing machine. How a wedding dress maker is trying to stop the spread of Ebola “If you’re not going to make in China, and you’re not going to make a million gazillion pieces, it’s the actual sewing that costs the money.” What Makes a Bathing Suit So Expensive? 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z She uses not so much paints and brushes, but a sewing machine and crochet hook, weaving and twisting bits of fabric and yarn into magical forests, mythical creatures, fanciful garments, darkly disturbing images. Artist Mandy Greer molds the fiber of life 2011-11-30T23:49:57Z “I grew up with my grandmother and mom, who are glamorous women, and was given a sewing machine at age 13,” he said. Where Fashion Stylists Shop for Vintage 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z Items on display there include a sewing table that each of the Osmond brothers carved his initials into. Osmond matriarch's home dedicated as museum 2010-05-04T09:00:00Z The toy market was flooded with cast-iron horseless carriages — cars, in today’s language — and trucks, sewing machines and laundry wringers, trains and banks. Smithsonian tells a toy story that goes back more than a century 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Her days were spent looking after us and the house; evenings were spent knitting, or more likely sewing. Family life 2012-05-18T23:05:08Z The challenge — regardless of one’s sewing skills — is part of the appeal. Feeling Crafty? Make Your Own Wedding Day Look. 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z He doesn’t mention that, as life expectancy in East Asia climbed, mortality rates rose in America, or that drug dealers, not farm girls seeking sewing jobs, now flock to Lowell — a distribution hub for heroin. We Are What We Manufacture 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z “The crack was so huge I could put my hand in it,” said Ms. Begum, the single mother, who was then a sewing machine operator for Ither Tex Ltd., the fifth-floor tenant. Why Won’t We Learn from the Survivors of the Rana Plaza Disaster? 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z When her work as a painter began to trouble her, Ramberg temporarily switched to sewing magnificent quilts, using stacks of fabric remnants she found in Japan. 7 female artists you don’t know — but should 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z The upbeat LaQuanda Ross is a colorful talker, nicknamed Betsy for the historic overtones and because she is painstakingly sewing a quilt in solidarity with her friends and loved ones who are locked up. Review | This galvanizing new play tries to humanize lives lived behind bars 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z Also on the tour is the historic Freedom Quilting Bee building, a women’s sewing cooperative founded in 1966 that had contracts with quilters to sell bedding and bags for stores, including Sears, until the 1990s. Saving the Artwork of the South: Deep Investment, and a Drone 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z Bertero says that while cannabis makes her feel "happy and light", it does not get in the way of her work measuring, cutting and sewing garments. To grow cheap marijuana, Italy calls in the army 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z Model for your child what it means to be helpful to others during the pandemic, whether it’s preparing and delivering meals to a homeless shelter or an elderly neighbor or sewing masks. Perspective | 5 ways to teach our children empathy in these challenging times 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z Before the play begins, a scenic painter hangs suspended onstage, touching up a patch of sky, while a woman works at a sewing machine below. ‘Six Characters in Search of an Author’ at BAM 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Sometimes, like with soapmaking and sewing projects, making something by hand lets us exercise our creative impulses and customize our belongings. How to Make Your Own Sparklers 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z She would often begin sewing at 1 a.m., falling asleep at the table. ‘I can’t breathe’: How one Black quilter channels social justice into her work 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z I took a sewing class at six, and I didn’t stop there. Fashion superstar Zac Posen on his new career documentary: “What’s the point? To make people dream” 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z Regardless of that, heed the larger point: Never leave home without a sturdy sewing kit. Survival tips from TV we didn't know we needed 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z He built a narrow, legless work table that was still big enough for several kid-size sewing machines and bar stools. Meet Penelope: A DIY’d trailer bringing craftiness to a street near you 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z She began sewing only four years ago, she said, after amending her long-held view: “My thought was old people sew. Young, hip people did not sew.” Sewing for the Instagram Generation 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Soon after Nancy finished sewing the piece, her family, originally from Georgia, was uprooted again and forced to resettle in Oklahoma. Antiques: Discoveries in the Past Year’s Auctions 2013-12-26T18:37:39Z Nearby sat a group of young women working at sketchboards and sewing stations in the school, which offers nine-month courses in fashion styling, marketing, and basic styling. Islamic fashion school cuts a faithful figure in Indonesia 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Gardner said sewing has become a way for them to bond, and builds her confidence, including after she experienced bullying at school. More Men Reach for Sewing Machines 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z For the Czechoslovak Chamber of Commerce, he developed advertising materials for sewing machines, Pilsner Urquell beer and Praha light bulbs. ‘Pop-Ups From Prague’ Celebrates Vojtech Kubasta 2014-01-30T13:00:01Z FRI-SUN Display of 140 judged quilts, tea room, silent auction, demos, bazaar, raffle, antique sewing machines, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more for July 22-28 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z But mainstream sewing companies have moved slowly to market to men. More Men Reach for Sewing Machines 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z Now, some of those combative memories have been replaced by more serene scenes, like one of a man stitching intricate images with a portable bicycle-powered sewing machine. Oakland Journal: Oakland Art Murmur Outgrows Its Name 2012-10-11T04:27:45Z Transferring the elegant apparatus between them, they play with tension and release, at one point creating the strange illusion of sewing their bodies together. Review: A Taste of Seoul at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z The rooftop spaces have been well used over the past year and a half for events including evening stargazing and workshops on subjects like technology for teens and sewing. Why Libraries May Never Stop Being People Places 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z She was a gifted seamstress who earned her family's keep with her Singer sewing machine. T Magazine: Back to Bernalda 2012-11-15T14:01:25Z The rest of the limited space is taken up with a research room; sewing rooms, stuffed with mannequins and old-fashioned machines, and a small exhibition space, recently used for a brief display of women’s undergarments. Akiko Fukai Curates History at the Kyoto Costume Institute 2012-02-22T18:06:57Z For the 80 or so employees, home sewing is not so much a retro thing as it is a timeless pursuit. Sewing for the Instagram Generation 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z She and Ms. Duss are offering courses in sewing and will also invite other designers for demonstrations. Front Row: Front Row-Sweat Shop, a Paris Cafe, Lets You Sew and Eat 2010-03-18T01:51:00Z Women fallen on hard times used their sewing skills to support themselves. How Elegant, How Lethal 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z She began sewing dresses for Yasmín soon after she was born. Traditional Dresses as Resistance 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z The Idiot was designed to resemble a Dostoevsky-era apartment: old oak furniture, Singer iron-pedaled sewing machines, clunky typewriters, shelves of antique books and the occasional, anachronistic bust of Lenin. White Nights of St. Petersburg, Russia 2011-06-03T19:03:09Z I hang up and look at the sewing computer. Wife/Mother/Worker/Spy: Altered by a Sewing Machine 2009-12-17T06:11:40Z The output quota is the same for all convicts working in the sewing unit. Jailed member of Russia's punk band goes on hunger strike 2013-09-23T11:33:44Z On St. Patrick’s Day I stayed after theater class, sewing a corset. Modern Love: A Lost Child, but Not Mine 2011-07-28T22:12:45Z She spends about two hours sewing the fabric by machine and hand-stitching her name inside a heart — her logo, of sorts. Two girls warm hearts with their handmade blankets 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z |
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