Long before basic sewing needle options evolved as “sharps” or “betweens,” cave-era folks simply threaded bone shard and animal horn with sinew or plant fiber to stitch animal skins into outerwear.

Cora Sanderson and Meghan Meeker, both 10 and Lutz Preparatory School fifth-graders, settled down to sewing machines in Annella Martin Foshee’s home, ready for instructions about what they would ...

In the rear of SewNoles Fabrics and Lessons, a Brother Project Runway Limited Edition sewing machine is already threaded. Owner Martha Heath sits down and lines up a swath of hefty fabric that will be ...

Designers of high-performance composite components rediscover the art of stitching. Composites increasingly replace metals in aerospace components because they are much lighter. In aerospace, weight ...