When most of us were growing up, there were a handful of basic life skills that just about everybody learned. They were simple, useful abilities, like changing a tire, making a dress from a pattern, ...

For as long as I can remember, I've been sewing buttons back onto shirts for my dad and three brothers. It used to be easy when we lived in the same house. But as us kids have grown up and moved away, ...

Description: The sewing project teaches fabric selection, pattern selection and sewing machine use to construct garments and outfits to be worn by the 4-H member or another person. Older youth ...

In the 1940’s, kits were created to help young girls learn to sew. They were available from Butterick, McCalls and Simplicity. They contained fabric, a miniature mannequin, patterns, tape measure and ...