Sewing came naturally to Lola Schlenner when she picked up a needle and thread at about 8 years old. As she grew older and had a family of her own, her sewing machine hummed along as she made ...
Sewing machines, threads, button boxes and fabric swathes have always held a nostalgia for me. At my late Granny Margaret’s home in the 1980s, boxes of buttons, beads and threads were something I ...
It’s not the only life skill that has lapsed. While Gen Z can edit a TikTok video in seconds, when it comes to basic DIY they’d rather pay someone to change a lightbulb or hang a picture than do it ...
According to the Museum of the City of New York, a garment worker in 1905 was expected to sew at a rate twice that of her 1900 counterpart. The factories had scant safety or fire protection, mandated ...
This is the event that has to move the needle to bring the autism programs at One Kids Place, we are really working hard to keep those programs going' ...
Peter Krykant (pictured) ran a van-based pilot before the UK’s first drug consumption room opened in Glasgow last week (Picture: Katielee Arrowsmith/SWNS) You’re more likely to find an empty ...
Shortly after sunrise, John Gobbi stepped gingerly across a sidewalk in Boston’s South End strewn with dirty and discarded drug needles. Every so often his work boots crushed another syringe ...
A vein finding machine, advice on needle use and aftercare consultation A vein finding machine, advice on needle use and aftercare consultation: How exactly Dublin’s first injection centre in ...