A couple of months ago, Schirlyn Kamara stopped by the Nimble Thimble sewing shop in downtown Lancaster. She runs NuLife, a social enterprise that teaches at-risk women to sew. They make items from ...

Sewing machines whirred continuously as a dozen women focused on their projects at hand. Deft hands cut pieces of brightly colored fabric, while others stacked patterned pieces to be assembled. The ...

Thimbles For You is a Fairfield, Iowa-based business offering beautiful handmade sterling silver thimbles to individuals who enjoy hand sewing. Run by silversmith: Jan Marie Larson, the service now ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When North London actress Bridget McConnel couldn’t find enough work 20 years ago she took her needlework hobby ...