Six years ago, Renita Yahara was given several large boxes of material from a friend. Yahara, of Elizabethtown, started searching online for a way to use the material that would help others. That’s ...

On a recent sunny Saturday, about 26 women gathered to sew dresses for the Dress a Girl Around the World project, which is part of Hope 4 Women International. This organization, founded in 2006, has a ...

Keep your sewing machine busy with 15 free summer sewing patterns for girls. These easy projects are fun to make and even more fun to wear. If your sewing machine’s been calling your name and your ...

The whir of sewing machines and the snipping of scissors through fabric are sounds heard in Lancaster County that are changing young girls’ lives on the other side of the world. More than 4,000 miles ...

CINCINNATI -- Two years ago, Sharon Ricketts, a retired school teacher, watched a media report on sex trafficking victims. She was distressed at the plight of the women and haunted by the sad faces of ...

Jan. 29—Calling someone a "so-and-so" is not a compliment, but change the spelling to "Sew 'n Sew," and the term takes on a new — and positive — meaning. It's the name adopted by a group of women who ...

DEVOTED TO THE CAUSE. BUSY BOBBINS AT THE BRIDGEWATER SENIOR CENTER. THE PATTERN BEING SEWN IS SIMPLE. SO WE HAVE THE FABRIC. WE HAVE THE POCKET MATERIAL, ALL THE STRAPS. BUT SO VERY SPECIAL. THEY’RE ...

One by one dresses are sewn together at the Casas Adobes Congregational Church. Stitch warlock, Ron McLain says sewing these dresses, "gives little girls all over the world a dress that they may have ...

Las Vegas resident Jil Gertz just wants to make a difference in the lives of children. That s why she came up with the idea to hold a sew-a-thon to benefit girls in Africa with the help of her church, ...

It has happened to the best of us: The shopping disaster day. We drag ourself from shop to shop, searching for that perfect dress and go home empty-handed and frustrated. But what if I told you that ...