LAWRENCE — Before becoming involved in HomeFront's ArtSpace program in 2009, 29-year-old Emily Strange was in an abusive relationship and addicted to drugs. She had a lot of anger built up, she said, ...
Tracy Turney was in her twenties, living in San Francisco, when she took her first sewing class. She quickly grew to love the pastime, getting up to sew even before she went to work. In fact, the ...
Jon Celani, executive director of the Brownson House, is shown in this file photo. In 1926, the Daughters of Current Events Club needed a location to learn cooking and sewing, so they began renting a ...
In Pittsburgh, the East End Cooperative Ministry runs the training program SewForward to help people — predominantly unemployed immigrants and refugees with limited language skills — to learn the ...
“It’s just such a happy room,” Hope Center Indy board member Margo Ward said of the sewing room at the center. Margo Ward doesn’t even sew. But somehow, when she saw a catchall room with plentiful ...
The New Rochelle Public Library hosts a popular Open Sewing program run by volunteers. The program fosters a supportive community where participants learn from each other and work on collaborative ...