May 13, 2021

What We Learned From a Year of Crafting

Making things — masks, quilts, ceramics, mandalas — was a practical and sometimes political response to the moment. Necessity is the mother of invention, and at […]
March 25, 2020

An Army of Sewers, Making Masks for America

They are scrounging for fabric, cutting it up, stitching it together. They are repurposing drapes, dresses, bra straps, shower curtains, even coffee filters. They are building […]
March 12, 2020

Now Is When We All Learn to Darn Our Socks Again

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August 2, 2016

Sewing for the Instagram Generation

The internet did little to disrupt it. Globalization could not shut it down. But while the McCall Pattern Company, the home-sewing brand founded in 1863, may […]