Even the most talented engineers can be stymied by simple repair projects. In this case, repairing a broken sewing machine has [CuriousMarc] all tangled up. [Marc] is probably best known as a part of ...

“A Stitch in Time is my heartbeat,” says longtime customer Carol Mauro. Greg Harding has been fixing sewing machines for nearly 40 years in Fredericksburg, Virginia. “This is sewing machine heaven ...

Seven Days is 30, and we need your help to celebrate. With your donation, we’ll stay on track, delivering rigorous reporting on Vermont news and culture. In the spring of 2020, it seemed like anyone ...

"Right from one of the first Singer machines. I have computerized machines, a fur machine, antique machines, a Singer, a Brother, industrial machines, you name it," she says. Unfortunately, all of ...

HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. (AP) — When Bobby Huddleston answers the phone at his store, Barry’s Sewing Machine and Vacuum Co., callers frequently ask, “Is this Barry?” “No, Barry’s not here,” Huddleston says.

After being a thriving sewing machine repair shop in Alexandria, Virginia, for more than 45 years, Sun Sew Vac was faced with an uncertain future when the pandemic hit. When demand for sewing homemade ...

Jennifer Brandlon volunteers at a recent Repair Cafe. (Courtesy of Lauren Gross) Maybe you thought you’d fix the mower yourself. Or you promised yourself you’d take it to a repairman one of these days ...

A new sewing machine repair shop with an experienced crew is geared up for business in northwest Rochester. Sew It Goesopened its doors at 1610 14th St. NW in the Metro Building at the start of April ...

Monona’s Margaret Jankowski met a woman on a recent trip to New Orleans who lost her sewing machine to Hurricane Katrina. It was a loss that went beyond material matters. The woman, whose first name ...

How many broken sewing machines does Yellowknife's Karen Wright-Fraser have? "Ten," says Karen, laughing. "Right from one of the first Singer machines. I have computerized machines, a fur machine, ...