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 ...

Sewing machines hum, irons hiss and scissors snip in a small room at the Wolfforth United Methodist Church each month as about a dozen women meet to sew dresses and shorts they will send to children ...

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 ...

CHATFIELD, Minn. — When Denise Smalley thought about little girls in poor countries having to wear tattered old clothes, it practically broke her heart. "In some of these places they don't get ...

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 ...

Sharon Meehan used to teach in an inner-city school. She noticed that a girl at her school was teased about her clothing, which revealed her low-income status. So when the girl was named student of ...

Tirelessly hunching over an antique Singer machine, Lauren Starnes sews stitch after stitch onto a pillowcase. Her alterations will create a dress that will soon clothe a girl on the other side of the ...