CALIFON – Pedals for Progress will collect used bicycles and sewing machines from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 18, at the ...

The sewing machine is one of the most transformative inventions in history. Before its creation, making clothes was a slow, labor-intensive process. Every stitch was done by hand, limiting how quickly ...

"I thought maybe somebody would buy the property and allow me to stay for a couple years while they're getting permits for ...

A paralysed, wheelchair-bound woman in central China has touched internet users by using her belly to operate a sewing machine to make a living. Tang Manxia, who lives in Changsha, Hunan province ...

She may be the unofficial custodian of Kylie Minogue’s gold hot pants, but Arts Centre Melbourne chief executive Karen ...

This will run at full speed, even if it develops its torque and when you engage it to the machine. A floor pedal will help you control the clutch motor when you are sewing, and you can use an ...

Chinese railways may have developed at an extraordinary pace since the 1980s, but some journeys have more to offer the ...

But she found there was no sewing machine suitable for the disabled on the market. Then she thought of wrapping an iron ring around her belly that is connected to the pedal of the sewing machine.

Before the world went digital, the "Drivotrainer" built by Aetna and Singer (the sewing machine company), provided realistic ...

Do you have an item of clothing that needs to be mended? You can sign up for a free time slot for one-on-one help repairing your item during the Mend It May events! Or sign up to attend a sewing ...

It pleases me no end to drive through the rural countryside and see all the newish modern homes that have been built by farm and ranch families during the last 30 years. But, on ...

It is estimated that over a million sewing machines are now at work in the United ... the body in a manner free from the objections of the treadle motion would be better. The slight swaying ...