A two-month basic tailoring training in Merak has transformed how people perceive their traditional dress, which was ...

Long before basic sewing needle options evolved as “sharps” or “betweens,” cave-era folks simply threaded bone shard and animal horn with sinew or plant fiber to stitch animal skins into outerwear.

Gavyn Meadows is well on his way to learning something new every day. He has taken the first step to learning the basics of sewing, and the summer has just begun. Gavyn, decked out in his Zachary ...

In the group photo from left to right: Nelie Baird, Jolene van Rooyen, Tamare Dzvarai, Petro Mollers and Magda McGeer. Photo: Supplied VANDERBIJLPARK. – The course consisted of basic sewing by hand ...