The Fresh Toast - Why sewing is the new skill men are quietly mastering—from outdoor gear fixes to smart wardrobe upgrades.

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Calling her a seamstress is an understatement. Technical sewing specialist is more accurate. “Outdoor gear angel” is a perfect fit. Penny Schwyn has been modifying and repairing used and abused parkas ...

While most of Adam Gainer’s family works in the medical field, the career path never interested him. Instead, the 35-year-old pursued engineering and design; he’s now working on a master’s degree in ...

It seems we've mastered every part of the car-building process. When our engines wore out, we bought a book and rebuilt them. When the body shop gave us our first estimate, we learned how to paint. We ...

Free-motion quilting, preloaded alphabets, and hundreds of stitches—today’s sewing machines do more than stitch in a straight line. By Carol Benton, Stacey L. Nash Updated Oct 13, 2023 12:40 PM EDT We ...

“To modernize our patent infrastructure, we need better tools to help inventors and examiners find relevant prior art.” Patent categories were established more than 100 years ago. There are dozens of ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Get your needles ready. Country Stitches, a sewing shop local to Mid-Michigan, will hold its 37th-annual charity Quilt-A-Thon next weekend—no quilting experience required.

The sewing machine was one of the first complex household technologies — a device that combined precision gears, timed motion, and needle mechanics decades before the digital age. Its genius lies in ...

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