Participants can learn the tradition of grain painting wood at a one-day workshop scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012 from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m. at the Mennonite Heritage Center, 565 Yoder Road, ...

After World War II and a stint in the Army, I came back to my job. Instead of 72 hours a week, my work week was 40 hours. I found it difficult to support my five children and my wife. I looked around ...

It’s easy to turn unwanted pieces of cloth into fun home décor. By Emma Grillo After more than a year spent at home and with spring in full swing, you may be feeling the urge to brighten your space ...

Mary Bajcz, who came to the Detroit News Stitch-Together in May, has an amazing talent for turning scraps of wool fabric, leftover yarn and discarded wool garments into beautifully handcrafted rag ...

If you haven”t heard about the plastic trash vortex swirling slowly in the Pacific Ocean northeast of Hawaii, you soon will. Some say it”s the size of Texas, threatening great numbers of sea creatures ...

We had a World War 2 day at Sacred Heart School, Redcar. Several students tried their hand at making rag rugs. © Copyright of content contributed to this Archive ...

Before video hosting services such as YouTube became available, sharing one’s skills as a crafter were of paramount importance for keeping them alive so future generations could produce such works ...

ROCK SPRINGS — Mary Huff provided instruction on making rag rugs during the Busy Hands Section meeting of the Woman's Club of Rock Springs. She provided the rags and crochet hooks needed if members ...

Were rag rugs made of wool strips first made in Canada 150 years ago to cover dirt floors? Or were they first made in England during the early 19th century from short pieces of yarn left over from ...

We had a World War 2 day at Sacred Heart School, Redcar. Some people tried their hands at making rag rugs. © Copyright of content contributed to this Archive rests ...