Joann Fabrics and Crafts, founded 81 years ago when my seamstress grandmothers still had young children at home, blamed a post-pandemic sales slump for the downturn. The lockdown saw sales of sewing ...
Leather goods are known for their longevity in the fashion industry, with their usage spanning footwear, handbags, and clothing. Nevertheless, their production can be quite complex. Thus, if the ...
We enlisted the help of expert sewers who tackled a range of sewing tasks to assess how easy each machine is to use, how it copes with different fabrics, how easy it is to set up and more. Two sewing ...
Since I was preparing a presentation for the annual BERNINA University dealer conference, a five-day program sponsored by BERNINA, the luxury brand of sewing ... Joann got the memo The nationwide ...
That’s how we feel about sewing machines. Sure, there’s a motor. There’s a needle and some thread. But how does the machine make a stitch? We always wondered, but after watching a recent ...
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You’ve probably seen a sewing ... foot machine. Let’s break that down. ‘Walking foot’ means that that the foot — the many-varied and interchangeable part that holds the fabric down ...
Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores was founded in 1943 as a single retail store. It is now the nation's largest fabric and craft retailer with more than 850 stores in 49 states.
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(Photo courtesy of Carrie Knapp) LINCOLN, Neb. — It seems that Bette Boellstorff never met a sewing machine she didn’t like. Over more than 40 years of collecting, from bidding at farm sales, via tips ...
Joann S. Lublin regularly contributes to The Wall Street Journal, such as by writing profiles for its Personal Board of Directors feature. She was the Journal’s career columnist until May 2020.