For Mary Lou Gilbert, sewing is the thread that's connected generations of her family. "My mother was a sewer. My grandmother in Indiana was a seamstress by trade. She came out from Indiana to make my ...

Can’t bear to part with your baby’s first sleepsuit or your late father’s favourite shirt? For many of us, fabric carries more than threads and stitches. Clothing items can spark vivid memories of ...

Aubree Watkins has been a sewer since she was just nine years old. Her mom taught her how to make quilts, pillows and more.

In Cranbrook, B.C., volunteers Deb Smithurst and Barb Fenwick are turning clothing belonging to loved ones who have passed away into hand-sewn memory bears — small keepsakes made from shirts, sweaters ...