Sewing is one of the very oldest of the textile arts.  I love sewing though I wish I was more skilled at it.
I would love to be able to sew, but am not very good. My Mom was great at it. What sort of things do you sew?
I mend clothes using a sewing machine, though for many years all sewing was only done by hand.
I was taught hand sewing when I was young. I made a skirt - didn't turn out very well. Any ideas about the history of sewing?
Sewing
Sewing is the craft of fastening or attaching objects using stitches made with a needle and thread. Sewing is one of the oldest of the textile arts, arising in the Paleolithic era. Before the invention of spinning yarn or weaving fabric, archaeologists believe Stone Age people across Europe and Asia sewed fur and skin clothing using bone, antler or ivory needles and "thread" made of various animal body parts including sinew, catgut, and veins.
For thousands of years, all sewing was done by hand. The
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