Swiss aid experts face Mongolian challenge Oct 7, 2009
This includes looking after water sources, the gathering of hay for winter and the development of alternative sources of income, such as greenhouses to grow vegetables or sewing machines to make textiles. The focus is on quality not quantity. (SwissInfo.org, Switzerland)
West Berkeley: Fourth Street Oct 5, 2009
Lived-in studio space with drafting tables, fabric swatches everywhere, two sewing machines; a small, well-stocked retail space takes up the front of the workroom. The goods: Ruffled wool tartan and fleece skirts, jackets and coats; bamboo yoga clothes, bias-cut dresses with asymmetrical hemlines, long evening coats, boleros, wraps and scarves, and baby and children's clothing ($95-$600). (San Francisco Chronicle)
Fabric of faith Oct 5, 2009
There are Christian symbols on stickers on his sewing machines and vacuums ... "He ain't gonna ask me how many sewing machines I sold, he's gonna ask me how I sold them." ... The 54-year-old says he'll be willing to keep repairing sewing machines even after he retires from running the store. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Medical imbalance Oct 5, 2009
A skills development programme for patients means the hum of sewing machines is often heard. In addition, there is a theatre group for productions on HIV-related topics. (BBC News -- Africa)
Moving plight Oct 3, 2009
Inside a small tin shop at the Akpabuyo village market, sit three sewing machines. They are part of a delivery of tools and equipment by the Cross Rivers State Emergency Management Agency - the body responsible for empowering the Bakassi people in their new environment. (BBC News -- Africa)
Sewing lab helps anyone refine skills Oct 3, 2009
Friends of the Library member Rosemary Hollatz was on hand with Stephanie, working on a quilt and showed the Garrido sisters how to thread the sewing machines. The machines themselves are a blessing for Derbin. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Wrap up your weekend at the quilt show Oct 2, 2009
Several vendors also will be selling fabric, sewing machines and patterns. For details, call Jossens at 686-2101 or Marva Jo Mooney at 682-0525. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
- Thank You: Giving thanks for supplies 0 Oct 2, 2009
The Women s Ministries Sisters of Sewing were blessed with two sewing machines, fabric and sewing supplies. Thank you to all the wonderful, generous people who read about the Sisters of Sewing in the Imperial Valley Press and blessed us with the supplies. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Sew this year Oct 2, 2009
Over the last few months business has been booming and the shelves are crammed with sewing machines ... Tesco recently reported that sales of sewing machines had reached two a minute and even Top Shop is selling Stitch Your Own stationery and books on Make Do And Mend. (BBC News -- UK)
A stitch in time Sep 30, 2009
" Quilters work on sewing machines during the 'Show and Tell' quilting show and contest at Quilter's Quarters. (Apolinar Fonseca/The Sentinel) The store's owner, Linda Carter, has hosted the event for five years to honor her fellow quilters and encourage them to finish their projects."All of them deserve the opportunity to have their work seen because they are all pieces of beauty," she said. This year's event drew dozens of women and a few men to the store on Douty Street to revel in each... (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Voucher Code Sites Thrive as Society Embraces a Cheaper Way of Living Sep 21, 2009
John Lewis published the book as it reported the increase in sales for products such as sewing machines as people turn to mending clothing instead of buying new items. The consumer love of cheaper living even extends to the dating scene, where research has found that one in three women find money conscious men sexier than lavish men. (PR Newswire)
Do Female Pimps Do It Better? Sep 18, 2009
As Dr. Hughes said, Letting the women-pimps speak for the women doing the sex acts is like letting the owners of a sweat shop speak for the people running the sewing machines. . (Townhall.com)
ARF brings food to African villages Sep 18, 2009
Inside one of the rooms, women sit at three foot-operated sewing machines where they are working on uniforms for school children. The supply room houses a grinder and fabric and supplies for the Sanitation Pad Project. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Arts available at Lexington Community Education Sep 18, 2009
Sewing machines will be available for student use upon request. Artists of all levels are welcome to join one of LCE s drawing classes. (Lexington Minuteman, MA)
WHAT'S DOING Sep 13, 2009
Diane Gaudynski will present information about quilting on regular sewing machines. Anyone who is interested in quilting is welcome to attend the meeting. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
ARF partnerships provide water, sanitation and financial freedom Sep 11, 2009
The women told us they needed a place to put their babies while they worked and since then, the women s workshop has three manual sewing machines and for the first time, there are latrines. It all started with water. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Santa Maria murder suspect arraigned Sep 10, 2009
A friend found Tannenbaum, who repaired and sold sewing machines, dead inside his cottage-style home. Another transient has been criminally charged for allegedly using Tannenbaum s credit cards. (Lompoc Record, CA)
Chiefs urged to release land for Youth in Agriculture Programme Sep 9, 2009
Mr. Kamel said this when he presented 28 sewing machines valued at GHC 2, 100 ... Mr Kamel appealed to beneficiaries of the sewing machines to form cooperatives to attract the support of financial institutions and non-governmental organizations. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
The Itch To Stitch Sep 9, 2009
Consumer Reports tested several sewing machines, including one by Brother, called the "Project Runway.". CR tested Pat Slavin tried out 18 different ones. (W-USA News, DC)
Economic crisis hitsMyanmar's migrants Sep 1, 2009
The Myanmarese women who labor for hours behind sewing machines get between 60 baht and 80 baht a day, whereas the minimum wage set out by the Thai state for Mae Sot is 151 baht a day. These women make up the predominant labor force in the nearly 300 export-oriented textile and garment factories in Mae Sot, reveals a report released on Friday in Bangkok. (Asia Times Online)
Inmates warning others about domestic violence Aug 29, 2009
Organizers used the money to buy sewing machines, which the women used to make their costumes, Carvalho said. The play includes original hula, sign language and Samoan dance numbers. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Sherborn's Arlene Handschuch wins award for Silk Softwear Aug 22, 2009
Relaxing in a classroom full of sewing machines, Handschuch said judges wrote she d won because her design used the required material to make an attractive garment for international businesswomen. I think the judges probably liked the creative placement of different patterns and saw it as marketable. (Dover Sherborn Tab, MA)
Schools get first stimulus money Aug 20, 2009
For example the high school is looking to obtain sewing machines similar to the ones used at Belleville Shoe Company. The EAST Lab will obtain some Macintosh computers to help in their projects creating web pages for local businesses. (DeWitt Era-Enterprise, AR)
Guinea: Ivoirian Refugees Want Training Centre Back Aug 20, 2009
On 4 August a food distribution was underway at the camp, in Guinea's N'z;r;kor; region, and the training centre was empty but for two men seated at foot-pedalled sewing machines. But, they told IRIN, even on a normal day the centre is not nearly as bustling as it was a few years ago. (allAfrica.com)
Nicole Kidman to hit runway Aug 19, 2009
The programme which will be aired in the US on Thursday will feature eight stars from previous seasons returning to their sewing machines for a one-off show immediately before the return of the highly-anticipated sixth series. Season two contestants Daniel Vosovic and Santino Rice, season three's Uli Herzner, Jeffrey Sebelia and Mychael Knight and series four favourites Chris March and Sweet P will return to the TV screen alongside Korto Momolu, who was a contestant on the last series. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
* FEATURE : Guangdong companies turning to innovation Aug 17, 2009
In place of rows of migrant workers hunched over production lines or sewing machines, engineers hover in front of NASA-style giant screens pinpointing any problems in the technology giants global network of telecoms systems. Across the Silicon Valley-style campus, besuited executives wander through a training center designed by British architect Norman Foster, while potential customers are wowed by new electronic gadgetry in a huge showroom. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Shop owner turns extra fabrics into clothes for new school year Aug 15, 2009
The hum of sewing machines mixed with lively chatter among about 10 volunteers ranging in age from grade-schoolers to grandmas ... Marilyn Wilson of Palm Coast was working on a shirt on one of the shop sewing machines. (Daytona Beach News Journal -- Local)
Community Notes Aug 13, 2009
50 for regular machines, $40 for sergers and $40 and up for computerized/embroidery sewing machines and computerized sergers. To register for a cleaning, call Marylu Doyle at (815) 875-1487. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
* The tailors Bonds, James Bonds Aug 12, 2009
Workers still offer Perrone homemade ricotta and olive oil, while a priest comes every Christmas and Easter to celebrate Mass in the cafeteria, a few meters from where seamstresses labor on long rows of sewing machines. Abruzzo was quite poor, a closed society but people were farmers and had food and being a tailor was a good job, said Luciano Morelli, who began working at age 10 about 60 years ago and is now a master tailor in charge of teaching teenage apprentices at Brionis tailoring... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Morton arraigned in Tannenbaum murder case Aug 6, 2009
Tannenbaum, 55, who moved to Santa Maria about 15 years ago, repaired and sold sewing machines. Another transient has been arrested for allegedly using Tannenbaum s credit cards. (Santa Maria Times)
North Korea Rejects China Model as Kim Jong Il Spurns Furs in Nuclear Test Aug 5, 2009
He had an 825-square-meter (8,880-square-foot) room with 103 North Korean workers in light-blue uniforms seated in rows, some behind sewing machines, others cutting fur and fabric or ironing finished clothing. I thought, This is where Ill make big bucks, Kim said, puffing on a cigarette inside his Seoul office. (Bloomberg)
NGO rehabilitates mentally ill Persons in UER Aug 5, 2009
Bolgatanga, August 4, GNA - The Programme for Rural Integrated Development(PRIDE), a Non-Governmental Organization operating in the Upper East and Northern Regions, at the weekend presented 31 sewing machines and fitting kits to stabilized mentally-ill and epileptic patients in the Upper East Region, to enable them to have vocational training. The cost of the items including expenses paid for their training came up to a total of about 8,850 Ghana Cedis. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Fantasy meets utopia at Japan 'Cosplay' world summit Aug 5, 2009
" said New Yorker India Davis, 23, delighting the crowds as Pudding, a space reporter who, she explained, hails from the 1990s Sega video game Space Channel 5. Cosplayers pick from the endless palette of characters populating the parallel universe of manga, anime and video-gaming, then scour internet forums and lovingly recreate them, usually on their mothers' sewing machines. "I like the performance and I try to show the essence of each character," said Brazilian Geraldo Jose Cecilio Junior, a... (Channelnewsasia.com)
Fantasy rules at Japan 'Cosplay' world summit Aug 5, 2009
Cosplayers pick from the endless palette of characters populating the parallel universe of manga, anime and video-gaming, then scour internet forums and lovingly recreate them, usually on their mothers' sewing machines. "I like the performance and I try to show the essence of each character," said Brazilian Geraldo Jose Cecilio Junior, a computing graduate and actor from Sao Paulo, wearing the sinister blood-red spectacles, cravat and Victorian overcoat of Alucard, the vampire protagonist of the... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Black Hills Stock Show offers first-time quilt show (2) Aug 2, 2009
and Husqvarna Viking are supplying the sewing machines for the classes. Free shuttle service will be offered to The Factory salon in Rapid City for manicures, pedicures, massages and hair styling. (Sioux Falls Tri-State Neighbor, SD)
Warrant issued for SM murder suspect Jul 30, 2009
enjoyed his work restoring sewing machines. July 30, 2009. (Santa Maria Times)
HOW TO: Do a food airdrop Jul 30, 2009
According to WFP, four electric sewing machines should be able to handle 5,000 sacks a day. The reinforced bags survive most drops; the wastage rate is a tiny 2 percent. (AlertNet)
Techiman NFED Honours 90 Literacy Facilitators Jul 28, 2009
The incentive packages included 41 bundles of roofing sheets, nine bicycles, 17 sewing machines, and 23 ghetto blasters, estimated at about 9,000 Ghana Cedis. Mr. Kyeremeh commended the previous government for embracing the NFED programme, and said the NDC government would strengthen the programme by encouraging women to enrol. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Slain SM man called caring, helpful Jul 17, 2009
Steven Tannenbaum repaired and sold sewing machines, his mother said ... Hudachek said Steven Tannenbaum liked working with sewing machines because it was a challenge. (Santa Maria Times)
HouseWorks: Marriage of then and now Jul 17, 2009
During my college days, I knew a guy who made end tables from the cast-iron legs of old treadle sewing machines that he picked up cheap at thrift shops. If the cabinets were too damaged (often, which is why they were being trashed), he replaced them with wood or marble panels. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Local man found dead in SM neighborhood Jul 15, 2009
The victim was often seen refurbishing or repairing sewing machines in his front yard, and neighbors said it appeared as though he also used the residence as a workshop. Neighbors in the ranch-style neighborhood seemed shocked by the unexpected violence, because the area is generally calm and quiet. (Santa Maria Times)
Three Fold Cord Marks Ten Years With a Trip to Oz Jul 10, 2009
" As many as 15 people man sewing machines getting the costumes ready, said Hacker. One of them is a friend of hers who doesn't even have a child in the show. Tim Buchheit, theater director for SFBRHS, manages the bulk of the technical work (lights and sound) for A Three Fold Cord, although students run it during the shows . Laurie Riekhof, who teaches elementary music classes at Clearview and Fifth Street schools in Washington, has been A Three Fold Cord's musical and choral director for the... (Missourian Publishing, MO)
For former Khmer Rouge prisoners, reparations are key to justice Jul 4, 2009
Chum said he survived because he could repair sewing machines, while Bou eluded execution by painting portraits of Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge leader who died in 1998. The men are two of 94 registered civil parties in the trial of S-21's former chief, Kaing Guek Eav, whose alias is. (Christian Science Monitor)
GE and industrial loans companies: Parting company Jul 2, 2009
Indeed, since the 19th century, when firms such as Singer started extending dollar down, dollar a week loans to help people buy sewing machines, such financing has been a routine feature of business life. It is unlikely to go away even if regulation makes it more expensive. (The Economist)
Lyle Bagnell, voice of Frenchtown football, dies in car crash Jul 2, 2009
Since the mid-1950s, Bagnell sold and repaired sewing machines in Missoula, first working for the Singer Co., and later opening his own store, the Sewing Center. His clients ranged from Canada to Idaho, and as far east as Billings, said Andy Sherry, a longtime friend and neighbor. (Missoulian, MT)
Give: Gently used sewing machines Jul 1, 2009
New or Gently Used Sewing Machines Needed - Good2Gether DoGood Channel ... New or Gently Used Sewing Machines Needed Donations RequestMarietta, GA ... The center is located in Marietta, GA. %newline% %newline%In addition to sewing machines, other sewing supplies - such as scissors, needles, thread, fabric, patterns, etc. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Khmer Rouge survivor's paintings saved his life Jul 1, 2009
Survivor Chum Mey, 79, testified Tuesday that he endured beatings, electric shocks and had his toenails pulled out but was spared execution because he knew how to fix cars, tractors, sewing machines and typewriters. The only other living survivor, 63-year-old Vann Nath, testified Monday that he too escaped execution because he was an artist and painted portraits of Pol Pot. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
• Khmer Rouge survivor describes torture at S-21 Jun 30, 2009
He was put to work fixing his jailers' cars, tractors, sewing machines and typewriters. "When I was tortured, I no longer felt like a human being. I felt like an animal," he said. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
British wanted poison darts for World War II Jun 26, 2009
"From your remarks it would seem that the needles are required for some other purpose, other than sewing machines," came the Dec. 24, 1941 reply, which included a promise to help provide whatever was needed. Singer executives did ask what the needles would be used for, but defense officials declined to provide the information. (Sioux City Journal)
Economist Predicts Recovery in 2011 Jun 23, 2009
And Elaine Perry says she's ready to see these empty sewing machines occupied once again. "It'll be nice to see all of our friends come back," she said. (WCAX.com, VT)
Polka-dot jilaabah not a hit in Tehran Jun 22, 2009
By the time she'd selected several head scarves, her manteau was ready, hem and sleeve alterations accomplished within minutes by what must be a covey of Iranian backroom elves bent over sewing machines. Cost of the altered manteau, $25. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Edwards Sees Role in Future Jun 21, 2009
He was in El Salvador, helping a group called Homes From the Heart with its work building houses and clinics and distributing sewing machines, according to The Post story. Edwards told The Post that he has no plans to try to restore his name. (The Pilot Newspaper)
EXCLUSIVE: John Edwards Breaks Silence... Jun 18, 2009
He was in El Salvador, helping a group called Homes From the Heart with its work building houses and clinics and distributing sewing machines. The group's director, Michael Bonderer, was surprised when Edwards accepted his invitation. (The Drudge Report)
at her sewing workshop above La Di Da coffee in downtown Half Moon Bay. Jun 16, 2009
Below them is a long table with eight state-of-the-art Baby Lock and Bernina sewing machines, and a large table with chairs that does not quite hide a side alcove full of pattern books and fabric ... Four years ago, her husband s work brought the family to the Bay Area, and Evans discovered a nook in San Francisco which provided sewing machines and a place for customers to bring their own projects. (Half Moon Bay Review, CA)
From Richmond to Haiti Jun 5, 2009
The Vermont Haiti Project is collecting donated clothing, bicycles and households goods like tools and sewing machines. Organizers say such things help support entrepreneurship in the impoverished country. (WCAX.com, VT)
Unions to block removal of Pacific Brands machinery May 29, 2009
A protest is forming at Swanson Dock and it is believed wharfies may refuse to unload the truck - believed to be carrying sewing machines - or block it from entering the docks when it arrives. The action comes after Pacific Brands said it would axe more than 1800 jobs in February and close a number of factories, including those in Nunawading, in Melbourne's east, and Coolaroo in the city's outer west. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Pac Brands 'sending machines offshore' May 29, 2009
Pacific Brands has secretly packed a shipping container of taxpayer-subsidised sewing machines bound for Indonesia, the ACTU claims ... It's an outrage," he said. But Pacific Brands' chief executive Sue Morphet denied the machines were partly paid for by taxpayers, saying they were more than 12 years old and bought by the company without government subsidy. "Pacific Brands is sending 16 sewing machines to its Berlei plant in Indonesia," she said in a statement. "The sewing machines, similar to... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Merkel Pressed by Party to Pick Magna Over Fiat as Buyer of GM's Opel Unit May 27, 2009
That would be anathema to union leaders, who dont want to see Opel, which began as a manufacturer of sewing machines in 1862 and has been making cars since 1899, broken up. Magna is in the clear pole position for the acquisition, , the top labor representative at GM Europe, said yesterday. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
Boy sets compound house on fire May 27, 2009
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency GNA), the caretaker of the house, Mr Joseph Larbi Lartey said the victims, Lydia Akyema, Victoria Akwaley, Yao Adu, Gifty Niko, the pregnant woman and 80 year old Opanyin Kwame Ntow, lost all their personal belongings including television sets, radio sets, video cameras, mobile phones, sewing machines, refrigerators, fans, furniture, jewelleries, gas cookers and cash. According to Mr Larbi, the victims most of whom are traders often leave the house early,... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
GM May Get Fourth Offer for Opel Unit as Beijing Automotive Shows Interest May 24, 2009
Opel, identified by its lightning-bolt trademark, began as a manufacturer of sewing machines in 1862 and became a carmaker before GM bought it in 1929. To contact the reporters on this story: in New York at ; Jeff Green in Southfield, Michigan, at. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
Including the Excluded: Plan Ghanas scholarship scheme. May 23, 2009
The equipment includes Electric Sewing Machines, Industrial Knitting machines, Gas Cookers, Deep freezers and deep fryers. A total of $38,00 was spent on these equipment. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Amada, Japan Airport, Juki, Mitsubishi Corp., T&D Holdings: Japan Stocks May 20, 2009
The maker of sewing machines forecast its annual loss will narrow 57 percent to 4 billion yen this fiscal year. It had 9. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Dedham court celebrates 150 years May 18, 2009
It took four days and two sewing machines, but Norfolk Superior Court assistant clerk Diane Gibbons had become the picture of 1860s elegance by the time she led her first tour of the courthouse in Dedham, hoop skirt and all. Specially trained by local historians, Gibbons and seven other court employees stepped back in time recently to staff an open house at their workplace, one of many events celebrating the Massachusetts Superior Court system's 150th anniversary. (Boston Globe)
Morocco sheds jobs but hangs on in financial storm May 18, 2009
Posted: Monday, May 18, 2009 SALE, Morocco (AP) -- Clamor fills the factory as workers bent over their industrial sewing machines stitch together women's garments at galloping speed. Yet the vast workshop is only half full, its blank benches a testimony to how the global financial meltdown swings back at the developing world. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Street Date: Grant Avenue, Novato May 15, 2009
1133 Grant Ave.: Local artwork, pottery wheels, sewing machines and art supplies dot this art studio and gallery. A drop-in studio, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays, fuels creativity, as do occasional art workshops. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
