Family heirlooms are hard to part with, especially if they've been passed down for generations. On the other hand, some heirlooms are difficult to maintain and may be worth letting go — particularly ...

The craftsmanship of the machines and the intricate woodwork and scrolling on the stands and cabinets that house them make vintage sewing machines, like this one owned by Marenthia Lagarde of New ...

They don’t make them like they used to—and nowhere is that truer than with sewing machines. Those heavy-duty, metal-bodied ...

When he was 11, Brian Hurita found a few yards of canvas and hand-stitched his own French Foreign Legion hat. "It was cool -- with a flap down the back," he remembers. "I'd seen them in movies -- back ...

February 13, 2008 Singer, the company that invented the world’s first portable sewing machine in 1921 and its first computer-controlled machine in 1978, has released a new line designed to eliminate ...

The Singer 1304 is perfect for beginners, and it's pretty inexpensive too. Right now, it's even on sale for $50 off! Let's be real: There's no need to invest in expensive machinery if you're just ...

IF your parents didn’t use one, theirs probably did. Some people may still be using them — these sewing machines sold so well their inventor built one of the first skyscrapers in New York. He called ...

Author Martha Stewart writes in our 101 Objects Special Issue: Isaac Merritt Singer's sewing machine was a vast improvement upon earlier versions, capable of 900 stitches a minute -at a time when the ...

Firefighters are responding to a four-alarm fire in New Jersey on Friday where the first Singer Sewing Machine factory in the U.S. was located. A portion of the industrial building had already ...

In the dark heart of Russian village life, a man can be killed for his most valuable possession: his sewing machine. Russian police are reporting a wave of assaults on the elderly owners of ...