After World War II and a stint in the Army, I came back to my job. Instead of 72 hours a week, my work week was 40 hours. I found it difficult to support my five children and my wife. I looked around ...

Mary Bajcz, who came to the Detroit News Stitch-Together in May, has an amazing talent for turning scraps of wool fabric, leftover yarn and discarded wool garments into beautifully handcrafted rag ...

If you haven”t heard about the plastic trash vortex swirling slowly in the Pacific Ocean northeast of Hawaii, you soon will. Some say it”s the size of Texas, threatening great numbers of sea creatures ...

Before video hosting services such as YouTube became available, sharing one’s skills as a crafter were of paramount importance for keeping them alive so future generations could produce such works ...

We had a World War 2 day at Sacred Heart School, Redcar. Several students tried their hand at making rag rugs. © Copyright of content contributed to this Archive ...

ROCK SPRINGS — Mary Huff provided instruction on making rag rugs during the Busy Hands Section meeting of the Woman's Club of Rock Springs. She provided the rags and crochet hooks needed if members ...

MIDDLETOWN, Md. -- For many people, their idea of recycling plastic grocery bags is probably using them as trash bags. If they reuse old pantyhose, it's to hold moth balls. And they reuse old tube ...

MCADOO, Pa. — Rag Rugs are stylish (think farmhouse chic) and durable. Ace Rug Works owned by the Chichowic family has been making these beautiful rugs for over 100 years! Jackie Lewandoski stopped by ...

We had a World War 2 day at Sacred Heart School, Redcar. Some people tried their hands at making rag rugs. © Copyright of content contributed to this Archive rests ...