The Sewing Room Teaches Tricks Of The Stitch

Donna Whitacre, lifelong seamstress and owner of sewing school, The Sewing Room, believes that sewing is not only a lost art, but a practical craft that began to fall by the wayside in recent generations.
Over the past few years, however, the struggling economy, the popularity of fashion-based television shows like Project Runway and shifting societal views toward domestic arts like cooking and the textile arts, have prompted a resurgence in the craft.
“People are going back to doing things the way they remember their mothers and grandmothers doing them," Whitacre said. "There are more young moms wanting to learn how to sew clothes for their families again and people taking classes so that they can save money by learning how to do their own alterations.”
Since 2010, the Sewing Room has offered both private and group classes

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