When knitting became the Thing To Do a couple of years ago, part of its appeal was its portability: you could do it on the bus or in a pub with your mates, then put it in your handbag at the end of ...

Lynne Green, Sheila Haddad and Mary Jane Yuki all work in Engineering II, a modern, sleek building where scientists carry out hi-tech, intricate research in electrical engineering and computer science ...

Patchwork quilting is an art that is not well known in Kenya. But there is a renewed drive to change this as the Kenya Quilt Guild (KQG) seeks to be more in the public eye to increase membership, and ...

TODAY we begin a new series of articles by guest contributor Sally Stevens, a patchwork and quilting writer and teacher with years of experience in the skill. Here, she explains the background to her ...

Throughout my life I've enjoyed sewing, embroidery, applique, painting, making the world's first (and only?) giant inflatable Boggle set – but for my first three decades I shunned patchwork. I thought ...