Evergreen State Fair Results

English Pleasure Hunter Type 1st: Jessica Hoy, Everett, with Wynooche Commandin; 2nd: Payton Anderson, Monroe, with Jackie Ole'; Thoroughbred Type Pleasure E/W 1st: Hanna Huntington, Redmond, with Mr. Calvin Klein; 2nd: Elizabeth Lobb, Snohomish, with Jamma Lamma Ding D; Quarter Horse Type Pleasure E/W 1st: Rylee Peterson, Edmonds, with Consider this Jet; 2nd: Payton Anderson, Monroe, with ...

KATRINA WRIGHT: Follow these tips to restart sewing

Q: I used to love to sew in home ec classes at school, but I haven’t touched a sewing machine since. Now that I am home with two toddlers, I think it would be fun again and that I might even be able to save some money by sewing kid’s clothes and altering my own. I am in the market for a new sewing machine but I don’t know where to start. Any ideas? — Striving to Sew

Sew Smart: PFAFF® Introduces SMARTER BY PFAFF™ C1100 Pro

LAVERGNE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PFAFF®, the leading global brand of premier sewing and embroidery machines, introduces the SMARTER BY PFAFF™ C1100 Pro sewing and quilting machine, the first in the SMARTER BY PFAFF series of machines

Rosson: East Tennessee origins may plump up value of quilt

Dear Mr. Rosson:My husband's aunt (born in 1899) made this quilt when she was 16 or 17. It was made in East Tennessee and I call it a "crazy quilt." What is the value?

She has the itch to stitch

PEPPERELL -- In the world of Miho Takeuchi, a bed of fallen leaves is a canvas on which decaying vegetation can show off the magical beauty of life one last time before winter. The pieces of fabrics in different brown shades that are sewn into her quilt remind her of the piles of crinkled leaves she saw below a bridge in Nagano, Japan, as a

Orr hooked on making rugs

One could say that Ginger Orr, 82, of Covington, Ind., has been “hooked” on the hobby of making rugs for most of her life.