Tucked away in the corner of June Suddeth’s home in Columbia is her sewing room where she and three other ladies frequently ...

Along with learning how to un-shrink our clothes, fix a broken zipper and clean our suede shoes, we're also improving our sewing skills – and that starts with learning how to sew on a button.

Among them, Valery Touchet started free classes to teach people how to sew and repurpose old clothes instead of throwing them out. Ms Touchet said she had noticed the tradition of hand-me-down ...