Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Once upon a time, sewing and mending clothes was commonplace — more a given than a unique hobby. At some point in the last few decades, though, it became something of a lost art. Why have people ...

One dusty family photo album in my attic holds black-and-white snapshots of my mother and grandmother darning their socks in the early 1950s. “We used burnt-out light bulbs to hold them while we ...

Maybe those sewing skills your grandmother had skipped a generation or so, but what happens when you pop a button or your step through the hem in your pants? In my grandma’s era, it was common for ...

The Southwest Women's Fiber Arts Collective is offering a free clothing mending program. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to noon on Nov. 15 at the Future Forge Makerspace, 307 E. College Ave.