We have been using foam for the longest time. It is a kind of polyurethane that has many applications. It is used in insulation as well as fillers. Some polyurethane are said to be harmful to our health. They can irritate the respiratory tract and cause eye and skin irritation.
Nu-foam is a safer alternative to [...]

There is this sewing machine that I inherited from my mom. It is so old it will probably win if I registered it in a contest for the oldest working sewing machine. The body is made of black metal unlike the newer versions that are made of hard plastic. Some parts are missing but the [...]

Back in junior high we had a sewing class. There I learned how to do basic sewing. My favorite though is the Overlock machines. The machines use multiple threads to do the sewing. I like it because it doesn’t look like a girly machine. It’s a big bad manly machine.
I wish I paid more attention [...]

Do kids nowadays ask who makes their clothes? Kids today like many of us but most of their clothes. Some of us however grew up with mothers or grandmothers who knew how to sew. We’ve seen how talented our mothers were when they designed and produced our prom dresses. Some mothers could even come [...]