A sewing course for beginners by one of the UK's leading women master tailors and couturiers.
...the humble sewing needle might be the most important DIY tool you already own. I totally recommend sewing. Replace those buttons, get those hems exactly the right length.” But what if you can’t sew?
Siân Berry, co-leader of the Green party. The Guardian. Tue 7 Apr 2020
Neanderthals had to rely on the skins of the animals they killed to protect them from the cold, but modern humans had a secret weapon, more important even than their better cutting edges, their spear-throwers or the bows that would allow them to kill from a distance: they had sewing... As with today’s Inuit people, Cro-Magnon man could dress in clothes that fitted closely and were worn in layers, giving much greater protection and flexibility than bear-hides.... The needle plus the better weaponry, and the group-planning allowed by full language, made Cro-Magnons unbeatable.”
A History of the World. Andrew Marr