Long before basic sewing needle options evolved as “sharps” or “betweens,” cave-era folks simply threaded bone shard and animal horn with sinew or plant fiber to stitch animal skins into outerwear.

Remember the classic brown paper lunch bag? You can learn to sew a reusable lunch sack modeled after it at Algiers Regional Library at 11 a.m. on May 16. Join an instructor from ricRACK, a local ...