Unlike fabric sewing machines, which hold and sew pieces horizontally, fur sewing machines hold pieces vertically between two wheels. The sewer must move the wheels at the same pace, or the fur will ...
CATHLAMET, Wahkiakum County — Pat Talbott, a 71-year-old grandmother, says she would never wear fur. But the Cathlamet woman has spent 35 years repurposing fur coats from animals, such as minks, ...
Jessie McFadyen keeps a collection of old fur coats hanging inside a small wooden shop beside her home in southwestern New Brunswick. The 55-year-old buys them from Kijiji and Value Village. If she's ...