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"   Photo: Singer  The most common activity this weekend\u2014other than calling your mother\u2014was sewing.  Singer sponsored the world&amp;#039;s biggest sewing party with more than 12,000 participants spread over 37 states from the Big Apple to a little slice of Wisconsin called Hales Corner. It was a sort of modern day tupperware party, with more range than just down the block thanks to House Party Inc. They dubbed it The Gateway to Sewing, barely concealing their hope that sewing catches on with a younger, hipper crowd across the country. And it worked\u2014when they announced the event more than 16,000 consumers submitted applications to host one of the 800 parties. Singer&amp;#039;s hoping their new machine makes a needle and thread look way less intimidating. And pairing pattern-making with cocktails doesn&amp;#039;t sound too terrible to us\u2014if anything, it&amp;#039;s a far cry from Grandma&amp;#039;s super boring needlepoint pillow tutorials. We&amp;#039;re not ready to invest in our own machine, but we&amp;#039;d be up for throwing a sewing party next time around. Did you get your needle and thread on this weekend? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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