This story was originally published on May 3, 2021, and has been updated. Thinking about taking the leap into making your own clothes? We asked some experts how to get started. You don't need much, ...

A product of the pre-fast-fashion era, Annie Mollison has been pattern-making and sewing since her mother taught her how to construct garments as a child. After years working away at her home sewing ...

Dom Byrne is a freelance radio and podcast producer based in Brighton, UK. You have full access to this article via your institution. Yasmin Proctor-Kent likens sewing to science. “I find them really ...

Learn how to sew a cute tissue box cover with a free sewing pattern. This beginner sewing project is great for the home and a handmade gift. Do you like the look of purchased tissue boxes? I have a ...

When it comes to cutting out your pattern for your next sewing project, one step many sewers dread is accounting for the seam ...

Learn how to sew a luggage tag with a free sewing pattern. This beginner sewing project identifies luggage and protects your information. Have you ever mixed your luggage up with someone else’s? Do ...

Want to put away your phone and learn more analog skills? Start with sewing and mending. “The DIY movement is huge right now, especially with TikTok and Instagram. It’s a new way of learning,” says ...

In lockdown, thousands of people began making their own clothes for the first time – a movement born of creativity and conscious consumption My foot hovers nervously over the sewing machine pedal. I ...

Walk into The Sewing Room in the heart of Alameda on any given evening, and you would find a place bursting at the seams. Sewing machines hummed, scissors snipped, patterns stretched across the tables ...