Fort Gibson resident Raigen Leflore finds creative ways to save money by mending her own clothes. “Once I figured out how clothing works, I found a love for mending,” she said. “I can keep my clothes ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The ancient craft of mending is making a comeback but forget being discreet. "Visible mending is a style of clothing repair and it is bringing attention to rips and tears in your ...

Once upon a time, sewing and mending clothes was commonplace — more a given than a unique hobby. At some point in the last few decades, though, it became something of a lost art. Why have people ...

The sewing and cutting room at Swanson’s Fabrics in Turners Falls. The village of Turners Falls, a former paper and cutlery mill town located on a picturesque stretch of the Connecticut River in ...

This story was originally published on May 22, 2023, and has been updated. When Arounna Khounnoraj was growing up, her mother, a seamstress, made and mended Khounnoraj's clothes. She would try to make ...

Camp Stitch-A-Lot started in 1999 to help Snohomish County 4-H members enter their work at the Evergreen State Fair. But sewing is so much more than a yearly project aimed at earning a blue ribbon.

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