Start sewing a Gunne Sax inspired dress using Simplicity 9542. In Part 1, we cover fabric choices, pattern preparation, cutting tips, and early construction steps to set up a successful vintage-style ...
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 ...
"It was a pretty big blow," she tells Refinery29. "Brands I'd been saving up to buy from for years suddenly weren't even an option. I remember having a meltdown when my son was 7 months old because I ...
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- The starchy smell of sizing and steam irons rises over the hum of 60 sewing machines toothing their way through bright ginghams and seersuckers. Around two banquet rooms in the ...
The whir of sewing machines and the snipping of scissors through fabric are sounds heard in Lancaster County that are changing young girls’ lives on the other side of the world. More than 4,000 miles ...
The Great British Sewing Bee finalist Pascha Al-Qassab is back at university, where she is using her needlework skills to repair friends’ clothes and make last-minute dresses for nights out. Pascha ...