Homemade, hand-sewn clothes once deemed "daggy" are making a comeback. Men and women tired of buying cheap, mass-produced clothing are seeking out classes to learn how to repair their own clothes and ...

Shelly Figueroa isn't limited to what a handful of big-box retailers, with their racks of fluorescent-lit garments, decide Americans should wear. Instead, the Lake Oswego pattern designer makes ...

No equipment? No problem! New books teach crafters to knit without needles, sew clothing without a machine, and woodwork without power tools. Sabrina-Rose Benedict. Better Day, Nov. Benedict has ...

For the past three years she has not bought a stitch of new clothing for her family of six. Instead, a St. Adolphe, Man., mom has put her needles and threads to work in an effort to reduce their ...