March is National Craft Month, which means it’s officially time to clear off the dining table, queue up your favorite playlist, and dive headfirst into a creative project (or three). If you’ve been ...

St. John’s Preparatory High School senior Rihanna Bonilla is using her new sewing skills to make an impact far beyond the classroom.

Beautiful evening gowns and wedding dresses can be expensive, but learning the art of sewing for oneself can seem equally unattainable.Tatiana Kozorovitskaya believes that this doesn’t need to be the ...

This effective debut primer from stylist Guyet details the sewing skills required to create a dress. Surveying needle types, Guyet recommends ballpoint for knitted fabric and stretch needles for ...

Finding the right sewing machine can unlock a trove of creative possibilities. Even for a beginner, if you intend to develop your sewing skills, it pays to buy one that gives you scope to experiment.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — A bridal and dressmaking shop in ...

A Jordanian woman is drawing on her passion for dressmaking to teach refugee women skills to make them more employable. Until recently, Iraqi woman Nidaa Mustafa knew how to sew a button onto a shirt, ...

THE first time I attempted dressmaking, Laura Ashley fabrics were the height of fashion. So were dungarees. I even made a pair of these for myself, although I drew the line at using a flowery print.