The company that owns the biggest sewing pattern brands — Simplicity, Butterick, McCalls, and Vogue — has been sold to a liquidator, per the Craft Industry Alliance. That’s troubling news for those of ...

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 ...

Lara A. Greene keeps her antique sewing patterns in plastic tubs, stashed in the first-floor workshop of her old Victorian home so she can throw them out the window if her house goes up in flames.

"There was this association that wearing mended clothes was shameful." Khounnoraj, author of the 2020 book Visible Mending: A Modern Guide to Darning, Stitching and Patching the Clothes You Love ...

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 ...

Artificial intelligence can turn a single photo of an item of clothing being worn into accurate sewing patterns to recreate the garment. Clothing makers use sewing patterns to create the ...