NEW YORK - "If you can drive a car, you can drive this,' says Maya Valladares as I press the sewing machine pedal to the floor and complete my first stitch. After years of having holes in my pants ...

When Annie Phillips won the BBC’s Great British Sewing Bee in 2022, she was an amateur seamstress. Now, she has her own slow ...

He’s trying to mend the ties that bind us. A Brooklyn artist is taking to the street with a vintage sewing machine for a performance he hopes can help a society tearing itself apart on the eve of a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Amanda Lee McCarty, sustainability consultant and host of the Clotheshorse podcast, remembers fixing a tear on her Forever 21 shirt with a stapler—just long enough to get through the workday before ...

Many environmentalists say the key to sustainable clothing is already in your closet, and that has brought new attention to mending torn and worn clothes instead of buying new ones. REBECCA HARRISON: ...

Only a few generations ago, socks were routinely darned, sweaters mended and pants patched. You could buy a sewing kit at any drugstore. Knowing how to use it was a mark of good housekeeping. Kate ...

Makayla Wray, 29, an East Village tailor, works in Chinatown for an upscale designer during the day. But Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 5:30 p.m. until dark, she’s a street seamstress working ...