It’s 4 p.m. on a Wednesday, and the sewing room at Chelsea’s High School of Fashion Industries is buzzing. Students frantically stitch pearls onto gowns, fix frayed seams and puzzle over why the ...

Paige Berndt's Margaret Paige Designs provides daily alterations and help with special items like wedding and prom dresses.

PORT ARTHUR, Texas — This southeast Texas radio personality is using his sewing skills to help parents ensure their daughters feel beautiful on prom night. Tudy Duriso promised to make at least 10-12 ...

Six years ago, Renita Yahara was given several large boxes of material from a friend. Yahara, of Elizabethtown, started searching online for a way to use the material that would help others. That’s ...

Under the warm backyard lights on her wedding day, Eloise Glover slipped into a silk gown that carried more than just ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Teacher-turned-fashion designer Christin Alegre is sowing seeds of sustainability through her passion for sewing. Her brand SOW/SEW Studio is dedicated to developing custom ...

LANGDON, N.D. -- The devil definitely is not in the details for seamstress Janelle Bata. In fact, the Langdon woman has made a business of doing the kind of sewing many people dislike; hemming pants, ...

Prom season is officially here, which means beautiful (and really, really unique) prom dresses are popping up all over the internet. And this one $15 DIY dress may just take the cake for being ...

Dear E.D.: Chris Buckley, who runs the Teacher Supply Depot at 3108 Lenox Ave., accepts craft materials such as you described. The depot helps teachers stock their classrooms, and they are pretty ...