A product of the pre-fast-fashion era, Annie Mollison has been pattern-making and sewing since her mother taught her how to construct garments as a child. After years working away at her home sewing ...

For a while it looked as if home sewing was going the way of butter churning. It seldom saved money over cheap, imported clothing, and its dowdy image was a turnoff for young career women. Then came ...

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Faced with a beautiful sunset in Perth last August and with her smartphone battery dead, 24-year-old Teresa Lim did what any self-respecting Millennial would do. Whip out her embroidery kit of course.

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