In today’s fast-paced world, the idea of mending your own clothes might seem outdated. However, this simple skill offers numerous benefits that go beyond just saving money. Learning how to repair your ...

Lily Fulop is the author of Wear, Repair, Repurpose: A Maker's Guide to Mending and Upcycling Clothes, and runs the Instagram account @mindful_mending, where she shares sustainable fashion inspiration ...

Like other DIY hobbies, including gardening and baking bread, the pandemic has turned mending clothes into an essential skill — and something cool people are doing and posting about on social media.

Faded clothes? We’ve all been there. It's that frustrating moment when your favorite jeans or t-shirt lose their luster, leaving you feeling like you're stuck in a never-ending cycle of replacing the ...

On a balmy summer evening, Sary Gil of Norwalk tediously repairs one of his T-shirts with red thread using decorative stitches that look like rosebuds. You wouldn’t know it, but just three weeks ago, ...

Do you remember denim iron-on patches and visible darning? Just a generation or two ago, people mended clothes, and if they couldn't use something, or if a shirt was far too worn for reclaiming, the ...

Favorite shirt got a hole in it? Dress hem coming undone? Broken zipper on your jeans? Organizers of Spokane's first pop-up Mend-It Cafe invite people to "sew it, don't throw it" by bringing clothing ...

When decluttering, mend or repurpose damaged clothes, donate sizes that don't fit, and keep cherished items that match your ...

Why do loved clothes last? Mending and repair activities help stretch garments into their mature, most-loved life. In fact, it encompasses a larger maker movement and is the substance to Fashion ...

The Southwest Women's Fiber Arts Collective is offering a free clothing mending program. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to noon on Nov. 15 at the Future Forge Makerspace, 307 E. College Ave.

Spaces to remake and mend clothes would bring much-needed life back into shopping centres and high streets, a new study says. Efforts to wean people away from fast fashion should go beyond sewing ...