Some 30 million Americans sew, and their ages now trend younger — TikTok shares nearly 3 million posts with #sewing and related terms. The rise of slow fashion, DIY and sustainability has reversed ...

If you climb the stairs of Aurora’s Stanley Marketplace on a Sunday afternoon, making your way past a glowing, neon pink “Factory Fashion” sign, you’ll enter a Willy Wonka-like world of imagination.

Ariella Maizner started sewing at age 6. By 9, she was making clothes for herself and friends. That hobby became the launchpad for her tween clothing line, Theme. At 10, she was showing off her ...

"I don't know if interest is growing because they want a more hands-on class or because they want to learn a useful skill.

During your kid’s tween years, something interesting happens fashion-wise: they begin to develop a style. Sometime between the ages of 8-12, they stop haphazardly grabbing whatever’s in their drawer, ...