There are many benefits to clothing repair. Fixing a hole in your favorite jeans or re-attaching a broken button can extend the life of the piece, which is better for the environment and your wallet.

Once upon a time, sewing and mending clothes was commonplace — more a given than a unique hobby. At some point in the last few decades, though, it became something of a lost art. Why have people ...

In today’s fast-paced world, the idea of mending your own clothes might seem outdated.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 ...

Rosario Calatayud-Serna uses a pattern template to learn new stitches during the Radical Sewing Club in Huntington Park. For the record: 12:07 p.m. Aug. 9, 2024: An earlier photo caption stated ...

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.

If you like your clothes, you’ll wear them a lot. Like them enough and they’ll get worn out. And, if you really like your clothes, you’ll repair them. Rips and tears happen with time — it’s only ...

Lily Fulop is the author of Wear, Repair, Repurpose: A Maker's Guide to Mending and Upcycling Clothes, available now from publisher W.W. Norton. Fulop also runs the Instagram account @mindful_mending, ...

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, ...